Whether you’ve purchased your first home and are looking to make design upgrades, need new furnishings for a commercial property, or just want to know the best features to consider, this buying guide from top manufacturer Allegheny Wood Works for interior wood doors is a great place to start. The right interior wood doors in a home or business can elevate the aesthetic charm and value while also improving sound dampening and unwanted heat transfer. However, not all interior doors are created equal. This AWW Buying Guide looks at all the benefits of working with an American door manufacturer that prides itself on using premium solid wood construction and time-tested construction methods to fabricate custom interior solid wood doors that last a lifetime. Continue reading to learn more about how to find the right doors for your property, or send the Allegheny Wood Works team a message to get started today!
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Top 8 Things to Know When Buying Interior Doors
Home purchases, renovations, and new fixtures like doors or windows are expensive and can be challenging to navigate with confidence, especially for first-time buyers. Allegheny Wood Works has helped thousands of homeowners find the perfect doors and will work through the following questions before building a quote.
- Budget: The foremost consideration for nearly all home projects, budget is a good thing to have in mind when starting the interior door buying process. Even if you know nothing about what doors cost, understanding what you’re comfortable spending will make all further decisions easier to navigate.
- Door Quantity: Whether you need one unique door for your wine cellar or are shopping to replace half a dozen interior doors, knowing how many you’d like to purchase is an important first step.
- Turnaround Time: Depending on door style and quantity, production times can vary from one project to the next. Making sure you communicate the expected delivery date of these doors is crucial.
- Home Style/Design: Coastal, farmhouse, mid-century modern, rustic cabin, or any number of other design styles exist, and Allegheny Wood Works can craft custom interior doors to match.
- Location: Weather conditions and other factors do impact the effectiveness of interior doors, and letting AWW know where your property is located may impact decisions on wood species or finishing methods to provide additional protection from the elements.
- Wood Species: As all interior wood doors feature solid wood construction, choosing a wood species is critical to the performance and appearance of your new interior doors. Choose from traditional species like oak, poplar, and maple, or try out something more exotic like African mahogany or Brazilian cherry.
- Door Design: Considerations like door shape, number of panels, glass inserts, or etching may vary from room to room and Allegheny Wood Works can help guide you through the selection process without it becoming overwhelming.
- Finishing: Using Sherwin-Williams stains and seals, your interior doors aren’t finished until they’ve received a protective clear coating or any number of delicate stains to emphasize natural grain patterns and hues.
Why Buy Solid Interior Wood Doors?
A true interior wood door, featuring solid wood construction without hollow cores, composite materials, or veneer, offers homeowners advantages in sound dampening, preventing unwanted heat transfer, increased home value, and impressive longevity that stands the test of time.
With all the costs surrounding the home-buying and improvement process continuing to rise, homeowners may be pressed to make decisions between certain furnishings and amenities. Obviously, items like appliances, carpet, paint, windows, and furniture are among the most pertinent decisions to make. It is important not to overlook the important advantages of installing premium-quality interior wood doors throughout your home for several reasons detailed below.
- Value: High-quality doors, including exterior-facing doors, are an easy way to immediately improve the property value of a home. Whether looking for long-term financial goals or a quick flip, doors increase property value and do wonders for first impressions.
- Longevity: Due to the solid wood construction, doors from Allegheny Wood Works require minimal maintenance and can last for decades, if not indefinitely, if properly maintained and cared for.
- Sound Dampening: Whether it’s protecting a home office during working hours or trying to keep other parts of the house quiet from the realities of having a family, interior wood doors can dampen loud noises and make life at home more enjoyable.
- Heat Transfer: Keeping cool air inside in hot climates or cold air out in wintery months is a relatively unseen but impactful perk of using quality interior doors. In certain homes, adding the right door can even reduce heating and cooling costs.
Interior Door Installation Tips & Hanging Kits
While most homeowners turn over the installation of new interior wood doors to their contractor, a growing number of people enjoy doing it themselves and are looking for a little help along the way. Thankfully, Allegheny Wood Works has decades of experience fielding calls on how to properly hang doors so that they are level, require no shims, and close tightly with ease.
Shop for DIY Door Hanging Kits
The DIY Door Hanging Kit, also called the Quick Door Hanger, is a simple and accurate bracket system that lets you install pre-hung doors perfectly level and up to five times faster than using traditional shims. Instead of dealing with wood shims that slow you down and create uneven results, this kit gives you a precise and professional installation in just minutes. No construction experience is required. Whether you are a DIY homeowner or a professional contractor, the Quick Door Hanger makes door installation easy with only a few basic tools. In three quick steps, you can mount standard or heavy-duty doors that close cleanly every time, with the brackets fully hidden behind the casing and trim.
Quotes for Interior Doors
Start the door buying process today by sending a message to the Allegheny Wood Works team with some or all of the information mentioned above. We will help you navigate through design choices, wood species, and other features to manufacture the exact doors you need to bring your full home design to life.
