{"id":34,"date":"2010-09-27T16:26:49","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T23:26:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/?p=34"},"modified":"2010-10-17T12:38:48","modified_gmt":"2010-10-17T19:38:48","slug":"why-fiberglass-doors-are-better-part-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/why-fiberglass-doors-are-better-part-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Fiberglass doors are better – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

I frequently get the question:\u00a0 Why should I get a fiberglass door?\u00a0 The most important reason is durability<\/span>.\u00a0 Now, I’m an old wood guy but you just can’t beat fiberglass doors for holding up.<\/p>\n

Traditional wood doors are usually constructed by making a wood framework and assembling it around beveled wood panels that are slid into the frame during manufacture.\u00a0 Because these panels expand and contract with heat and moisture they are designed to “float” inside the framework.\u00a0 This means that there are joints all over the door that are potential points of water and air intrusion.\u00a0 Compounding the problem is that most of the production douglas fir doors are manufactured using very thin veneers as the top visible layer on the doors.\u00a0 This is ok if the door is not exposed to the elements but if it gets sun and especially rain Those joints will start failing and the veneers will start peeling in a very short time.\u00a0 Click on this picture to see all the points at which a wood door can fail:\"Wood<\/a><\/p>\n

In contrast, fiberglass door surfaces are moulded\u00a0 so that they don’t have any joints on them.\u00a0 They have a solid non-porous surface.\u00a0 This picture shows a ThermaTru six panel smooth fiberglass door similar to the wood door that I marked up before:<\/p>\n

There are no joints or veneers…The skins are made from a liquid fiberglass product that is poured into a mould.\u00a0 Those vertical \"Fiberglass<\/a>lines that you see on each side are an aesthetic addition to give the painters a stopping point when they brush in different directions. \u00a0\u00a0The tops and bottoms and even the side pieces of\u00a0 many of these fiberglass doors are made of a non-rotting composite material that will out perform wood for many years.<\/p>\n

Fiberglass doors come in all of the same styles as the wood doors.\u00a0 The raised panel and moulding areas have crisp corners and step details, much like you would see in a real wood door.<\/p>\n

The basic panel fiberglass doors are the same or less in cost than comparable wood doors.<\/p>\n

There are probably more glass designs available, especially from Therma Tru, than there are in wood doors.\u00a0 Styles range from clear glass to traditional bevel glass to very modern angular styles.\u00a0 Typically, the larger the decorative glass panel is, the more expensive the door will be.<\/p>\n

Another benefit of fiberglass doors is that they are energy efficient.\u00a0 They have a very dense industrial foam filling inside them that slows heat and cold transfer.\u00a0 They usually qualify for energy star rebates offered by your state or the federal government.\u00a0 When properly installed they will help keep your house warmer in the winter and cooler in the summer.<\/p>\n

Part two coming soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I frequently get the question:\u00a0 Why should I get a fiberglass door?\u00a0 The most important reason is durability.\u00a0 Now, I’m an old wood guy but you just can’t beat fiberglass doors for holding up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-doors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93,"href":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34\/revisions\/93"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thedoorguy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}