Types and Style of Composite Doors

!±8± Types and Style of Composite Doors

Composite doors are becoming more of a choice for interior and exterior designing mainly because of a few reasons. these doors are durable and last longer in comparison to wood or PVC doors, they are slightly cheaper and more customizable, and they can be good indoors and outdoors. Not to mention that modernize composite doors are very attractive and comes in multiple types and sizes that fits any budget and liking. The reason behind the durability of these gates lies in its internal structure in where multiple materials composed of different physical and chemicals component are woven together to provide a durable, light and solid piece. This is then glued together to form a door from which is then further sealed and painted to represent real wood.

In terms of types, there are no fixed defined types of these gates, mainly because the material allows for it to be made into any type of door a buyer wants. From sliding to French folding doors, these gates can be customized at a low cost with as much customization a customer needs. With that said the designs of composite doors follows the modern need for customers with minor changes here and there for special needs and wants. The classic choices include French front doors, single, double, sliding and basic four panel doors.

As for the style of the door, it can be divided into several categories as it goes for most doors. These categories include:

Modern / Contemporary

Contemporary doors are basically just simple designed doors that provide more function than decoration. They are usually just a single hinged with either four panels or an arched glass that allows for a blurred view of the outside world or just to allow the light in depending on the size and type of glass.

Dutch doors

A Dutch composite gate is simply large, split in half vertically and opens in an opposite fashion. This allows for a greater passageway and a grand feeling for an entrance. These types of composite doors are found in mansions, as a substitute to the more expensive and high maintenance teak gates, and commercial doorways such as hotels and malls. Occasionally, composite doors function as fire resistant gates by simply disguising it as normal gates and placing fire signs nearby.

Sliding doors

Sliding doors are more of a choice for houses and locations that have limited moving space, trading the swinging space of a conventional composite door with sliding doors that does not obstruct movement or space. These sliding doors come in a few design, namely eastern design, to represent the oriental feel of a slide door, semi-glass design and office design. Office designed sliding entrances are simple plywood mixed that function more of a partition rather than a door.

Folding doors

Folding doors are usually doors that functions as partitions and are usually placed in large restaurants and ballrooms to split rooms and create a temporarily separated space for different activities. These entrances are easy to handle; mostly due to the lightweight nature of composite doors and allows the entrance to be concealed neatly in walls.