steel skin moldings

The door can be painted or stained, and is available in 3- by 6-foot and 3- by 8-foot models. The eight-foot door business is growing by leaps and bounds, and many people are replacing single doors with double doors. We are meeting that market with these doors. explained. The doors are constructed from moldings a wood master, from which the grain is taken, and detailed onto the fiberglass surface with adhesives. These doors have fooled wooden door people. Steel and fiberglass manufacturer goes a step farther with grain patterns for staining For a couple of years, Therma-Tru, a leading manufacturer of systems non-wood residential entry door, had been looking for a product that would appeal steel to homeowners who favor the look of wood doors. Therma-Tru offered several steel and fiberglass skin models with grain patterns that could be stained by a contractor or D1Yer. But at the point of sale, potential buyers were staring at an unfinished steel/fiberglass surface. Last spring the company came to market with a model that it believes will challenge the traditional wood entry door. Therma-Tru introduced the pre-finished Classic Craft six-panel entry door, marking the first time in its 30-plus year history that the company offered a pre-stained fiberglass model.

The door can be painted or stained, and is available in 3- by 6-foot and 3- by 8-foot models. The eight-foot door business is growing by leaps and bounds, and many people are replacing single doors with double doors. We are meeting that market with these doors. explained. The doors are constructed from moldings a wood master, from which the grain is taken, and detailed onto the fiberglass surface with adhesives. These doors have fooled wooden door people. Steel and fiberglass manufacturer goes a step farther with grain patterns for staining For a couple of years, Therma-Tru, a leading manufacturer of systems non-wood residential entry door, had been looking for a product that would appeal steel to homeowners who favor the look of wood doors. Therma-Tru offered several steel and fiberglass skin models with grain patterns that could be stained by a contractor or D1Yer. But at the point of sale, potential buyers were staring at an unfinished steel/fiberglass surface. Last spring the company came to market with a model that it believes will challenge the traditional wood entry door. Therma-Tru introduced the pre-finished Classic Craft six-panel entry door, marking the first time in its 30-plus year history that the company offered a pre-stained fiberglass model.

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 moldings 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 steel 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.