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Engineered wood exterior doors.
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Some solid core doors don t use surface veneer at all.
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Rather than solid wood doors which are made up of a single block of wood an engineered door is assembled from several different wood species which are formed into a single composite or engineered core.
They pack the body of the door with less expensive internal pieces of wood and cover the exterior with an outer layer of more expensive wood.
And while there are a number of ways to build a stile and rail wood door simpson believes in the enduring quality of a door with engineered stiles.
Check out our expert advice on solid and engineered door construction.
For the past 25 years most major manufacturers have crafted their entry doors with glued up engineered wood cores which overcome solid wood s tendency to twist and cup.
This outer layer is known as the veneer and it s this layer that gives an engineered piece of wood the appearance of a hardwood that would be far more expensive were the entire door constructed from it.
Do wooden front doors warp.
However all engineered doors are not equal poor quality doors might use a wood veneer only 0 5mm thick resulting in a finish that isn t particularly robust.
Surprisingly these doors may be more substantial and stronger than some solid wood doors due to the compressed weight of the engineered wood.
At bd joinery our doors use a hardwood veneer five times as thick at 2 5mm plus thicker rails to allow more to be taken off the top or bottom of the door when fitting whilst still.
Then the core s exterior is covered with an outer layer of high quality wood which is referred to as the veneer.
Need some help choosing which door to go with.
All our wood doors are solid core and engineered for a consistency in color and grain pattern.
All of our exterior doors are expertly engineered from the highest quality materials for strength and robustness so you can be sure of many years of dependable service.
The knock on wood doors that they warp well that s largely a thing of the past when they were made of solid stock.
Simpson uses a variety of innovative techniques to build the best doors.
Doors are offered in a wide variety of shapes such as arch top and configurations such as single door double doors with sidelites and more.