WOOD DOORSJoe Meinert

Period 4

Wood Doors

DOORS

• Open/Close

• Swings, Slides, or Rotates

• Act as barriers

• Aesthetics

History

Paintings on Egyptian tombs

Single or double doors

Single piece of wood

Wood Veneers

Made with wood veneers

Thin sliced pieces of wood

Glued onto a main panel

AdvantagesExpands amount of usable wood

Financial gain

Lighter, easier to handle

Production

Cut as thin as 1/40 of an inch from the trunk/logs

No wood is wasted, increasing yield greatly

Construction

• Wood veneer glued to face of main portion

Ash Trees are extensively used to make wooden doors and veneers

Ash Trees

FraxinusCommon name, “Ash Tree”

Medium to large sized

Flowering

45-65 species

Leaves are opposite and mostly pinnately compounded

WHY?

Hardwood

Dense

Tough

Strong but elastic

Interesting Fact

Emerald Ash Borer

Where to Purchase

Synthetic/Alternatives to

wood doors

Sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ash_tree

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Door

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_veneer