Vinyl french pocket doors and aluminum cladding each have advantages and drawbacks. with vinyl, pocket the color permeates the doors material, so scratches don''t show. aluminum will scratch, but it is tougher and available in a wider variety of colors. neither with basic accessories, a 6-foot-wide clad-wood slider costs about; an 8-foot-wide door. installation will cost, depending on exterior siding repair antique french doors needed and the general complexity of the job. click here for the catalog. of course, there are economies of scale: the more doors you install, the better the deal on both materials and labor. you can also buy wood sliders factory-primed or prepainted in standard colors; some manufacturers will custom-paint them for a premium. for a dual-glazed, solid-wood door that isn''t clad or painted, you''ll pay about. pocket and doors other materials fiberglass and steel are particularly durable door materials. both are made to simulate the look of wood, but fiberglass does this more convincingly than steel. fiberglass, factory-primed doors can be exterior french doors painted or given an opaque wood stain. a 6-foot-wide door costs. a 7-foot, 6-inch door with three panels costs about. steel doors are rugged and typically cost less than fiberglass.

now pocket the nation''s leading producer of steel doors, therma-tru helped build the market for that product category. the effectiveness of that pioneering effort is reflected in the market share steel currently holds. for the past doors two decades company has focused its commitment to quality fiberglass and innovation on doors, the fastest-growing segment within the exterior door category. we were interested in differentiating ourselves from the rest of the market -- that''s the only way to be profitable in the long term recalling hiscompany''s motivation french for pursuing fiberglass. therma-tru pocket recruited doors a ream of engineers and assigned them the mission of developing a new product that would put perform both wood and steel. the team blended french fiberglass and resins to invent a sheet-molding compound, as well as the pocket tooling to transform those supplies into a door skin. after extensive laboratory and doors field testing, the fiberglass industry''s first door hit the market: the fiber-classic.

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