Steel Door Cebu
Our full flush Steel Door Cebu are available in commercial quality carbon steel or A-60 galvannealed steel. Hollow metal doors make a powerful investment, lasting 10 years longer than wood or fiberglass doors. These doors can be rated up to 3 hours.
L-Series: honeycomb core, beveled hinge and lock edge door, visible seam on both edges. Available in 14, 16, 18, and 20 gage steel.
B-Series: steel stiffened, visible seams on hinge and lock edges. Void areas between the stiffeners are filled with fiberglass. Available in 14, 16, and 18 gage steel.
T-Series: designed to meet requirements for temperature rise fire-rated applications. Include same construction features of L-Series doors. Available in 14, 16, 18, and 20 gage steel.
CE-Series: decorative doors featuring embossed panels, creating appearance of hand-carved doors. Door includes construction features of L-Series door and is available with half glass, dual vision, or 9-lite design. Available in 16, 18, and 20 gage steel.
Design Options
Grain-Tech: L-Series doors produced using steel sheets embossed to create wood grain appearance. Created from stainless steel and available in six standard colors with ultra violet inhibitor top coat.
Stainless Steel: designed to meet and exceed harsh environmental exposures. Similar construction features of L-Series and available in 18 gage stainless steel.
Where to Install a Steel Door
Steel doors can be installed between interior and exterior areas, but mostly they are used as entry doors that lead to the exterior.
Steel doors are typically installed between houses and garages. When steel doors are installed in interior-to-interior spaces it is because of a need for security or fire protection in one of those areas.
Factors to Consider When Buying a Steel Door
Cut-Outs
Make sure that the door has all of the cutouts that you want. If you buy a solid door and then later decide that you want a window or a pet door, you’ll find that it is very difficult to cut through the door. Hiring a door installer will be the best way to add cut-outs to a steel door.
Coating
Steel doors come shipped with a factory-applied primer that is ready for manual painting by brush or spray gun. Others have an additional PVC vinyl layer adhered to the steel skin which gives the door a certain look or color, typically woodgrain. It should be noted that these PVC vinyl layers are hard to paint if you later decide that you want a different color.
Weather
Steel doors are on par with fiberglass and wood for resisting weather. So, if weather-tightness is your main concern, don’t look to steel doors simply because of this factor. You’re better off installing a storm door in front of the steel door to resist against the weather.
Steel Door Cebu
If you have a dog or other pet that likes to scratch doors, steel doors should resist this type of scratching. But when it comes to metal scratches, steel doors definitely will scratch. Removing those scratches can be difficult. Repainting is often the only fix for a scratched steel door.
Pros and Cons of Steel Doors
Steel doors have a strong outer shell that is difficult to damage if an intruder were attempting to break through the door itself. The steel skin is impervious to most attempts to break through it.
Most steel doors are fire-rated. Steel doors with a 20-gauge skin may be said to have a 20-minute fire rating. For specifics, consult the fire rating sticker on the door itself. Do not assume that all steel doors are fire-rated. Most building codes require that a fire-rated door is installed between the house and the garage.
Cons
Steel doors are difficult for the do-it-yourself homeowner to install due to their weight—but it can be done.
Steel doors’ outer shell does not permit sanding and filling with wood putty in the event of scratches or dents.
If anything, you need to think of steel doors as being cousins to automobile bodies, because the way to fix dents in steel doors is to use auto body filler such as Bondo, and then sand down to a smooth, paintable surface.
Steel doors often carry the perception of strength against intruders, when in fact they are no better against intruders than quality fiberglass or wood doors.
If a steel door is used with a steel frame, it will be more secure than wood, fiberglass, or steel in a wood jamb/frame.