solid core wood door

[ibsys]

can somebody explain please what "solid core wood door" is? is it a door made of wood?

Sorry for such a novice question.

[ibsys]

can somebody explain please what "solid core wood door" is? is it a door made of wood?

Sorry for such a novice question.

[DanG]

If the door is smooth on both sides, it is called a slab door. You can get slab doors as either solid or hollow core. Sold core doors can be made from particle board with wood stiles around the perimeter and veneer skins on both faces. The stiles can be pine or hardwood to match the veneer. Solid doors can also be stave core doors. Instead of the particle board, the inner filler is random sticks of mixed woods. Fire doors are filled with a gypsum or cementitious core. Hollow core doors are filled with a lattice of cardboard or very thin wood slats.

Solid core doors are certainly not sold chunks of oak or birch.

Raised panel doors, on the other hand, can be solid real wood. ______________________________ Keep the whole world singing . . . . DanG (remove the sevens) [e-mail]

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Never be sorry for being a novice. We all were at some time.

Yes. And it is solid, but not necessarily one thick piece. It may be laminated, some cheaper wood inside, nice wood outside, but it is solid all the way through. These are more secure for entry doors, heavier, more stable.

Hollow core doors are a frame of wood and just covered with a sheet of thinner wood on each side.

[oldtimer2]

[HeyBub]

Solid = no air spaces. From front to back, you get wood.

Not Solid = a frame with wood veneer on each side. It's hollow.

Not Solid also is cheaper and used, mostly, for interior doors. Solid doors are sturdier and stronger (and much heavier) and are used (mostly) for door that open to the outside.

A compromise is a steel-clad door. It's hollow, but the facings of steel are hardier than the wood veneer.