Wooden Doors

When choosing an African Hardwood door, the quality of the wood is one of the first factors that you need to attend to. Make sure about the process that was used to dry the wood. To ensure that the wood is dried properly, kiln dried wood is better because the process ensures that the center of the wood is treated as well.

Good solid Hardwoods like Rhodesian Teak, Rosewood and Kiaat is usually used to make good quality entrance doors.  These doors are very heavy and you need to treat the wood well to ensure that it will last a very long time.  The sun is dangerous to wood especially if the wood gets very dry. A little oil can go a long way to protecting your door.

To treat the door is not a complicated process.  Nutrition is the password to a beautiful kept door and you need to make sure that your exterior doors gets lots of wax and oil. You can seal the door with a clear floor polish or wax and you can also treat it with something like Woodoc Wax. This will ensure that your door will last for a very long time.

Choosing a door depends very much on the craftsmanship that was used to create the door. If you are unsure about the craftsmanship, rather leave the door and look for another supplier.  Wood is alive and it needs breathing space. A good craftsman will allow for the door’s panels to be able to move with weather conditions.

Because hardwood entrance doors are so heavy, you need special hinges to hang them. These Pivot Door hinges are made from brass and works with roller bearings. They are designed to carry heavy doors, and when you open the door you will get a very smooth swinging action. Make sure that the door that you purchase is fitted with a high quality hinge.

Fitting a door is always a problem and if you can’t find a good fitter to fit your door, you might consider buying a pre fitted door. The one thing which you must keep in mind when buying a pre fitted door, is to ensure that it is fitted extremely square. Otherwise you might end up with a door which does not want to open.

To transport a door, especially if it is a large pivot door, can be tricky if you do not know what you are doing. Apart from getting your door scratched, you can easily break the locks and hinges if it is a pre-fitted door. Laying the door on its side usually help to distribute the weight better, and will result in less damage.

Make sure that you get a guarantee on the workmanship from your dealer because problems on a pivot door do not always show immediately. After the door is fitted for a few weeks and it stabilizes some of the workmanship faults may show. A good craftsman will have no problem in guaranteeing his work.