Doors Designed With Plenty Of Advantages

Thursday, March 1, 2007

Doors Designed With Plenty O f Advantages (NAPSA)—New uses of construction materials and techniques are opening the door to new design possibilities, especially when it comesto doors. Architects can now design any door panel configuration or layout that homeowners want by using MDF, or medium-density fiber- board, because of the material’s virtually limitless possibilities. MDFis knownfor its consistency in machining and smooth surface; the versatile material provides a blank palette for any design. Each MDF door can be carved individually to create the precise look a homeowner wants. A door’s design starts with a drawing or blueprint sized to the home’s specifications. Then, solid sheets of MDF are pressed to provide a solid, smooth cutting surface all the way to the core. Next, each dooris carved individually to create precisely the look that a homeowner wants. There’s almost a limitless range of designs including moldings, circles and curves or whatever strikes a homeowner’s fancy. For example, if a homeowner visits Thomas Jefferson’s home, Monticello, and wants a beaded door trim she saw there, this trim can be replicated. Another benefit of MDF is the way it finishes. The smooth surface is said to take paint better than wood and allows for a wide range of creative treatments. In addition, MDF doesn’t shrink, expand or warp like doors, eliminating problems such asjoint cracking and panel-to-rail separation. It also offers strength and durability. Homeowners who seek the advantages of real wood soon find they want all those advantages MDF offers a limitless palette for door design, providing a customized look that takes longer to achievein solid wood. offered by MDF and noneof the disadvantages associated with solid wood. They are often impressed with the weight and durability of MDF, and pleased to discover that it feels like solid wood and has the same sound-deadening acoustic properties. The material also helps speed up the delivery of doors. With the highly computerized operations of MDF, door manufacturers can deliver a door in five days to two and a half weeks, compared to six to 12 weeks for a custom wood door. It’s an open-and-closed case, say construction experts. Open, closed or ajar, these doors are a solid, cost-conscious wayto deliver a customizedlook. For more information, visit www.pbmdf.com.

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