Things to Know About Wooden Doors

Doors provide safety and add beauty to our homes.  Ready made doors work like solid barriers in the wall for privacy and accessibility between rooms.  These doors are available in different material, shapes and designs like Iron, PVC, wood or aluminium in the market place. One of the best recommended materials is wood.

Main Entrance Doors

According to Vastu, the entrance door has a great importance in our homes, as this is a place where energies get in the house, like positive or negative. 

Tips for Main or Entrance Door:

• Main door opening should be a two shuttered one inside and the other outside. It should also be clockwise.

• Good quality wood for main entrance door.

• The main entrance door should be largest among others door.

• While we open or close door, the main door should be noise free.

• Entrance door should be well lighted.

Wooden Doors

Traditionally, in our homes, wooden carved doors are the best choice.  They are durable, attractive and are the best option in terms of safety to our homes. These doors are preferred in carved design to give an aesthetic look to our homes. Attractive look, less costly and easy availability of timber makes the look more superior to other material doors. There are three categories of wooden doors available in the market.

a) Paneled Doors

These doors are made of framed edges to get more panels.  Members which are vertical are called stile and members which are horizontal are called rail. Two to ten panels are required in a door as per the requirement of the architect. Panels are usually made of plywood; block board, timber or fiber board. 

b) Flush Doors

The look of these doors is becoming popular day by day. These doors are less in cost and are much better in strength as compared to panelled doors. They are considered for a high level of security and fire resistance.  These doors have style and elegance. These doors are easy to make. Every flush door undergoes through a machine to keep the dimension accurate and stable. This door can be polished or painted on either side. They provide good durability and stability while twisting.

c) Glazed Doors

These doors are made from wooden rails and stiles with glass panels as per requirement. Glazed doors are widely used in departmental stores, hotels and shops to attract customers or clients. Placing glazed doors has a spectacular effect by space and look in your home. One of the main advantage of glass is the see through effect internally connecting rooms making your home safer. For example in case of children’s room and kitchen, this is best option so you can be vigilant what is happening in closed doors. The glazed doors are manufactured the same way as panel doors but only difference is the panels. Glass panels are used in glazed doors and wooden panels are used in panelled doors. Presently, tampered glasses are used in frame less glazed doors.

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