If you have no shade or overhang, a steel door can get really hot (depending on your climate). I'd go with fiberglass. If the door is prepped and painted properly, it should be fine.

Make sure painting the fiberglass door a dark color and using a storm door in combination with it does not void the warranty. My sister's fiberglass door warranty was voided if the door was painted dark red. (Apparently some dark colors absorb a lot of heat and buildup between the fiberglass door and the storm door could warp or crack the fiberglass?)

Practigal. We live in the country so noise is not a problem

Torreykm. We live in Minn. so we have a shorter summer but it still can get pretty hot at times. It will be a brand new door so I assume the finish will be up to standards. We have a steel door now and have had no issues with it getting hot. We were told if we got a screen door to make sure it had Low E glass so that the door wouldn't get too hot and to help protect from fading.

Lily'smom. The door comes already painted and if I am going to pay over a thousand dollars for a door I have no intention of repainting it in my lifetime.

Check over on the paint forum. They discuss the specifics of this sort of thing from time to time.

Hi Beth - unfortunately that's not how painted finishes work. No matter how much you pay for the door, if you want it to look nice you will indeed have to sand/repaint it eventually. I love my screen door too, but it is best if you can find a style that gives venting options. It gets wicked hot between glass and the door in the summer.

If you have a southern exposure, I would think you will have problems with both a glass storm door and paint.

The door company should advise you on whether or not a storm door would cause problems by trapping heat between the doors. If you have the screen on most of the door, it might be less of an issue.

A neighbor of mine with a southern exposure had a front door that was always peeling paint. For years. When I talked to him about it, he said he kept painting it and the paint would always peel. The answer for him was to get a fiberglass door. It's a light color and I haven't noticed any peeling since he installed it. I don't think he paints it but I don't know if it's non-painted or factory painted. (He does not have a storm door.)