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Aug 16, 2011

Fiberglass Door Advantages


Fiberglass is an extraordinary material with extraordinary performance characteristics. Featuring minimum thermal transfer and spectacular noise reduction, high-tech fiberglass doors are a superior alternative to metal, vinyl and wood doors. Considered one of the best all-time green building products, fiberglass doors offer the following recognized advantages: 




Environmentally Friendly
Fiberglass features the lowest embodied energy when compared to other common door materials. Fiberglass doors also greatly lower the pressure on wood products and the environmental services that forests provide.


Durability
Fiberglass is a very stable material which provides an ideal base for a full range of finishes, allowing the finish to last three times longer than on a wood door. This material is so tough that it will withstand extremes from Arctic cold to blazing desert heat or the rugged seacoast. Unlike wood doors, fiberglass doors won't rot, warp, split or crack. Unlike aluminum or steel doors, fiberglass doors won't dent or corrode. Fiberglass also delivers vastly superior strength characteristics when compared to PVC.


Energy Efficiency
MaxValue fiberglass doors have an environmentally friendly CFC free polyurethane foam core that offers up to five times the energy efficiency of wood doors. The double or triple glazed insulating glass used on all MaxValue entrance doors also greatly helps cut heating and cooling costs.


Security
Fiberglass doors are more resistant to forced entry than wood doors. The 16'' wood lock block used on our doors adds more strength and security to the door.


Versatility 
Our Smooth-Fiber doors are either factory-finished or factory-primed. Factory-primed doors can be painted any color using a high quality, semi-gloss, exterior grade oil-based paint. Our Wood-N-Fiber doors can be painted or stained to match your architectural requirements.


Strong Warranty 
MaxValue Smooth-Fiber doors are backed by a lifetime limited warranty to be free of manufacturer's defects.

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