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Author Message Mitch Miller,AIA ,CSI,CCS Senior Member Username: m2architek Post Number: 29 Registered: 02-2004 Posted on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 01:45 pm:    I am looking for composite doors. I have a client that believes these are light weight. Is there a manufacturer, preferably in the Middle Atlantic area? feedback please Lynn Javoroski Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 204 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 01:50 pm:    Does the client mean composite core doors with a wood or HDPL veneer? Mitch Miller,AIA ,CSI,CCS Senior Member Username: m2architek Post Number: 30 Registered: 02-2004 Posted on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 01:52 pm:    I believe his goal is lightweight...... * Mohawk Wood Stave Core Door @ app. 72lbs * Mohawk Commercial Wood Hollow Core door @ app. 35lbs * Permadoor 1.0 Premium Plus thermoplastic-faced composite door @ app 55- lbs a leaf depending on size of the door this was not adequate info for him..... William C. Pegues, FCSI, CCS Senior Member Username: wpegues Post Number: 375 Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 01:53 pm:    Mitch, What exactly is meant by 'composite door'. There is a defined official term for "Structural Composite Lumber Core" (wood strands rather than particle core). But I don't know that it is lighter in any significant amount. There are a couple of different kinds of 'reinforced' hollow core doors, sometimes also referred to as 'semi-solid' and I have had some people refer to this as a composite door, though the term is not correctly used that way. From the other comments, you might need to get a better definition of what he thinks he wants. William Lynn Javoroski Senior Member Username: lynn_javoroski Post Number: 205 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 02:07 pm:    Neither AWI nor WDMA list weights for the different types of cores for doors, probably because they think it's not an issue. If a door is hung correctly in a structure that supports it, does its weight matter? (oh, and that should have been HPDL) richard HIrd (Unregistered Guest) Unregistered guest Posted on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 02:02 pm:    Mitch: Are you thinking about a traffic door "Duralite" by Chase Durus Anne Whitacre, CCS CSI Senior Member Username: awhitacre Post Number: 182 Registered: 07-2002 Posted on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 02:56 pm:    a number of the composite doors are actually heavier because the composite is so dense. Take care that you get sufficient pull-out strength for the hardware, as this can be a problem with them. Sheldon Wolfe Senior Member Username: sheldon_wolfe Post Number: 135 Registered: 01-2003 Posted on Friday, April 29, 2005 - 05:11 pm:    Perhaps the owner is using composite in a more general sense, that is, something made from a combination of different materials, rather than from a single composite material. Special-Lite makes a door that uses an aluminum frame and a fiberglass face. I'm not sure of the weight, but it seems it would be lighter than wood doors or all-metal doors.