Main Door Design

1) Introduction:....................................................................................... 1
2) Summery:............................................................................................8
3) Image Resources:............................................................................ 12

1) Introduction:

When choosing main doors for your house or rental units, what many of
them do wrong is they choose designer doors.

I’m not just talking about door designs. The concept that I’m sharing here
is more than just door designs.

There is a reason why you should listen and understand this insider
concept that many of you don’t know.

Your carpenters also don’t bother to guide you about this topic. They
know this concept, but no one bothers to explain it to you.

I will explain that in a moment.

Before I jump on the concept, let me share one real-life incident I noticed
in one of the rental properties we stayed in before we had our own
house.

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The rental property we stayed in had a built and used a lot of good
quality materials. Which any experienced user can notice in any building.

I had my workstation set up right in front of the main door.

Anytime I was looking away from my PC, I used to see the main door.
There is a big crack in that door from top to bottom right at the centre of
the door.

This does not just happen only on our door. I also noticed A similar thing
in other rental units in that building. That time, I didn’t give much
attention to it. When building our house, I learned an important lesson
from my Dad.

There are joint and jointless doors available for wooden doors.

Jointless doors are good and are a little costlier than joint doors.

In the market, joint doors are sold by default. Unless and until you
specifically ask for jointless doors. Even after asking for jointless doors,
some sellers sell Joint doors.

The reason is that it’s very difficult to identify new users.

We ordered a few jointless doors in a local shop. But the shop owner
delivered the joint doors, thinking we didn’t notice joints in the doors. But
my dad immediately identified they were joint doors and informed the
store owner.

The store owner visited our house, checked the doors, agreed these
were joint doors, took it back, and redelivered new jointless doors again.

I’m still not aware of how to identify this. You don’t need to worry; I will
share a tip on what you can do to identify what type of doors in a later
section of this guide.

For now, let's understand what Joint and Jointless Doors are:

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Joint Doors:

In Joint doors, they prepare wooden doors by combining small pieces of

wood.

In this case, the manufacturer doesn’t need any specific width of wood to
make joint doors. Because they combine small-width wood to make a
door, they sell these doors at a lower price than jointless doors.

Usually, in painting and polishing, these joints won’t be visible at first.

Day by day, these joints start opening and display a crack in these
doors.

To fill the gap again, you need to hire painters to paint & cover such gaps
in the doors.

These joint doors require routine maintenance to avoid those door gaps
visible. In most cases, owners don’t do regular gap-filling maintenance
work, and those door gaps will become permanent cracks in their doors.

Jointless Doors:

Bigger-width wooden pieces are used to make jointless doors. So joints

will be less compared to joint doors. Bigger-width wooden pieces = cost
more. Hence, jointless doors are costlier than joint doors.

Jointless doors don’t get gaps like joint doors. You don’t need to fill door
gaps.

Jointless doors are costlier depending on the door designs. Because

they need to choose wood based on the door designs…

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I will explain the Joint and Jointless door concept, taking our own house
door designs:

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The main door design we chose is in the above image. It was chosen
with door gap issues in mind.

This door is jointless. It's almost 5+ years. It still doesn’t have any gap in
the middle of the door. It’s not a readymade door, and it’s done by our
carpenter.

We had to choose the door design and give the wood to our carpenter,
who manually made this door.

When giving orders to our carpenter, we clearly told them we needed a

jointless door. Based on our requirements and door design, the
carpenter will suggest/pick wood when you go pick wood at the sawmill.

See the little dark spots in every Boxses. They are joints.

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You will see a small compartment-type design if you notice our door
design. The reason is… The smaller our designs are, the easier and
cheaper it is to pick the wood.

If you choose a door with a plainer area/bigger compartments, picking

the wood with that much-width wooden piece will be costly.

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Let me explain with an example.

See the below door image:

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This is our house's backside door design.

It’s a readymade door. We clearly informed our seller we need a jointless

door. Still, we got a Joint door… This door even bypassed my Dad's eye.
He couldn’t even notice this door in the beginning.

Now you can see the gaps in the door.

I guess after 2 or 3 years, this gap opened in the door. This is called joint
doors, and this is what happens after a few years of using joint doors.

If you notice the door design, it is quite plain, or it has a bigger

compartment in the design. Which door manufacturer would buy such a
huge-width single piece of wood to make a door?

Most of the door manufacturers don’t.

At the end of the day, it’s your mistake to choose such a door design,
and you are the one who is going to face issues with such doors.

I hope you understand the concept that I’m trying to share here.

2) Summery:

Below are things you should keep in mind when choosing wooden doors.

1) Always buy Jointless Doors

2) Don’t buy Joint doors. In future, these doors will open those joints and
will have a big crack in the centre of the door

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3) It’s difficult to notice Joint or Jointless doors if you are a beginner. I
recommend you ask your Engineer or Carpenter for help in identifying
doors before taking door delivery in your house

4) Try to choose small design/compartment-type door designs. Specially

for readymade doors

5) Readymade doors with smaller design/compartment type doors have

less chance of getting cracks in the doors. Because they can be made
with a single piece of wood and don’t cost much.

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6) Discuss with your carpenter/engineer/building contractor to know
more about joint and jointless doors or gaps in the centre of the door
after a few years

7) Joint and jointless door concept doors apply only to wooden doors.
They do not apply to plywood or designer doors

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8) If you are using your carpenter to make doors inform him you need
jointless/crack free doors before picking wood for doors

3) Image Resources:

High-resolution Images:

https://photos.app.goo.gl/SpWdBZm1PJc8tDHz5

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