Read more about the article Why Does It Take so Long to Make a Custom Door?
Part of the manufacturing process at 2Fold Doors. Once the metal is received it is matched up to the wood components to verify their shape and placement.

Why Does It Take so Long to Make a Custom Door?

Speed of delivery depends on a lot of factors. Most doors that you buy off the shelf in some lumber yard or home center are made to standard sizes and colors. There are some size ranges that have become “standards” over

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Read more about the article Steel vs. Aluminum for windows and doors?
Interior view of a sun room with a wall of windows and a single out-swing door

Steel vs. Aluminum for windows and doors?

Windows and doors were never made from aluminum until the mid 20th century. Steel was the metal that dominated the market before then dating back to the 19th Century. Cast iron storefronts can still be found in building of the late 1800’s, however

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Read more about the article What is a Door and Why Should I Care?
Painting of the side of a pink building with a blue door, a window with green shutters and a white table with two red folding chairs

What is a Door and Why Should I Care?

I have probably hit a new low in being pedantic and speaking down to you, but there is no depth to which I will not travel. Almost all of you if asked what is a door will create the mental image of the entrance door of your home or the door leading to

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Read more about the article What do you call a multi-panel exterior glass door that gathers all its panels to one end or the other?
Three panel Bi-Folding door partially opened on the back patio of a home in Tuscon A.Z.

What do you call a multi-panel exterior glass door that gathers all its panels to one end or the other?

The oldest and most generic term to describe this group of products characterized by groups of paired sashes or leaves (the moving parts of a door or window vs. the frame that attaches permanently

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