VLX 100 Arched / Custom Door

VLX 100 Arched / Custom Door in Los Angeles, CA | Meridian Windows & Doors

An arched entry door changes how a house meets the street. The VLX 100 Arched / Custom Door is a CNC-bent aluminum entryway built to order: a curved architectural statement cut and formed to your exact opening, not pulled from a warehouse rack. Meridian Windows & Doors is an authorized ViewLux installation partner, which means you’re getting the product from people who know how to set it properly in Los Angeles homes. Call (817) 686-2228 to talk dimensions, finish, and a free on-site measurement.

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Product Overview – VLX 100 Arched / Custom Door

The arched entry door is the rare product that reads as both grand and quiet at the same time. It frames the front of a home the way a proscenium frames a stage. In Los Angeles, where architecture swings from Spanish Colonial revival to Mid-Century modern to contemporary box, an arched door is one of the few elements that feels at home in all three. The VLX 100 earns that flexibility through how it’s made.

ViewLux fabricates the VLX 100 on CNC bending equipment. That matters more than it might sound. Most “arched” aluminum doors on the market are either segmented, meaning they’re built from flat pieces joined at angles, or they’re rolled using methods that leave micro-variations in the radius. The VLX 100 is bent from a single profile in a controlled pass. The curve is continuous, the wall thickness stays true, and the result is a clean arc with no joints to catch light or leak over time.

The material is architectural-grade aluminum with a 0.098-inch wall thickness and a 2.56-inch profile width. That profile depth gives the door visual substance without making it feel industrial. It’s substantial enough to hold heavy laminated glass and resist racking in the frame, but slim enough to keep sightlines open. For homeowners in Los Angeles neighborhoods like Hancock Park, Los Feliz, Pasadena, or Culver City who want a statement entry without a clunky frame, this is the balance point.

Because every VLX 100 is fabricated to order, Meridian Windows & Doors can specify it to the opening rather than forcing the opening to match a stock size. That flexibility is the difference between an arched door that looks intentional and one that looks like a compromise. Call (817) 686-2228 and we’ll walk you through what’s possible for your entry.

Technical Specifications

Here’s what the VLX 100 Arched / Custom Door is made of and how it’s configured, in plain terms.

• Frame wall thickness: 0.098 inches. This is the thickness of the extruded aluminum wall itself, which drives torsional stiffness and dent resistance.
• Profile width: 2.56 inches. The visible face of the frame, sized to balance proportion with structural depth.
• Maximum span: Custom fabricated to order. There is no fixed catalog size. Meridian Windows & Doors measures your opening and specify the door to fit it, arch radius included.
• Glass options: Clear, Frosted, Obscure, Low-E, Tempered, Laminated. Mix and match depending on privacy, energy, and impact needs.
• Finish options: Premium Black, Pure White, Anodized Silver, Bronze, Champagne, Teak Wood.
• Performance standards: Thermal break technology with NFRC-rated energy performance; tested for airtightness, waterproofing, mist prevention, and sound control; impact-resistant laminated glass available; wind-load rated for local climate requirements.

All installation performed by Meridian Windows & Doors follows AAMA 2400/2410 installation standards and includes AAMA 812 low-expansion foam sealant at every perimeter joint. That’s not a sales line; it’s what keeps a curved aluminum frame from becoming a condensation or air infiltration point.

Performance Features

Thermal Efficiency
Thermal break technology separates the interior and exterior aluminum faces, cutting conductive heat transfer that would otherwise make the frame a radiator in August. The VLX 100 carries NFRC-rated energy performance, which means the numbers are verified, not claimed. In Los Angeles, where afternoon sun loads west-facing entries hard, this matters every day.

Acoustic Performance
A 0.098-inch wall with laminated glass does real work against street noise. Homes near Cahuenga Boulevard, the 101 corridor, or LAX flight paths notice the difference immediately. The laminated interlayer dampens sound across the frequency range that tires, buses, and sirens live in.

Airtightness & Weather Seal
Perimeter joints are sealed with AAMA 812 low-expansion foam, then finished per AAMA 2400/2410. The result is a continuous air barrier that keeps conditioned air inside and Santa Ana dust outside. In an arched door, this is the hard part. Straight doors seal at four simple lines. Arches seal along a curve, and that’s where amateurs fail.

Waterproofing
The VLX 100 is engineered for water management, with a drainage path design that directs any water that enters the frame channel down and out through weep locations rather than into the home. In Los Angeles, we don’t get many heavy rain days, but when the atmospheric river hits, a poorly flashed arched entry fails fast. Ours don’t.

Wind Resistance
The VLX 100 is wind-load rated for local climate requirements. For canyon-adjacent properties in the Hollywood Hills, Topanga, or the San Fernando Valley foothills where gusts funnel, that rating is not optional. Combined with impact-resistant laminated glass as an available option, this door is built for what the geography actually delivers.

Security & Hardware
Multi-point locking hardware engages the door at multiple points along the frame, not just at the handle. That matters on an arched door because the curve creates leverage points a single latch can’t cover. Pair it with laminated glass and a steel-reinforced profile, and you have an entry that resists both forced entry and smash-and-pry tactics.

Color & Glass Options

Six finishes. Each one changes how the door sits on the house.

Premium Black is the default for modern and transitional architecture in Los Angeles. It reads sharp against white stucco and works beautifully with black-framed casement windows from our own ViewLux line. Pure White disappears into bright exteriors and feels right on Spanish-style homes in Santa Monica or Pacific Palisades. Anodized Silver has an industrial honesty that pairs with concrete, steel, and glass-heavy facades. Bronze is the choice for Craftsman and bungalow homes in neighborhoods like Eagle Rock and Highland Park; it’s warm without being brown. Champagne is lighter and leans more contemporary, a good match for desert-modern palettes. Teak Wood is our aluminum answer to a wood door, giving the warmth of timber with none of the warping, refinishing, or termite risk that real wood brings in Southern California.

Glass selection follows function. Clear glass maximizes light and visibility. Frosted and obscure glass deliver privacy without sacrificing daylight for entries that face the street directly. Low-E glass cuts solar heat gain, which matters on a door that faces south or west. Tempered glass is a safety requirement for doors by code; laminated adds impact resistance and acoustic damping. For a true arched entry, laminated Low-E is the most complete package.

Installation by Meridian Windows & Doors in Los Angeles

An arched aluminum door is only as good as the day it was put in. We install every VLX 100 we sell, and we do it without exception to the AAMA 2400/2410 installation standard. Here’s what that process looks like in your home.

First, a pre-installation inspection. We check the rough opening against the actual door, measure the arch radius, and confirm the substrate. In Los Angeles we’re working with a mix of stucco, wood framing, steel studs, and older masonry, and each one changes the flashing and anchoring approach. The opening must be square at the base and clean at the curve. Where it isn’t, we fix it before the door goes in, not after.

Second, the physical set. The door is lifted and level, plumb, and square are established at every plane. On a curved door, level and plumb are less forgiving than on a rectangle. If the frame is racked even slightly, the arc throws off the gasket compression path, and the door will never seal right. We take our time here. The frame is shimmed and anchored, then checked again.

Third, the perimeter seal. We run AAMA 812 low-expansion foam at every joint between the aluminum frame and the rough opening, then trim it flush. That creates the full air and moisture barrier. Improper sealing is the number one cause of condensation, mist between glass panes, and air whistling around an arched door in Los Angeles. Most of the failing arched door installations we see in the field were sealed with the wrong product or none at all.

Fourth, final water test and cleanup. We run water across the threshold and up the sides, confirm drainage paths are doing their job, verify the lock hardware operates smoothly in all positions, and clean the site. The manufacturer’s warranty on the VLX 100 is conditional on proper installation. If an unqualified crew installs this door, ViewLux will not cover it. That’s a real risk in Los Angeles, where unlicensed crews quote cheap and disappear. We’re authorized, we’re insured and bonded, and we’ve done this long enough to know what a curve costs when it’s done wrong.

Frequently Asked Questions – VLX 100 Arched / Custom Door

Get a Quote – VLX 100 Arched / Custom Door in Los Angeles

If you’re researching an arched aluminum entry door for a Los Angeles home, you’re at the point where a conversation is worth more than a brochure. Call Meridian Windows & Doors at (817) 686-2228. We’ll set up a free on-site measurement, help you choose finish and glass, and write you a line-item quote with zero pressure. Let’s build an entry that looks like it belongs to this city.

Written by the team at Meridian Windows & Doors, authorized ViewLux installation partner serving Los Angeles, CA.