{"id":6408,"date":"2017-10-08T13:04:55","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T12:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/?p=6408"},"modified":"2017-10-09T11:58:35","modified_gmt":"2017-10-09T10:58:35","slug":"solidor-composite-front-doors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/solidor-composite-front-doors\/","title":{"rendered":"Solidor, Composite Front Doors"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Solidor Composite Front Doors<\/h2>\n<p>Composite Front Doors have in the last ten years become the door of choice for anyone wishing to renew their front door, but with any commodity there are some substantial differences in quality in the product you are choosing. With regard to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/\">Timber Composite Doors<\/a>, the clue is in the name \u2013 yes they are composite in construction but whereas some others use a compressed foam core our doors have a compressed hardwood core.<\/p>\n<p>It requires an exploded view to show just how detailed the construction of our doors are \u2013<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Solidor-Timber-Composite-Core.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"369\" height=\"314\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All the information regarding<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/the-door\/\"> the door construction<\/a> is on the web site along with a lot more technical details<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Solidor-Cross-Section.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"752\" height=\"538\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here at we are often accused of exaggeration when we say that there are a billion options available for our doors we do not think so and when you take a look at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/sg\/door-designer\">our door designer<\/a> and you may well believe us \u2013 just try this simple exercise for yourself \u2013<\/p>\n<p>Step 1 pick a traditional door you are asked to choose a frame type there are seventeen of these<\/p>\n<p>Step 2 pick a door style \u2013 there are thirty-two of these<\/p>\n<p>Step 3 pick an external door colour \u2013 there are twenty of these (we better upgrade the graphic above because it only references seventeen<\/p>\n<p>Step 4 pick an internal colour \u2013 there are twenty of these same as the external<\/p>\n<p>Step 5 pick an external frame colour \u2013 there are nine of these<\/p>\n<p>Step 6 pick an internal frame colour \u2013 this is normally white unless you wish to match it to an internal colour and there are twenty such options.<\/p>\n<p>Step 7 pick the glass \u2013 we reckon that we show fifty plus but as not every glass fits every door lets use an average of twenty<\/p>\n<p>Step 8 pick some hardware three ranges of handles in ten options of colour<\/p>\n<p>Step 9 pick your accessories there are four of them suited by colour that\u2019s sixteen options<\/p>\n<p>Step 10 pick your key turn option of which there are two<\/p>\n<p>Step 11 \u2013 pick your Ultion Key option which we will ignore because there are just too many to count<\/p>\n<p>We reckon the minimum way (but not necessarily the correct way) to assess the traditional door options is to multiply all of the above together which is \u2013<\/p>\n<p>17x 32 x 20 x 20 x 9 x 20 x 20 x 10 x 2 \u2013 which we reckon is 15,667,200,000 which is actually 15 billion if we take the <a href=\"https:\/\/mathforum.org\/sanders\/geometry\/GP10BillionEtc.html\">US version of a billion as a 1000 million ie 1,000,000,000,<\/a> a little short if we take the UK interpretation of a billion as a million million 1,000,000,000,000, but we still have contemporary, cottage, stable and French doors to consider and if we add in all the key fob options we beat any version of a billion &#8211; so clearly we are not exaggerating but we do give an amazing choice of options when all anyone is trying to purchase is ONE NEW FRONT DOOR.<\/p>\n<p>However, when that door can look as good as these it has to be worth all the effort it takes to choose.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6359\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Schwarzbraun-Palmero-Solidor-Timber-Composite-Door-334.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1224\" height=\"1632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Schwarzbraun-Palmero-Solidor-Timber-Composite-Door-334.jpg 1224w, https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Schwarzbraun-Palmero-Solidor-Timber-Composite-Door-334-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Schwarzbraun-Palmero-Solidor-Timber-Composite-Door-334-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1224px) 100vw, 1224px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6336\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Schwarzbraun-Milano-Solidor-Timber-Composite-Door-with-Ultion-Lock.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1632\" height=\"1224\" \/><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6135\" style=\"width: 1224px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6135\" src=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/Arched-Composite-Solidor-Timber-Composite-Door.jpg\" alt=\"Arched-Composite-Solidor-Timber-Composite-Door\" width=\"1224\" height=\"1632\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arched-Composite-Solidor-Timber-Composite-Door<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All photographs are taken from our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timbercompositedoors.com\/traditional-cottage-doors-gallery\/\">Gallery Page<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Solidor Composite Front Doors Composite Front Doors have in the last ten years become the door of choice for anyone wishing to renew their front door, but with any commodity there are some substantial differences in quality in the product you are choosing. 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