There are two kinds of solid wood slab or flat doors. The first is called a solid wood core door and the second is called a lumber core door. A solid wood core door has deceiving wording. When people hear these words they assume that the door is solid lumber behind the door’s finish veneers. This is not so. The manufacture is referring to particle wood that has been glued together to make the interior of the door solid. A lumber core door is exactly what the term means, solid lumber planks or boards for the door’s interior. Most contractors would rather use wood core doors for interior use and lumber core doors for entrance doors ways.
Raised panel wood doors in most cases are more expensive than slab or flat wood doors. Raised panel wood doors is exactly what the term means, raised panels within a door frame construction called stiles and rails. The stiles and rails are made up in a grooved fashion and the panels are made up in a tongue fashion. The stiles and rails will be assembled and fastened with long wooden dowels and glue which will leave the panels fitted into the grooves of the stiles and rails door frame. These panels or raise panels will remain floating without fasteners or adhesives. With the panels floating this will allow for expansion and contraction without any panels splitting.
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Michael Rogozinski
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