Front doors and type of wood i should buy
I am buying a pair of new front doors. The woodworker has offered me 3 types of wood. Sugar pine I really don’t like this one because i feel with nyc winters it will warp over time. Mahogony but these are to expensive for me. The last type is spanish cedar wood. Has anyone used…
I am buying a pair of new front doors. The woodworker has offered me 3 types of wood. Sugar pine I really don’t like this one because i feel with nyc winters it will warp over time. Mahogony but these are to expensive for me. The last type is spanish cedar wood. Has anyone used this for front doors? any opinions on this wood?
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I had two paneled doors made up from Spanish Cedar, and they are gorgeous. We had to put 10 coats of oil-based urethane on to get a good luster.
They will need a cleaning and recoating every two years. Sorry, but that’s the price of gorgeous.
Jim Illingworth, (some place up-state) made them, and he delivered them down to Brooklyn. This was 5 years ago, i hope he’s still around. We had the old doors, we sent him photos and dimensions. I believe he could have made the frame – but we didn’t need the frame. We paid 2K, but that was 5 years ago.
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On my lumber rack.
Actually there is a whole profession dedicated to reclaiming lumber. Long leaf yellow pine comes from warehouses, redwood was used for wine tanks, and wormy chestnut from the siding on barns. When these structures are being torn down- trained professionals will dismantle them, de-nail the wood, and mill it into a usable product that is both beautiful and environmentally responsible.
try woodwood.com
Do you know where to find reclaimed lumber for doors?
Is this a single family house or will several tenants be using the door?
If the answer is the latter – the “sugar pine” would be too soft. There ARE harder pines out there but, sugar pine is just the softest of all pines- very easy to work with and your tools never dull.
Spanish cedar looks like mahogany and has great rot resistance but it also is softer.
Mahogany is an excellent choice, but the cost may be prohibitive. Most mahogany sold today is not genuine Honduras mahogany- it is African mahogany(khaya), Santos, sapele, Philippino, or any other reddish brown tropical hardwood.
Reclaimed lumber makes great doors as it is very stable and has tighter growth rings than most wood available today.
A door will not warp if it is staved.
I am going to have them stained. They are being made by a woodworker in Boruem hill. They will cost around $11k with the doors from top to bottom and the moulding around the doors.
what is the cost?
are you staining or painting the doors?who is making them for you ?
No i tried them but they wanted $25k for Mahogony. They are crazy with there prices. What do you think?