Doors are priced less for Fiberglass than wood and only somewhat more than steel. But by climinating callbacks, fiberglass also provides the builder substantial savings in time and money. Over the long run, fiberglass is clearly the best value for the builder and his custom. As with steel doors a generation cost of home improvements ago, therma-tru systems continues to drive the shift to doors. nearly half of the respondents to. more than one in four (27%) voted therma-tru the no. i brand in the exterior and entry door category. both ratings are well ahead of those for the nearest competition. making doors that last made us first. we''re proud of the fact that therma-tru has helped create the fiberglass frenzy, and we remain focused on continuing our long-standing tradition improvements of providing the high-quality, innovative products our customers need. we intend to remain the brand leader in the residential door industry. fewer callbacks drive builders'' choice of therma-tru. why are more and more home improvements builders switching from steel doors to therma-tru? a dramatic reduction in job-site callbacks to repair or replace dented or dinged doors sits squarely atop the list of reasons.

the fiberglass smooth-star door line, the industry''s first door home created from fiberglass to capture the smooth look of painted wood, has been awarded a u.s. patent. doors are strategically improvements engineered for exceptional durability and appealing aesthetics. smoothstar doors can be painted to a high gloss with no distortions of the surface. doors are available with embossed panels or three-dimensional raised panels and also in new 8-foot heights. doors in therma-tru''s classic-craft line for interior use have a more wooden appearance owing to an innovation in the six-year-old product line. according to the company has developed raised paneling for its doors that provide higher fidelity and sharper detail. the home panels are layered over a polyurethane core that, according improvements to therma-tru, insulates home five times better than wood. because f the product''s durability, which includes resistance to weather-related cracking, therma-tru is offering the doors with a lifetime warranty that far exceeds the typical five-year improvements warranty that wooden doors have. this product makes all the sense in the world which sells these doors out of its showroom. the doors are selling really well and we are making special orders for them.

rate for front entry doors has dropped from 18% to 2% since his company began specifying therma-tru product. previously, almost 30% of the steel doors we installed had to be replaced due to construction accidents denting the doors. such concerns are a relic of the past as they company home also recently switched to therma-tru ''because it saves me both time and money, and i know i will never have to worry about callbacks. it''s a big savings not having to replace or repair doors on a project. in a recent survey of custom home builders nationwide, nearly 37% of respondents cited therma-tru as the brand they use most often. that figure was more than four times the percentage of the nearest competitor. quality plays a large role in the product-selection decisions of our custom builders and is often driven by our builders clients design firm in. classic-craft, fiber-classic and fiberglass smooth-star doors are light-years ahead - they offer a level of quality improvements unmatched by any competitor.

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