Door+construction

=﻿Door construction:=

Flush doors -
Hollow core doors are [|flush doors]made up of a light timber frame faced with either Plywood, 3mm MDF or pressed MDF panels. They will generally have a hinging stile that is identified by a sticker. A lock block will be located along the locking stile about halfway along to allow fro RH and LH hanging doors

The frames are usually made from 30mm x 25mm dressed timber (often [|finger jointed]to conserve timebr stocks) a butt jointed usually using 10 or 12 mm wide crown staples faces are cut - see Senco or similar []

The sheet facing is passed through a [|glue roller]and the staple frame set in position with even over hang all round. The paper core is added and lock block positioned and the top face glued and place on top. The paper core prevents the outer skins from "caving in" and show outlines of framing timbers and lockblocks. Alternative methods are using spacer blocks but these can show out or thin staves can be used to keep the faces apart. Usually more than one door at a time is is glued and assembled and then placed in either a multi daylight press with heated plattens to speed up the process. Cold pressing is an option when production times are not critical.

Excess ply is trimed of and the door bought to the finished size; Standard size is: 2040 x 820 x 32-35mm x 720 x 620 Ohter sizes are available but are easy to make to virtually any size.

Benefits

 * quick and easy to make
 * cost effective
 * lightweight
 * size can vary
 * techniques can be used for many other flat panel scenarios