How To Really Care For Your Doors

British standards require doors to be made from wood which has a 10 moisture content. To keep the moisture content at this level, it's best if you can reproduce the factory storage conditions. The life of your doors may be affected by poor storage, and so this is an essential part of planning.

This may sound complicated, but if you talk to your supplier when ordering, you'll be given advice that will suit your particular circumstances. On delivery, move these bulky pieces of "furniture" carefully into their planned stockage position. Have help on hand from at least one other person when carrying them as they are hard to manipulate and damage may occur if you don't have someone to share the task.

It's essential to store doors flat and never on end. Choose an even floor and place a minimum of three props on which to lay the first door. Then, using a second set of props, stack the next door and so on. Props are necessary to ensure air circulation. Build the pile with care, keeping the doors as flat as possible all the time.

Door furniture or cills mean taking extra care over finding props to go between the doors. If props aren't thick enough, the cills, etc may gouge or scratch other doors. A marker pen should be used on the packaging to identify the different doors in the stack if the manufacturer's description isn't easily visible. Don't forget also to mark any different parts to a unit (such as a door and its frame).

If doors are already factory finished, they will probably be packed in shrink wrap which should be kept in place until they are to be fitted. If there are other wrappings, such as light proof materials, keep these in place too as light may cause fading or colour change.

Unfinished doors will usually be "in the white" - they will have a first coat of stain or primer. You will have to cover them with an appropriate coat of a recommended product on all sides, especially edges, as soon as possible. Your supplier will advise on what to use. The aim is to keep them free from dirt, knocks or warping, and light. They need to be at a correct temperature and humidity, and for air to be able to circulate around them.

If you take the time to talk through this storage period with your supplier when ordering and arranging delivery, you'll be confident when the time comes, that you know how to care for your door.

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