Why Emerald Doors?

Compare the Quality Emerald Doors goes above beyond when it comes to quality, handcrafting doors and entryways that provide lasting beauty with enduring style and spectacular design. Expert Design Experienced Designers create original designs in both doors and decorative glass Custom Sizes and Custom Designs Quality Woods Highest Quality Woods No Veneers Genuine Mahogany No low priced imitation mahogany Emerald Doors Quality Hardwoods Genuine Mahogany, Red Oak, White Oak, Cherry,  Alder, Walnut     Rough  Mahogany     FAS Genuine Mahogany     Planed Genuine Mahogany Emerald Doors starts with FAS rough sawn lumber (best grade of lumber with largest amount of clear wood) and planed it to a rough thickness, then the wood is allowed time to acclimate to it's new thickness (stresses are removed from the wood once it is planed) prior to surfacing to exact thickness.  The extra time for the acclimation makes a very straight and strong piece of wood.  An extra step Emerald Doors does to make sure you have the highest quality door and entry. Each piece of wood is hand selected from their wood stock for quality and visually inspected for the grain allowing them to choose the best pieces to show off the beauty of the wood for your new entry. All thickness measurements are taken with digital calipers to 1/1,000 of an inch with a specification to within +/- .005 (5/1,000 of and inch).  These standards are considered extremely high for wood manufacturers. Even Emerald Doors' door trims, brickmolding and interior casings are made using FAS wood.  This allows for the best match and quality in each trim that is used in their doors. A beautiful door begins with quality wood that will endure time and the elements.  Emerald Doors expects their doors to remain beautiful for years to come.   Other Door Companies Low Quality Woods   Engineered Door Rail Engineered stiles and rails for doors are many times made of finger joint pine and alder. Some imported doors do not even bother to finger joint the interior lower quality woods and simply butt end blocks of wood creating large voids of unstable material. Face skins of different mahogany woods are then applied to exposed areas.   If a door is cut for the door knob you can sometimes see if lower quality blocks of wood were used by close inspection of the wood.  Philippine Mahogany Philippine mahogany is not true mahogany. It is actually luaun. The material comes from a family of plants, not mahogany trees. Philippine mahogany sells for 50-65% lower than genuine mahogany.  Light blond to light red in color. African Mahogany African mahogany has a variation of color, often appearing as a series of light and dark bands — a ribbon figure. The African species occasionally has interlocked grain, making it more difficult to work with than genuine mahogany. Genuine mahogany  costs 25-35% percent more than African mahogany. Wood connoisseurs regard genuine mahogany as superior in working, finishing, and other technical properties, while the wood of the African species tends to be more prominently ribbon-figured. It is not uncommon to see fine furniture in which the exposed structural parts are of genuine mahogany and the veneers are African mahogany.   Solid Wood Stiles and Rails Solid wood door, sidelight & transom components No veneers or engineered stiles, rails and panels   Mortise & Tenon Construction Strongest joint in woodworking Emerald Doors Mortise & Tenon Extremely Strong Joint Strongest Joint in Woodworking Doors, Sidelights and Transoms have Mortise and Tenon Construction. Other Door Companies Inferior Doweled Construction Small Wood Pins Holding Doors Together Inferior Cope & Stick Joinery Trims Holding Doors Together Double Floating Panels Solid Wood Double Floating Panels Allows for varying interior and exterior temperature differences Emerald Doors Double Floating Panels Other Door Companies Single Panels   Inferior Woods with Thin Panels     Panels Stained & Sealed Panels Prior to Assembly Sealed from the elements on all edges Emerald Doors Panels Stained & Sealed Prior to Assembly Other Door Companies Panels Not Stained or Sealed Some companies have "stain seeping trims"? If the trim allows stain to seep behind the trims it would also allow water and humidity.   Hand Finishing Emerald Doors Meticulous Hand Finishing Wood's natural beauty is enhanced and protected with hand finishing. Penetrating premium stains bring out the wood's natural tones and beauty. All hardware cuts for door knobs and hinges are made prior to finishing and even the backs of jambs are sealed. Interior and exterior finishes are premium exterior ultraviolet polyurethane. Emerald Doors finishing includes a multistep finishing process that blends wood tones between individual pieces of wood while retaining the wood's natural beauty. Each coat of finish is hand sanded between coats. Multiple coats of finish in controlled conditions ensure enduring beauty.     Other Door Companies Wood does not match Uneven staining and finishing Lower quality finish See Web Page Construction Methods