Smooth-Star: Despite the larsen doors popularity of steel doors, builders have never been happy with the problems inherent in this material - most stanley doors 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 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. larsen 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. doors interior therma-tru door expects door to eclipse steel much faster. we have seen fiberglass products readily accepted by home builders larsen 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.

three attractive options fiber-classic combined the strength of steel with a wood-grain finish that could be stained or doors painted. carrying a lifetime limited warranty, the product was well-received and continues to be a strong favorite among builders. in fact, more than 37% of builder respondents a study said they had used the fiber-classic during the past year. that usage rating is higher than the rating for any other brand of door on the larsen market. classic-craft: as the market embraced the new technology, homeowners began asking for a door that projected even more of the handcrafted look of a high-end wood door but still with fiberglass. therma-tru responded with the classic-craft, a premium product duplicating the rich grain of a solid-core red-oak door but without any shrinking, splitting or warping inherent in conventional wood doors. also backed by a lifetime limited warranty, the new line doors emulated the best aspects of wood. like its predecessor, larsen the fiber-classic, the new classic-craft doors has built a strong following among builders during the past seven years: 36% of respondents to the brand study have used the classic-craft within the past year.

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