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Fiberglass versus wooden west-facing exterior door?

Posted on 2/27/23 at 8:54 am
Posted by Tree_Fall
Member since Mar 2021
489 posts
Posted on 2/27/23 at 8:54 am
My house in SoLa gets strong afternoon sun. I replaced one wood door after 15 years when it started to delaminate. The 20-yearold wood w/ glass replacement now has a cracked panel and is sticking badly in this hot winter.

Are quality fiberglass exterior doors any more long lasting and size stable?
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56105 posts
Posted on 2/27/23 at 10:11 pm to
I have the same issue and am also needing to replace a set of French doors. I think I will go with steel doors the next time around.
Posted by LSUDad
Still on the move
Member since May 2004
58865 posts
Posted on 2/28/23 at 1:03 am to
Steel are the best, with jam and threshold.

I had a house the door was bad like yours. It had a nice etched glass insert. We took the glass out the old door, built a new door, with the glass installed.

Another house my friend wanted a barn door installed, full glass, the guy that measured, was off. We removed the glass, built another door. Don’t know what the other guy was measuring.
Posted by trident
Member since Jul 2007
4759 posts
Posted on 3/1/23 at 6:29 am to
They now have paintable/stainable wood grain fiberglass. That’s what I got works great, no rot and forever
Posted by 9rocket
Member since Sep 2020
1215 posts
Posted on 3/1/23 at 9:22 am to
Definitely not wood if it’s exposed. Steel is good, fiberglass is “better”, with the wood grain, won’t rust if exposed to rain/splash.
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