With interior doors however you have other options.
Engineered wood doors exterior.
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All our wood doors are solid core and engineered for a consistency in color and grain pattern.
Solid core and engineered wood are far more stable and less prone to contraction.
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Some solid core doors don t use surface veneer at all.
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.
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They are solid slabs of mdf medium density fiberboard or another engineered wood shaped and molded to look like a painted frame and panel door.
Then the core s exterior is covered with an outer layer of high quality wood which is referred to as the veneer.
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.
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.
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.
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Surprisingly these doors may be more substantial and stronger than some solid wood doors due to the compressed weight of the engineered wood.
Exterior doors made from wood typically use solid wood construction for strength and security.
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.
Simpson uses a variety of innovative techniques to build the best doors.
Solid wood doors are made either from a solid wood slab or more commonly a frame and panel construction that uses natural wood whether a softwood like pine or a hardwood like oak or maple.
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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.