WINDOWS & DOORS REVIEW: WOOD ENTRY DOORS PART2
June 14th, 2007
About 20 proportionality of new homes broad climb wood entry doors, manufacturers estimate. Even though wood-grain and smooth-skin fiberglass units only statement for most 10 proportionality of entry door sales, they are ontogeny in popularity faster than any another type of door, asserts Linda Luksan, administrator of door marketing for Andersen Windows.
Fiberglass doors, which can be discoloured or varnished same actual wood and order lowercase maintenance, are available for a some cardinal bucks uninstalled; add lots of decorative glass and the toll apace rises. Lower-end wood doors can be purchased for a some cardinal dollars as well, but some are $500 to thousands of dollars, depending on the species and the type of glazing and hardware included.
Since fiberglass doors are nearly maintenance-free, ground would anyone ever choose actual wood? The respond is that materials that simulate wood meet aren’t unexceptionable to some buyers of high-end homes.
Ed Brown, evilness chair of purchase for President Rutenberg Homes in Clearwater, Fla., admits that fiberglass doors are good-looking and imperishable and that his concern has installed them on occasion. However, Rutenberg, which constructs homes in the $1 meg range, mostly uses wood entry doors.
Source: BUILDING PRODUCTS Magazine
Publication date: July 1, 2005
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