Smooth-Star: Despite the popularity of steel doors, builders have never been happy with the problems inherent in this material - most notably, rusting and denting, along with necessitate. Therma-Tru responded in with Smooth-Star, a door that incorporated the smooth fiberglass look of painted steel while eliminating housedoors dents, dings and rust. We call Smooth-Star the Steel Beater, not only because it''s competitively priced with steel doors, but also because it looks better, feels better and performs better. Plus, its 20-year limited warranty is twice that of most steel products. Clearly the Best Value It took steel the better part of three decades to overtake wood as the material of choice for residential entry doors. Interior Therma-Tru door expects door to eclipse steel housedoors much faster. We have seen fiberglass products readily accepted by home builders across the nation, says Oleshansky. Wood and steel doors simply cannot compete with the beauty, energy efficiency, durability, low maintenance and variety offered by today''s doors that are produced from fiberglass.

Now 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 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 for pursuing fiberglass. Therma-Tru recruited 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 fiberglass and resins to invent a sheet-molding compound, as well as the tooling to transform those supplies into a door skin. After extensive laboratory and field testing, the fiberglass industry''s first door hit the market: the Fiber-Classic.

Their durable fiberglass surface features a rich red oak grain, but unlike wood doors, they won''t split, crack, dent, or warp. Perfect for the patipo too. They housedoors feature solid oak square edges and a durable compression-molded fiberglass surface. A solid polyurethane foam core offers five times greater insulation than wood doors. Plus, a wide wood lock stile extends the full length of the door, adding security and stability. Therma-Tru offers the complete Classic Craft door system, including doorlites, jambs, brickmould, weatherstripping, hinges, door bottom and your choice of sill options. All components are designed, engineered and manufactured for top-quality performance and appearance. Elegant doorlite designs are offered in numerous configurations and six distinctive glass patterns, as well as clear glass. Detailed glass is protected between two panes of safety-tempered glass for increased durability, energy efficiency and cleaning ease. Add matching sidelites and a transom to create the look you want. Classic-Craft doors can be stained in all the popular stain colors with the patented Therma-Tru Finishing System, or painted to match any decor. Best of all, the entire door system is backed by a lifetime-limited warranty.

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