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Modern Designs with Sing Core

Modern design trends are all about clean lines, simplicity, and functionality. As such, many architects and designers are turning to Sing Core for their modern door designs. Sing Core door panels are a revolutionary product that offers unparalleled strength, durability, and insulation properties, in addition to vast customization potential. Here are some reasons why Sing Core panels are the perfect choice for modern door designs.

Lightweight and Strong

Sing Core door panels are incredibly strong and durable, yet surprisingly lightweight. They are made from a patented honeycomb core that is sandwiched between two layers of material, providing exceptional strength while remaining lightweight and easy to install. Our panels are pound-for-pound stronger than steel, and yet can often be lifted by only one or two people depending on the panel’s size.

Customizable Options

Sing Core door panels can be customized to fit nearly any design style. Whether you’re looking for a sleek, modern look or a more traditional design, Sing Core door panels can be customized to fit your needs. They are available in a wide range of materials, finishes, and styles, allowing you to choose the perfect panel for your project.

Energy Efficient

One of the main benefits of Sing Core door panels is their energy efficiency. They are highly insulated, helping to keep your home or building cool in the summer and warm in the winter. This can lead to lower energy bills and a more comfortable living or working environment.

Durable and Long-Lasting

Sing Core door panels are incredibly durable and long-lasting, making them an excellent choice for modern door designs. They can withstand harsh weather conditions, including extreme temperatures, high winds, and heavy rain, without warping or bending. In fact, our panels have the only 50 Year Warp-Free Guarantee in the industry. This means that they can provide long-lasting protection and insulation for your home or building, without the worry of failure down the road.

Easy to Install

Finally, Sing Core door panels are easy to install, making them a convenient and hassle-free solution for modern door designs. They can be built for nearly any size frame and easily installed, and a skilled installation team can have the door up and working in no time. This means that you can start enjoying the benefits of Sing Core doors right away.

In conclusion, Sing Core door panels are the perfect choice for modern door designs. They are lightweight, customizable, energy-efficient, durable, and easy to install, making them an excellent investment for any homeowner or designer. Whether you’re looking to update your interior doors or create a stunning entrance for your home or building, Sing Core door panels can help you achieve your design goals. So why not consider using Sing Core door panels for your next modern door project?

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“I look forward to using them again.” – Sing Core 7 Door Order Review

Sing Core Customer Testimonial

At Sing Core, we value a job well done and the kind words of our customers. This customer was pleased enough with their order to leave a review, and we’re grateful to them for doing so! Here’s what they had to say:

“As an Architect, I engaged Sing Core to produce large scale slabs for seven pivot doors for an artist’s studio.  The doors were of a scale and proportion that required a core that was light, stable and would not warp.  Singcore was able to produce what we needed in a timely manner.  The product was cost effective given the scale and quantity.  Our millworker found the product easy to work with and was able to install all required hardware effectively as Singcore provided all the requested blocking and made it easy to coordinate.

I look forward to using them again.”

The Order

This was a large order, consisting of seven large paint grade doors. The order was placed by an architect who was working on a large scale project, and they were very pleased with the product they received.

The order was mostly comprised of 96” x 60” x 3” panels, all professional grade and ready for paint. The doors were built to be put in an artist studio in Chicago as pivot doors, and the installation team did an amazing job finishing and mounting these beautiful doors.


Why Sing Core?

Sing Core panels are used for a variety of doors between many different sizes, and due to our patented honeycomb core they work particularly well for large doors. This, among other reasons, is why the client went with Sing Core for their project. With as many large doors as they were making, they needed to ensure each one had the qualities that Sing Core promises with each one of our panels. Those qualities include strength, durability, a lightweight nature, and remaining warp free.

As large doors, these would be particularly prone to warping due to their increased surface area. A warped door causes a number of issues, sometimes up to complete failure of the door and damage to the nearby area. Since these were put into an artist studio, they needed to be able to withstand constant traffic, equipment movement, and more without failing. Sing Core panels are impact resistant, long lasting, and guaranteed warp free. In fact, every door panel we produce comes with a 50 Year Warp-Free and Structural Guarantee to ensure you never have to worry about these issues. For a seven door order of large doors, the client was very pleased with the warranty, as well as the end result and quality of the delivered product.

How Can You Get Sing Core Doors?

If you want to get Sing Core doors for your next big project, feel free to submit a quote request on our website! We’d be more than happy to discuss details with you and get you an estimate. Whether your project calls for one door, seven, or even more, Sing Core promises quality and a long life on our products!

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Remodel Season, Sing Core, and You

Remodel Season

As we get further into spring, the days are getting warmer and longer, and people are beginning to get outside more for both work and play. There is one incredibly popular thing people choose to do universally around this time of year, though, and that is to remodel their home.

Remodeling a house during the winter can be difficult, between being uncomfortable in the cold, riskier projects given freezing temperatures, and overall less product availability. When spring hits, however, many people go into a remodel frenzy, and Sing Core is here to help!

How Sing Core Can Help

It’s no secret that renovating a home or office can be a daunting task. Whether you’re going it alone or working with contractors, there are still many different things that need to be done well in order to pull off a successful remodel. Depending on your goals, you may find that you need custom door or wall panels for your build, and that’s where Sing Core comes in!

Our door and wall panels are the best in the industry, and can be used for a variety of applications. Interior doors, exterior doors, custom shaped or large doors, easy to install and movable walls, countertops, tables, and more are all options when it comes to Sing Core panels. Our panels can be made to nearly any size, fitting whatever need you have!

Why Use Sing Core?

Aside from the variety of uses for Sing Core panels, they also have a number of benefits. The main features of our products are being lightweight, incredibly strong and sturdy, and being 100% warp free. Our patented and patent-pending technology allows us to create high end, custom, and one of a kind doors, among other things. Our Sing honeycomb core provides great strength and durability, while also remaining incredibly lightweight. Usually, a custom door will be made of bulky and heavy materials, though that doesn’t always mean “good” materials. Sing Core panels are made of high end hardwood panels, insulated with construction grade foam, and reinforced with our one-of-a-kind honeycomb core. Then you have the option of putting a skin on your door, such as wood staves, metal sheeting, and more, which just further improves its strength, design, and durability.

In addition, every one of our doors comes with a 50 Year Warp-Free and Structural Guarantee, so you can stay confident in your purchase for decades to come. Very rarely can someone make a claim such as this, but we’re confident in our product and its resilience. A warped door can be a huge problem, and all door types are susceptible to warping given their large, flat sides. Sing Core, however, has perfected the way of making warp-free doors so that you never have to worry about your front door warping and letting in all the cold air, or a sliding door warping and never closing right again.

If you want to take your renovation to the next level, contact Sing Core and request a quote for your custom door or wall panel today!

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The Importance of Lightweight Doors

Why Lightweight Doors Matter

When it comes to large, thick, or custom doors, weight matters a lot. A heavy door can be unwieldy, awkward, or hard to use. In addition, the heavier a door gets, the more complications can arise. These complications can range from minor inconveniences to major failures within the door itself, but regardless, they compromise the quality and function of your door. That’s why we suggest using Sing Core for your large or custom doors, as we make the best lightweight and strong door on the market.

Heavy Door Complications

It’s no stretch of logic to assume that the heavier a door gets, the more risk it poses in a variety of ways. Common issues with heavy doors include difficulty installing or using them, extra strain on hardware, and higher risk of injury. A large, hefty door may sound appealing, but when the mounting hardware bends or breaks under the weight, many things can happen. In the best case scenario, you have to take the door down and replace the hardware. In the worst case scenario, someone can get severely injured. In order to avoid this risk, you need to use heavier grade hardware, which can get increasingly expensive and difficult to come by depending on your door.

Light Door Solutions

If a heavy door causes many problems, then a light door should prevent them. Luckily, it does, and Sing Core doors are the best when it comes to keeping things light and strong. A lighter door has far less wear on its hardware, is much easier to install and operate, and can make the entire process of choosing and installing your custom or large door a lot more enjoyable. For one, you won’t need a team of 8 people to move the giant slab of wood. With a lightweight Sing Core door, you can often transport it with just a handful of people. Plus, with Sing Core doors, you don’t sacrifice strength for weight. Our panels are made with our patented and patent-pending honeycomb core, meaning they remain strong, sturdy, and guaranteed to never warp.

Large Doors

The biggest doors are often the heaviest, and that’s something else Sing Core is great for. Aside from just being lightweight, Sing Core panels provide additional securities when it comes to your large or custom door. The biggest concern with large doors is warping, as the larger surface area is prone to it. Sing Core’s honeycomb panels prevent warping, and we’re so confident in that statement that we offer a 50 Year Warp-Free Guarantee on all of our panels. A warped door can fundamentally ruin a door’s function, structural integrity, and more, and very few door makers can claim their product is free of that concern. Our warranty also promises the structural integrity of your door, so you also never have to worry about that.

Consider using Sing Core for your large, custom, or even standard door project. Interior doors, exterior doors, pivot, sliding, and more are all available through Sing Core.

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Creative Entertainment Center Built with Sing Core

Beautiful Entertainment Center Built using Sing Core

Sing Core panels make amazing doors, but can also be used for numerous other purposes. Sometimes our panels are used to make doors, movable dividers, or furniture. In this instance, the homeowner used Sing Core for a custom, very unique entertainment center.

The Project

The customer’s project was a very intriguing request: a Sing Core panel to mount on rollers, like a sliding door, but with the intention to cover up a large TV when closed, then slide open to reveal the TV behind it. While Sing Core has made many different sliding doors to fit many different needs and designs, we’d never done so for an entertainment center like this.

The covering panel is 80 inches wide, 56.75 inches tall, and 1.75 inches thick. This would normally be an incredibly heavy piece, but with Sing Core’s patented honeycomb core it remains light and easy to use. In addition, the customer wanted to apply their own finish layer and skin to the panel, which meant the panel had to be delivered in perfect condition and ready to accept finishing work. In order to properly accept a skin layer, the panel needs to be incredibly flat and non-warped. If the panel ever does warp, not only could the skin fall off of it, but many other complications could arise. For example, the hardware used to mount the piece could fail, causing it to fall and injure someone or damage the TV behind it. When dealing with large and flat panels such as this, you really want to avoid warping, and by using Sing Core you can take that worry and toss it away.

The cover rolls along a top rail to reveal the TV hidden behind, and can then return using the same system. The nearby shelves slot in between wood boards and are backlit, adding to the incredible feel of the entertainment center. This classy addition to the room is truly one of a kind, and certain to start a conversation with anyone who sees it.

Sing Core Furniture

Sing Core panels have been used to make a wide variety of furniture pieces, including tables, desks, beds, and more. Using our product as your building material for furniture grants the standard Sing Core benefits, making the piece incredibly strong, long lasting, and lightweight. Normally building a sturdy bunk bed would make it difficult to move and assemble, given the heavy and bulky lumber needed. By using Sing Core panels, you significantly reduce the end weight of the furniture, while still keeping it sturdy and strong.

Sing Core furniture can be seen in many different applications and places. The Seattle Center for Architecture and Design uses desks and tables made from Sing Core, and those particular units have been around for over 7 years now. Several companies use displays made from Sing Core panels at trade show booths, as well as for other selling venues. We even use Sing Core furniture in our own offices!

If you’re thinking about building a custom piece of furniture or a beautiful entertainment center such as this, consider using Sing Core for guaranteed quality and only the best results.

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The Making of a Sing Core Door – From Concept Drawing to Finished Door

The Making of a Sing Core Door

When you first consider ordering a Sing Core door panel, you may wonder what all goes into making your order? If Sing Core is really such a unique and high-quality product, how is it made? Today, let’s dive into the process of taking a Sing Core custom door from concept drawing to finished door.

Step 1: Quote

The first step to any Sing Core door is to request a quote. You can do this by clicking the orange “Pricing” button in the top right corner of most of the pages on our website. This will take you to our order form where you will need to provide the details of your job. These include measurements, door style, use, and more. From there, your completed form gets sent to our sales team, who process your request and reach out to you with a quote. Sometimes they’ll ask for more information, but by the end of this conversation you’ll have a price and date of completion estimate.

Step 2: Shop Drawing

After you accept the quote and decide to move forward with your order, it gets sent off to the production team. The production team starts by making a shop drawing, which is a detailed drawing of your order, showing the exact measurements and shape needed to make your door a reality. The shop drawing is sent to you for one last round of approval, and then it gets put in the factory’s queue to be made.

Step 3: Building

Finally the time to actually make your order has arrived! The factory team starts by analyzing the shop drawing and making a plan for your door. Sometimes the plan is simple, but in some highly-customized-order scenario, there may be additional steps or materials needed. They then create the base of your door order: a Sing Honeycomb Core panel built to the specifications of your project. We use patented and patent-pending technology and designs to make this high end, lightweight, and incredibly strong panel. The panel is then framed and protected with high quality wood sheets, which completes your order. If you requested any additional features for your order, like in the case of a Sing Core Security Panel, then those added features would be added at various times throughout the process, depending on what they are.

Step 4: Wrapping Up

Next, we take your order and package it for shipping. This can vary in execution depending on some factors, such as size, location, and urgency. Many orders will have custom crates built to protect the panel during shipping if possible. The panel goes through one final inspection before being loaded up, and then you will be notified that your order has shipped.

Process Summarized

Your order goes through many stages to ensure quality and accuracy, and we work with you regularly to make sure we’re all on the same page when it comes to your custom order. All orders are appreciated equally at Sing Core, and we guarantee the same high quality, lightweight and sturdy product for everyone. In addition, you get our 50 Year Warp-Free and Structural Guarantee with every panel ordered.

Thank you for your interest in using Sing Core for your custom doors. If you have any questions, feel free to submit a quote request and our Sales team will be happy to assist you!

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Hinged Doors vs Pivot Doors, Which is Better?

Hinged Door vs Pivot Door

Many different styles and designs fill the door industry, and two of the most popular are hinged doors and pivot doors. They may sound similar, but they have fundamental differences in their operation and design that set them apart. Both are great options, but let’s go over what each style is, and when you may or may not want to use it.

What is a Hinged Door?

This is what most people think of first when they think of a door. The classic barrier held up on 2-3 hinges on one side. These doors are the classic choice for a reason; they’re easy and they work. Hinged doors have been around since 1600 B.C., over 3,600 years ago. The hinges attach to both the wall and the door itself, allowing it to swing open and shut freely. There are many benefits to hinge doors, one of which being how universally understood they are. Hinged doors can usually be installed rather easily, are simple to operate, and most maintenance can be done by the home or business owner. In addition, for many small to standard sized doors, hinges work great.

The downsides to hinged doors mostly revolve around the hardware and opening mechanics. Hinges have several points where they can bend, break, or seize up, and that would cause the door to cease operating or be severely limited in its functionality. The door rests entirely suspended by the hinges. This means there is constant pressure pulling away from them, and depending on the size and weight of your door, this can turn into a big problem. A squeaky hinge is one thing, but a broken hinge causes the door to be completely inoperable in some cases, and usually leads to the other hinges breaking soon due to the increased weight on them.

Hinged doors are still fantastic options for many situations, but when it comes to large and heavy doors, they present some potential problems.

What is a Pivot Door?

Pivot doors at first seem to function much like hinged doors. They pivot open from one side, and can look nearly identical. However, where hinged doors use hinges to mount to the wall, pivot doors have a slightly more unique mechanic.

Pivot doors usually are mounted from the top and bottom near one side of the door, as opposed to the side. This attachment can be imagined as a pole running through the door, and the door rotates around said pole. This is just a simple explanation, though, as pivot doors can be attached in many different ways. A pivot door opens up in a similar fashion to the hinged door, but is often far smoother to operate and present a more unique visual, given the door is actually rotating away from the wall on both sides.

Pivot doors are much more stable choices when it comes to large and heavy doors, and standard sized doors as well. Because they are not attached and completely suspended from one side, they have far less impact on their hardware. In addition, pivot doors are usually made with more resilient hardware to begin with, so your door will remain beautiful and functional for a very long time.

The downsides of a pivot door mainly revolve around the maintenance and installation, as they are far more specialized entryways. Pivot doors often need a trade professional to install, and should anything happen to the door, maintaining its operating point can be far more difficult.

To alleviate the problem with both doors, we suggest using Sing Core for your pivot and hinged door panels! The lightweight and resilient nature of Sing Core significantly lowers the risk associated with these doors and leaves you with a fantastic door guaranteed for 50 Years.

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Innovate Your Build with Sing Core

Innovative Design Possibilities with Sing Core

A door says a lot about your home or office, and designers are creating the biggest, best, and most beautiful door designs for their projects. Many of these grand doors use Sing Core panels due to their strength, lightweight nature, and customizability. Let’s go over some of the best doors made with Sing Core.

Massive Pink Door

This huge door was installed in a luxury home, and stands 13 feet tall and 3 feet wide. This beautiful door features a hardwood frame and was crafted to artisanal quality. This door operates as a hinged door, and can be easily opened and closed despite its size due to the lightweight nature of Sing Core panels. Due to this, the hinges will last far longer than they would with a traditional heavy door. Between the excellent quality, long life span, and the beautiful work done by the architect and design team, this bright door will bring color and life to the residence for an incredibly long time.

Large Gray Door

This massive pivot door is 5 foot 3 inches wide and nearly 10 feet tall. It serves as the exterior door to a home, and offers a huge entryway that is not common with traditional doors. The door swings open as a pivot door, similar to a hinge door, but the hardware usually attaches to the top and bottom of the door as opposed to mounted on the side. Sing Core panels work very well for pivot doors, as their customizable design can be made to account for the different hardware. This door’s massive size would lead to it being incredibly heavy and hard to operate with other building methods, but with Sing Core it remains easy to use and looking great.

Laserfiche Sliding Doors

The Laserfiche California Headquarters worked with Sing Core to make several doors for their offices, this large set of corner sliding doors being the highlight piece. This high end large door slides back along the squared walls to reveal the room within, opening up a huge entryway. It can also be closed to seal the room off in a box manner. Sing Core panels work especially well for sliding doors, as their combination of unique hardware and function, plus the limitations that are put in place by the mechanisms present many challenges when it comes to weight and size. A set of sliding doors of this size would certainly be unwieldy, require even more expensive hardware, and would have many other drawbacks. With Sing Core, these doors remain light and easy to use despite their size, and as such easily roll along their tracks to open and close.

Sing Core is proud to be involved in so many important projects, and we are confident that our panels allow more innovative and fun designs. Whether you’re working on a large door, custom shaped door, or a door with any other number of features, contact Sing Core to learn how we can enhance your project and build the best door together.

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Sing Core’s 50 Year Guarantee

Sing Core’s Famous 50 Year Guarantee

At Sing Core, we are well known for the high quality door and wall panels we manufacture. Their many qualities allow them to speak for themselves, though our famous 50 Year Guarantee is what really sends them to the top. Our panels are strong, lightweight, and make beautiful doors, but without a warranty those traits are far less valuable. Sing Core panels, however, come with a 50 Year warp-free and structural guarantee. This turns those fancy words into a real promise, which is more than most other panels on the market can claim.

Why 50 Years?

50 years is a long time, longer than any other custom panel manufacturer is willing to claim. It comes with significant risk, as over the course of 50 years, a lot can happen to the product. Temperature and weather exposure can cause it to warp, frequent use can cause faults in the structure, and more. With Sing Core panels, this isn’t a concern. We don’t just promise 50 years and hope the panel survives, we promise 50 years because we know it will. In fact, Sing Core panels are designed to last far longer than 50 years, though we feel 50 years is a good amount of time to prove the durability and quality of our product, and is far more than what the rest of the industry is willing to offer.

Warp-Free Guarantee

Part of the 50 Year Sing Core Warranty is a promise that our panels will never warp. Warping presents a huge concern for doors and walls, and particularly large doors are at higher risk of warping just due to their size. A warped door can lead to all kinds of issues, such as sealing problems, difficulty opening and closing, and even up to full failure of the structure or function. Sing Core panels are built using our patented and patent-pending designs that guarantee they will never warp, so this completely eliminates the risk of your door or wall failing in that way.

Warping may seem unlikely, but it is incredibly common and can happen for a number of reasons. In areas with volatile temperatures and harsh weather warping is more likely to occur, especially when regularly exposed to moisture such as rain or snow. Even in regions with calmer weather, warping can happen seemingly for no reason. Sing Core panels will never warp, and that is what our 50 Year Guarantee is built on.

Structural Guarantee

In addition to never warping, our panels also come with a structural guarantee. This means that if the door fails in a way related to the manufacturing process, we will make it right. Our panels are crafted of high quality materials in a controlled environment and are solid as a rock, while still being lightweight. We also inspect them all before sending them out, so they should never fail. However, while we are confident in our product, we want you to be confident in it, too. That’s why we offer a structural guarantee as a part of the warranty, so that you know you’ll be covered if your panel ever does fail.

How to Use Your Warranty

In the unlikely event that you need to make use of your warranty, the process is very easy. All you have to do is contact us with the information about the initial panel order and what went wrong, and we will get the process started. During the process you may be asked to provide pictures and information, but rest assured that we will make it right.

Thank you for using Sing Core!