oh boy this door is light as a
feather you know a lot of people have
doors like this these are a common six
panel Hollow core door now what are some
of the advantages well they're
lightweight and they're pretty
inexpensive but a disadvantage is that
they let a lot of noise through them now
these doors are basically just a
hardboard finish often they have
cardboard strips inside of them what the
alternative well I'll tell you it's
simple why not go back with a solid wood
door these are the type of doors that
you find in many many older homes in
Greater Cincinnati area now you can
still get solid wood doors and what I
like about the solid wood doors of today
is that they're a lot different from the
older doors the older doors the panels
actually used to be made from solid wood
but a problem with that is with the
seasonal changes in humidity those
panels would expand and contract and you
would all often get lines showing where
the panels touch the edge of the door
frame and that's a problem well how do
we solve that today the new Door
manufacturers are using really neat
medium density fiber board for the
raised panels these are much more stable
and they're resistance to change when
the humidity goes up and down and and
you have swings in the weather now don't
think that you're locked in with the
style of door yes a lot of people like
the six panel style but that's more for
colonial homes a popular door style back
in the Victorian times was a four panel
door now those are easy to come by and
one of the neat things if you really
want to dress it up where the raised
panel comes to the edge of the door
frame why not go ahead and put a raised
molding in to really give the door some
extra depth and
character oh
man woo okay these solid wood doors they
are heavy but they're beautiful and
they're worth it you can find them just
go to some of the older lumber yards
here in the greater Cincinnati area ask
for solid wood
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