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[#2] Posted: 09/17/2009 - 09:43:18 AM |  |  |
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What color were they? It is very common for people to think the grey primer coat is a permanent finish, it isn't. Beyond that Stanley is a very cheap door; the steel is thin, the door edges are wood, and the insulation is polystyrene. Twenty two years is really a pretty good service life for one of these, I'll bet they look about the same as the last '87 Chevette you saw.
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Did they have glass in them? Around here, the doors arrive at the door shop as blanks. If glass is desired, the door shop cuts the hole out and inserts the glass. If they don't get the sealant right, water seeps into the interior of the door (by leaking between the plastic frame and the glass) and they rust from the inside out.
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[#6] Posted: 09/17/2009 - 2:18:34 PM | | |
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OK, here's how steel and fiberglass doors are made:
One company stamps out door skins and sometimes assembles them into slabs. Another company assembles the door lites (usually ODL, that's why they all look the same), while yet more companies fabricate the jambs, sills, weatherstripping, etc. A regional door shop chooses components from various vendors and assembles complete doors from those. Small shops cut their own openings to keep inventories down, big shops stock slabs precut to speed production.
There are exceptions, notably Provia (Precision Door) that has a massive door shop utilizing many different manufacturer's slabs but they make all their own glass, and ThermaTru who manufactures all of their own components and licenses big distributors (like Reeb) to assemble their doors.
Now you know,
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Quote: Originally posted by gtblumQuote: Originally posted by AHI in AR
Did they have glass in them? Around here, the doors arrive at the door shop as blanks. If glass is desired, the door shop cuts the hole out and inserts the glass. If they don't get the sealant right, water seeps into the interior of the door (by leaking between the plastic frame and the glass) and they rust from the inside out.
Yup, but they all looked like typical off the big box shelf doors to me. I never knew the manufacturers farmed that out. I must have missed that episode of How it's made. " Next the WORKERS apply sealant to the windows of some of the doors." Seriously, that's probably a good guess Kevin. Silicone based sealants don't last a really long time even when properly applied do they?
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