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Originally Posted by Madhatter
I don't think I've ever seen a good wooden door on a customers house , they all have crappy panels that are about four mm thick around the edge. What you think to the steel doors ?
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Steel doors are very strong but only as good as there fixings to the wall. But they are never going to rival wood or plastic are they???
I agree that people do always go for the cheapest ... But pound for pound wood is 300% better than plastic.......
Harwood red ..... A plastic door is 50mm wide, 1.5mm plastic with lots of fresh air in the middle.. so the screws that look nice from the edge are only holding on to the door by 1.5mm... That will pull out for fun.... I see it every day.
A wooden door is 45mm thick and your screws hold for their full length. If the door is made of hardwood and a good lock with the correct screws... bingo the crook will bounce back..........
And plastic doors have a lot of other weaknesses that wood does not..
Plastic are easy and trendy but strong NEVER................(well £1200 on an Angian door is quite good)
But still not a patch on a good lump of wood..