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Sliding Metal Doors

Sliding metal doors were all the rage in commercial, industrial, and residential applications in the fifties and sixties. The only problem with these doors was that they were costly to maintain because these sliding metal doors were so heavy. It’s a lot of extra weight to add to a structure, especially if the structure isn’t manufactured primarily of concrete and steel.

Rollers would breakdown, bearing would fail, tracks would deteriorate, as the maintenance costs piled up over the lifespan of the door. Now, thanks to Sing Core, there is a solution for making Eco-friendly sliding metal doors which are lightweight, with Sing’s patented solid hybrid core.

The classic design and look of sliding metal doors are making a comeback in modern contemporary architectural designs and it is having huge impact, especially if the sliding metal doors are very large in size.

This new resurgence in metal sliding door design is implementing all types of metal, primarily focused upon aluminum door, stainless steel door, galvanized steel door, cold rolled steel door, and hot rolled steel door, in that order of popularity among modern architects and designers.

When contemplating the incorporation of a large metal sliding door into your design, there are many considerations to take into account. Will there be maintenance required regularly over the life of the door? In most cases, large doors will need regular maintenance to keep them functioning properly, and to repair or replace them if they either become damaged or start to warp.

Any metal door could be made of any type of available metal, though some types may be cost prohibitive, and others may be too soft to deliver consistent high performance over time, so it’s best to know your metals before you specify the material, unless, of course, price and regular maintenance are not an issue.

Aluminum and steel sliding doors definitely lead the pack over all metal sliding doors, and exterior steel doors are a hot item, and when they encounter direct sunlight, that’s when things start moving. That’s a problem which could prevent the steel sliding door from operating correctly and may cause undo stress on hardware, leading to all kinds of other problems.

When a warping metal sliding door is of concern, Sing Core is the solution, especially for modern metal doors over three-and-a-half feet wide and seven feet tall. Inventor Peter Sing can help architectural door designers to create large metal doors which can be guaranteed warp-free for fifty years.

In fact, if you have a large metal door with a 50-year warp-free guarantee, that door has Sing Core inside and it was designed, engineered, built, and finished to achieve those special results.

While Sing Core is found inside the best metal sliding doors in the world, Sing Core does not make sliding doors. Sing Core works hand-in-hand with the best millworks and metal door fabricators in the world. The result of this massive team effort to achieve such high-end sliding metal doors. No detail is overlooked.

It takes a village to build a lightweight, high strength, metal sliding door that is a one of a kind piece of work which is made to last for centuries and guaranteed to remain warp-free for at least 50 years.

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Exciting Architectural Use of Sing Core Panels

Although SingCore is best know for our large / oversize door applications, our extraordinary light weight panels are made custom to your specifications. And, have applications in a large variety of specialized architectural uses such as ceilings, light wells, and shade boxes.

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Sing panels as over window architectural details (Photo courtesy of Wirth Woodworking)

Case Study: Wirth Woodworking’s Over Window Details

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Sing panels as over window architectural details (Photo courtesy of Wirth Woodworking)

Once again, our fabulous clients have stepped up to the plate and innovated the use of SingCore panels in a stunning over window architectural details. In the photos on this page, you can see the work of our friends over at Wirth Woodworking. Using the extensive strength and rigidity of our panels, they were able to meet a design goals beyond what is possible with traditional framing and drywall construction techniques.

Application details:

  • Length 33′
  • Thickness 1 1/4″
  • Shipped in 18 sections

For this particular project, because of other elements of the design, the inclusion of SingCore was absolutely necessary to achieve positive results without compromising the designer’s vision. Increasingly, architects and designers are specing SingCore specifically because they know if they dream it we can achieve it with the help of talented millworks, cabinet makers, construction companies, and woodworkers who form our rough materials in to a finished reality.

Message from the builder:

[The pictured] SingCore panels [are] used above the windows. Panels are 1 1/4″ thick by 33 feet long. They were delivered in 18 foor sections

Reason for the detail was conventional framing & sheetrock was impeding on the shade boxes and not staying straight.

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Wirth Woodworking Inc

Beyond the Ordinary

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Sing panels as over window architectural details (Photo courtesy of Wirth Woodworking)

Builders and industry professionals turn to SingCore because of the exceptional parameters that our state of the art, patented, and patent-pending material can bring to any design. Top benefits include:

  • Light — as much as 1/3 the weight of an equivalent wood panel
  • Strong — with a 600+ PSI rating, is stronger than steel pound for pound
  • Straight — our panels are guaranteed to be perfectly straight (exceeding AWI warp standards)
  • Stable — with a 50 year structural guarantee, we stand by our product

What Can SingCore Do For You?

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Sing panels as over window architectural details (Photo courtesy of Wirth Woodworking)

With ever increasing acceptance and adoption across the industry, SingCore is always asking the question, what more can we do with our product. Doors and architectural details are just the beginning for us.

On a daily basis, SingCore is trying new things and attempting to innovate across many fields and disciplines to bring the magic of our “Honeycomb” core to the masses in a myriad of new and exciting ways. From transportation, housing, furniture, charity outreach to the very lifestyle of  every-day Americans, SingCore has no limit.

But, we cannot do it alone. Our very best new innovations are accomplished by the skill and hard work of our magnificent clients and partners such as Wirth Woodworking.

Which leaves only one question:

“What can Sing Core do for you?”

So contact us today with your next project and idea so we can do our part to help your vision succeed!

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Sing Solution Considerations

What should you consider when seeking out the Sing solution?

1. Dimensions Affect Price

 

Sing Core can build anything that can be panelized, from large pivot doors to hangar doors and panelized structures such as warehouses or even Sing Log Homes. Very large panels or walls can reach enormous proportions and can be made modular for near seamless assembly on site. Other factors which affect the overall price of your project will be,

2. Importance of Surface Material

 

The skin material used on your panel’s exterior greatly affects how the substructure is built. Basically, the greater the tendency for the exterior surface material to move, the more of Sing’s True Flat engineering is required to create a hybrid substrate which will counteract the panel’s tendency to warp, bend, twist, or otherwise create a challenge in the field over time.

Cutaway shows detail of patented reinforced vertical grain torsion box core

3. Sing Core Inside

The core of the panel in question can come in many different variations besides the patented and fully insulated, reinforced vertical grain torsion box core to match the high precision performance expectations of your project. Many considerations are made to determine the size of the patented structure grids as well as integration of patent-pending counter-warp materials to achieve desired results.

4. Thickness

Thickness of your panel and each of its features affects everything. For instance, it is much easier to keep a panel straight and true the higher the percentage of patented Sing Core is inside your panel proportionally. Even if your surface material is natural wood, your client might desire 3/8” thick material, when using 1/8” material is far more effective, and the difference is not noticeable on the end product.

All of these things play a part in the design and engineering of your panel in terms of

Giant Factory Door Extremely Light Weight

A. WEIGHT

The overall weight of your custom panel(s) is determined by the sum of all the components which are necessary to create a one-of-a-kind solution which meets your required specifications. The greater the amount of Sing Core inside your panel, the less it will weigh and the stronger it will be.

B. STRENGTH

No other substrate in the world is more lightweight or high-strength than inventor Peter Sing’s Sing Core, which provides for a solid composite core based on Sing’s patented insulated and reinforced torsion box structure, which is stronger than steel pound for pound (660+ PSI). By doubling the among of patented Sing Core, you multiply the strength of the panel four times.

C. WARP-FREE

Besides being Eco-friendly and made in the USA, patented Sing Core is the only substrate which can guarantee your panel will not warp, bend, twist, or otherwise fail. In fact, this revolutionary building material enables the best door companies in the world to build large doors of any size which can be guaranteed warp-free for 50 years (a first in the industry).

Affordable Sing Core Made in USA exported to Thailand

Affordable Sing Core Made in USA exported to Thailand

BUDGET CONSIDERATIONS

Sing solutions for problems and challenging projects can be costly, but they may also be extremely affordable depending on your performance expectations.

If you are on a budget and flexible about some of the elements of your design, there is a good chance that Sing’s True Flat Team may be able to reengineer a solution for you that will both meet your budget and your performance expectations.

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Real Wood but 1/3 the Weight of Solid Wood

Sing Core is a patented and patent pending real wood material. With a real wood exterior, and an environmentally friendly wooden torsion box core, you get the look of real wood, with one third the weight and a strength greater than steel by weight. Further, our custom panels do not warp.

Our material can be worked with ordinary woodworking tools. And, is in almost every respect a superior light weight alternative to wooden planks, beams, and sheets.

What Kind of Wood is Lightweight?

When you think of light woods, your mind typically goes to Spruce, Balsa, Box Wood, or some other exotic tropical variety.

But, here at SingCore, we specialize in super lightweight wooden panels with almost any wood finish. Need a walnut panel that weighs less than spruce, then we can make one custom just for your project. Wood skins can supply include, but are not limited to:

  • lightweight-panelPine
  • Cedar
  • Cottonwood
  • Alder
  • Ash
  • Oak
  • Walnut
  • Beech
  • Maple
  • Birch
  • Teak
  • Mahogany
  • Fir
  • Cherry
  • Rosewood
  • Elm
  • Larch
  • Ebony
  • Hickory
  • Spruce
  • Purpleheart

 

 Is Balsa Wood the Lightest Wood in the World?

No! SingCore is the lightest wood in the world! Our lightweight and super strong core is both 1/3 the weight of typical wood or less, yet stronger than Oak. If you need something that exceeds every other material that you have worked with in the past, then you need SingCore.

Which Wood is the Strongest?

The strongest wood in the world is SingCore. Our wooden torsion core, with custom exterior faces with any wood veneer, wood stave, metal, plywood, plastic, or other finish, is stronger than steel by weight. Yet remains surprisingly light for its size.

Lightweight Wood Sheets

Sing Core makes the lightest and strongest wood sheets on the market. All our panels are made directly to order. All we need from you is the desired length, width, thickness, and desired skin finish.

Our wood sheets are guaranteed not to warp, and are covered by a 50-year structural warrantee. Although we are not the cheapest, we stand by our product the longest of any manufacturer in the market.

Lightweight Wood Board

Sing Beam and Sing Board can be custom made for you application. Easy to move. Perfect straight. Lighter than wood. But, stronger than steel.

What Kind of Wood is Light but Strong?

For a light board or panel that has the look of wood, with solid wood staves, but is much lighter than wood should ever be, then you have come to the right place. SingCore makes custom, to order, panels that exceeds the strength of any other wood on the market.

Lightest Wood for Shelves

Sing core panels make amazing shelves. With little to no VOC, they can be used in almost any sensitive situation.

The panels are so strong that they can easily support the weight of a morbidly obese man, yet they remain remarkably light to the touch.

Lightweight Wood Panels

If you are in the market for lightweight wood panels for — doors, general construction, furniture, cabinets, architectural use, trade shows, or other special purpose, contact our estimates department today.

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SingCore Legendary Curved Door

Everyone is looking for that new door that speaks to their customers and visitors.  Look no further.  SingCore has the answer!

The Sing Door Advantage

SingCore’s Legendary Curved Door has been called upon in the most demanding situations to turn even the most stale environment into a place where luxury and creativity flourishes.  As a leader in manufacturing large, over-sized, sliding, pivot, metal, hinge, bi-fold, and man doors, SingCore has been at the forefront of our industry because of our ability to make doors that are stronger, straighter, lower in weight, more dimensionally stable, available in more materials, more warp resistant, and more visually appealing.  Moreover, we offer the best guarantee in the industry.  No one else in the industry can offer you doors that are guaranteed for 50 years against warping, twisting, breaking, cracking, and skewing.  Because we have a proven track record of producing door that stand the test of time, we have decided to divert our attention to a new line of doors that are dramatically increasing in popularity.  That is the SingCore Legendary Curved Door.

Light weight marine ply curve door with Sing Core inside

Unprecedented Door Options

These beautiful curved doors are made with a marine ply skin for better resistance to environmental conditions.

Exceptionally strong, straight, and lightweight and more warp resistant than any other panel on the market.  Using SingCore’s patented and patent pending core material, we have the sub straight to provide you with a panel that meets the rigorous needs of today’s environment.  With our advanced methods and special engineering, we can make these doors in many different skin types.  We will build the doors specifically to your specs, using almost any skin you can imagine.  We can also make the doors in any size with any skin, using any type of hanging method.  You can also use any hardware with our doors, because of our revolutionary system of blocking.  Our innovative system allows you specify any kind of blocking you need to get the job done.  Just ask and we will do it!

 

Curved Door Installed (Photo courtesy of Wirth Woodworking)

SingCore Unmatched Precision

These large curved doors have been made to the exact specifications of the client.  No one can make a door radius as precise and versatile as ours.  Most door companies are not even capable of producing a door that has a radius.  With our cutting edge methods, we can build a door with any radius.  Moreover, it will have the SingCore signature light weight core that allows us to build doors that are more structurally strong, more rigid, more dimensionally stable, less prone to skewing, breaking, and cracking under normal use.  As you can see from our photos, they are much more beautiful than doors from any other curved door manufacturer.  Our doors are solid as a rock.  They go through our rigorous strength testing, including the hammer test.

Curved Door Installed (Photo courtesy of Wirth Woodworking)

Ahead of the Game

The buzz about our Legendary Curved Door Line has been tremendous.  We would like to thank everyone who has reach out to us about these our curved doors.  We would also like to thank Wirth Woodworking for doing such a fine job finishing and installing these doors with hardware available at ghostop.com.  To get your own curved doors, please click the “Pricing” button and submit for a price quote.  You never know.  You might just become the proud owner of SingCore Legendary Curved Doors even before your friends and neighbors install them in their homes.

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Oversize Custom Fire Resistant Doors

Sing core material is not naturally fire retardant, but gain the fire retardant properties of their skin materials. Sing panels can be made with almost any skin, common varieties include:
  • Plywood, MDF, Masonite
  • Formica, HPL, or other plastics
  • Metal such as steel (cold rolled / hot rolled), aluminum, copper
  • Dry wall
  • Other interior finishes
We make our panels directly based on your exact specifications, so all you need to do is choose the skin with your desired level of retardation, and we will deliver.
For a highly fire-resistant door with the surface skin of wood, we have the option of layering several skin materials with outward facing wood stave or wood veneer. Therefor you can have the look of beautiful  wood on the outside but the safety of highly fire resistant materials on the inside.
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Pivot Doors

There’s no better way to make a lasting impression than with a big pivot door. Large pivot doors as entry doors are the best way to garner attention.  Plus your guests will remember and talk about that “big pivot door” long after they’ve visited your home or structure.

Pivot doors make an impact which does not fade quickly. We specialize in working together with the elite high-end millworks and exclusive custom door manufacturers to create breathtaking custom high-end pivot entry doors for the most discerning clients in the United States and abroad.

Specializing in large opening doors is a craft which until recent years presented immense challenges for architects, designers, and engineers when it comes to creating large pivot doors which are taller than eight feet or wider than four feet due to the limitation of the building materials available at the time.

Now, Sing Core presents a pivot door blank which empowers any visionary pivot door company to bring their large pivot door dreams to life. This has ushered in a whole new series of highly individualized one-of-a-kind pivot doors, each one is a specially crafted pivot door which may be similar to, but clearly unlike any other door, making their way into the most exclusive designs and structures around the world.

You can find pivot doors with Sing Core inside just about anywhere from beneath the sea (US Navy) to outer space (NASA) and everywhere in between. This is no surprise when you take into consideration that this is the only way to make large pivot doors which are lightweight, fully insulated, and fully resistant to warp.

Sing Core’s hinged doors and pivot doors are a growing trend among modern door companies, contemporary architecture, and design aficionados who are on the leading edge of the wide range of industries which they represent.

Large pivot entry doors are a symbol of elegant superiority, demanding the attention of anyone who approaches them to focus upon them. There is no hiding their effect on guest who encounter them. It’s hard not to pass through such a large opening without expressing one’s self, with something, like, “Wow.”

Until the advent of Sing Core, the resounding challenge facing pivot door manufacturers was the fact that pivoting doors were warping. Thanks to inventor, Peter Sing, his factory is able to build warp-free pivot door blanks custom-designed and built to host any flat building material. This non-warping substrate enables any pivot door company to build a pivot door that does not warp.

In fact, custom built doors, built in tandem with Sing Core’s true flat team can provide clients with pivot doors which can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist, or otherwise fail (including full structure) for 50 years; guaranteed in writing. No other door builder can do that, unless their doors have Sing Core inside.

Unlike hinged doors which are firmly anchored on one side of the door to help prevent warping, pivot doors only have two points of contact where the door swings freely from side to side, in some cases all the way around, pivoting on one anchor point on the doors base and the other on top of the pivoting door.

That’s it. Therefore, it’s very hard to keep pivot doors straight. Sing Core provides pivot doors such as aluminum pivot door and steel pivot doors, but also dares to build and create warp-free versions of wood pivot doors, which are by far the most problematic.

Glass and metal pivot doors provide the least amount of problems, yet architects and designers still specify Sing Core to reduce the weight and increase the insulation value of the metal and glass pivot doors to reduce sound and increase thermal capabilities for the best of all pivot doors available today.

And when it comes to pivot front doors, these pivoting doors can be the perfect solution for doors which face the sun and/or may be fully exposed to the elements. Sing’s modern pivot doors are featured in the most expensive homes and industrial locations, enabling your or your client to possess the most beautiful pivot door system.

Thanks to the true flat team at Sing Core, pivot doors are an excellent choice for addressing those large door openings. Having a guaranteed precision designed and engineered pivot door makes all the difference, especially for those with the highest expectations and attention to detail.

While perusing the pages of sincore.com you will find photos of pivot doors that will challenge your otherwise sound sensibilities, and you will start thinking outside the box as your start to imagine the new possibilities as inspiration for pivot door ideas which you may not have dared to conceive of previously.

You are not limited to using pivot doors as front entry doors because the look and feel of pivot doors can be seen across a variety of settings including used as outdoor pivoting gates made from unique materials including cement gates and pivoting HPL gates.

Specially designed and engineered pivot door, fiberglass and HPL pivot doors are quite common in industrial and hospitality applications where they are exposed to high traffic environments.

Sing Core’s custom-clad pivot doors can host any available flat building material, such as aluminum, brass, brick, cement, cold rolled steel, concrete, diamond plate steel, fiberglass, galvanized steel, FRP, hot rolled steel, HPL, Kevlar, Masonite, MDF, metal, stainless steel, and wood. Any type of wood species.

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Oversized Front Door

When it comes to big doors, no one does it better than Sing Core. Who else can make an Eco-friendly oversized front door that is made in the USA, fully insulated, lightweight, stronger than steel pound for pound, and guaranteed not to warp or fail for 50 years? Nobody, unless the door in question has “Sing Core inside.”

Front doors are not only the first thing that you see when approaching a structure, but they have a unique challenge as one side of the front door faces the interior and the other faces the exterior. This is the perfect storm for the warping of exterior doors.

A warped entry door is a problem because it is a huge security issue if the front door cannot be secured because the locking mechanism does not line up correctly. This can also be a problem for climate control for certain times of the year when weather can be extreme in some geographic locations.

Sing Core oversized front doors could be made of any available flat building material but the most problematic entry doors are wooden front doors. Wooden front doors cause the most challenge for warp due to the nature of the natural wood grain to move as it adjusts to changes in the surrounding environment.

Sing Core’s ability to provide a warp-free solution for this type of elegant oversized front door includes the use of patented and patent-pending technologies which are keenly created and suited for the particular door, taking into consideration the height of the door, the width and thickness. Other factors include the wood species used and how much of the wood is featured on the exterior wood doors, as well as taking into consideration the overall seasonal climate where the door is installed, which direction the door is facing, and whether the door is 100% exposed, or not.

All these things factor into the unique creation of a warp-free oversized front door substrate which considers all the aspects of the door. This is a process which is unique only to Sing Core and it’s what makes each door with a 50-year warp-free guarantee an individual work of art.

Many of the best and largest door manufacturers call on Sing Core to assist them in building an oversize front door of integrity and long-lasting performance. Prior to working with Sing Core, many of the largest companies would just refuse to make the big front doors because they knew these big entry doors were going to be problematic.

Custom door manufacturers and the most proficient millwork companies and craftsmen might build out the door to your specifications, but no one would be willing to put their name on the bill more than once, guaranteeing any degree of well-maintained straightness, as prior top Sing Core, this was just not possible. You might be compelled to sign your name the first time due to your level of confidence in your abilities, but after the first time, you’d use the waiver.

Contractors routinely excluded the big front entry doors from their warranty rider(s) for the same reason. It’s like, “if you want a big door, then fine. We’ll find someone to build it for you, but good luck trying to keep it straight.” If you want a big door, you can have it, but the regular maintenance for large wooden front doors is on you, and you can count on it.

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Making a large Eco-friendly, lightweight, high strength door that is fully insulated and stronger than steel pound for pound, just cannot be done without Sing Core.

Do you want more from your door?

How about

10 ft garage door oversized doorsEco-friendly
• Any size
• Any material
• Lightweight
• High strength
• Fully insulated
• Use indoor or outdoor
• 50-year Warp-free guarantee
• Structure guarantee
• Made in the USA

The sky is the limit (and beyond, if you are our client, like NASA) as we build your architectural oversize front door to your specifications. Any size, any light cut out, any material, such as aluminum, blackboard, brick, cement, cold-rolled steel, concrete, diamond plate steel, fiberglass, FRP, galvanized steel, glass, HPL, Kevlar, LVL, magnetic board, MDO, stainless steel, whiteboard, even the most difficult material to keep perfectly straight over long spans:

Natural wooden front doors

Sing Core can provide the biggest and best millworks and custom door manufacturers with a superior warp-free oversized front door made of any available natural wood species, such as alder, ash, birch, cedar, cherry, cypress, dogwood, Douglas fir, elm, eucalyptus, fir, hemlock, hickory, mahogany, maple, oak, okoume, pine, poplar, spruce, or walnut, just to name a few.

All perfectly flat and guaranteed warp-free for 50 years.

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Temporary Wall Panels

Temporary wall panels are an excellent way to take charge and become the master of your space of any size, or any environment. If you have large open spaces, these can easily be redesigned or divided in separate spaces quickly and easily using insulated Sing temporary wall panels.

For obvious reasons, inventor Peter Sing’s temporary wall panels are found mostly in the Greater New York area and are used primarily as insulated room dividers. Space is a premium commodity in this part of the country and Sing Core helps make the best use of available space.

Temporary wall panels can be a little tricky, so if you’re not the owner of the property, you need to be sure to check with the owner to see if it’s okay to erect wall dividers in your space, also there may be local building codes that may prevent you from using a room separator.

For those who are creative enough to exploit a loophole, while there may be local code restrictions for room partitions, or hanging room dividers, furniture is unrestricted. Many people are using Sing temporary wall panels as the backside of a bookcase by installing bookshelves on one side of the temporary wall panels. Now you have a bookcase, which is a piece of furniture which sits on the floor, and is not considered a wall, as long as it is not anchored to the ceiling.

That’s how you find Sing temporary wall panels installed in many buildings in the New York area providing more privacy and maximized use of available space as a DIY room divider bookcase built by the avid do-it-yourselfer, though some companies who specialize in New York room dividers, use Sing Core inside their temporary walls.

And if you have the bandwidth, in terms of excess wall space on either side of your opening, sliding room dividers, are an excellent way to open a full space and separate it into divisible space instantly. The sliding room dividers are always in place as the wall slides open or close on demand, perfect for a permanent installation. You see these in retail and entertainment space establishments around the New York area.

As portable room dividers, the most popular configuration in office settings in and around New York state appears to be hanging room dividers, where room dividers are hung side by side from commonly used and easily obtainable barn door hardware. Because temporary wall panels with Sing Core inside are so lightweight in comparison to other solid door core doors. The entire door, even outfitted with barn door hardware, can easily set in place or removed altogether by one person.

When not in use, they can be stored out of the way, to the side, or off-site. Then easily snapped into place and slidden back and forth to your heart’s content.

Then there are folding room dividers which consist of bi fold doors which are hinged together and fold atop each other to one side.

For years, Sing Core has been at the top of the top in the field of doors of magnitude, especially Pivot Doors, Sliding Doors, Pocket Doors, and Metal Doors of enormous size. Now you can have this same high-ranking technology inside your temporary wall panels, not just in New York, where we are very popular, but even in your hometown.

We serve the world with the only Eco-friendly insulated, lightweight, and high strength solutions built to last centuries without fail, but can be guaranteed for 50 years.