Now residential the nation''s leading producer of steel doors, Therma-Tru helped build the market for that product category. The effectiveness of that exterior pioneering effort is reflected in the market share steel currently holds. For the past two decades company has focused its commitment to quality fiberglass and innovation on doors, the fastest-growing segment within the exterior door category. We were interested in differentiating ourselves from the rest of the market -- that''s the only way to be profitable in the long term recalling hiscompany''s motivation for door pursuing fiberglass. Therma-Tru recruited a ream of engineers and assigned them the mission of developing a new product that would put perform both wood and steel. The team blended system fiberglass and resins to invent a sheet-molding compound, as well as the tooling to transform those supplies into a door skin. After extensive laboratory and fiberglass field testing, the fiberglass industry''s first door hit the market: the Fiber-Classic.

Now residential the nation''s leading producer of steel doors, Therma-Tru helped build the market for that product category. The effectiveness of that exterior pioneering effort is reflected in the market share steel currently holds. For the past two decades company has focused its commitment to quality fiberglass and innovation on doors, the fastest-growing segment within the exterior door category. We were interested in differentiating ourselves from the rest of the market -- that''s the only way to be profitable in the long term recalling hiscompany''s motivation for door pursuing fiberglass. Therma-Tru recruited a ream of engineers and assigned them the mission of developing a new product that would put perform both wood and steel. The team blended system fiberglass and resins to invent a sheet-molding compound, as well as the tooling to transform those supplies into a door skin. After extensive laboratory and fiberglass field testing, the fiberglass industry''s first door hit the market: the Fiber-Classic.

People think finishing a door is difficult to do on their own. They worry that they could residential ruin the door. It''s clear that the new Classic Craft model was created to assuage that concern. The door comes with a red oak-styled grain pattern, detailed panels with shadow lines, solid oak square edges and an adjustable oak sill. The pre-finish is available in the two most popular wood stain colors today, according to Niderberg: natural oak and cherry. Maintenance is simplified, because fiberglass doesn''t have to be restained. All that''s required, he said, is a new polyurethane top-coat every three to five years. The pre-finished Classic Craft costs an additional at retail versus the unfinished exterior model. Both models cost less than a comparable door wood door and come with a lifetime warranty. This was intended for those accustomed system to buying wood," Niderberg fiberglass said. "But we wanted to add some extra features and benefits. Chosen for the entrance to residential the NAHB Show Village 2001 D.R. Horton home is an elegant Classic-Craft exterior fiberglass Raised-Panel door door from Theram-Tru. Available in nearly 150 raised or deeply system embossed panel designs that produce dramatic shadow lines, Classic-Craft doors give you all the premium touches you''d expect to find in the finest wood doors, plus more.