Vinyl and aluminum cladding each have advantages and drawbacks. With vinyl, the color permeates the 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 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. 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 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.

Therma-Tru Doors When you''re one of the nation''s largest homebuilders, your reputation means everything. That''s where quality fiberglass larsenwooddoor Therma-Tru doors come into play. assurance of quality when it specifies fiberglass Therma-Tru doors. The company, which recently acquired U.S. Home to become the largest homebuilder in the U.S., constructs about 500 homes a year in the Tampa market. The single-family residences range in price from $120,000 to $300,000. The company wants to make sure its customers are satisfied, and steel doors were not doing the trick. We had an issue with steel doors, and the fact that they would show dents and marks easily. That''s just not the case with fiberglass Therma-Tru doors. We were one of the first to use the Smooth-Star door in our market The look is sharp, the lines are crisp and the durability is superior. It''s simply a well-built door.

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 larsenwooddoor 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. larsenwooddoor 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 larsenwooddoor extensive laboratory and field testing, the fiberglass industry''s first door hit the market: the Fiber-Classic.

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