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What Else Can You Use Sing Core For?

Other Uses for Sing Core

Sing Core panels make amazing door and wall panels for a variety of applications, but what other uses do they have? We already know they’re the best choice for large or custom lightweight doors, or incredibly sturdy walls, but Sing Core has a wide range of other applications.

Tables or Countertops

One of the more common non-door things we Sing Core panels used for is as a table or countertop. Our products work incredibly well for this, as some cases call for a very lightweight and easy to move surface, or others demand a large, custom-shaped table for places like a conference room. Either way, Sing Core panels work great for these applications. You can have the sturdy, warp-free, and high-quality aspects of a Sing Core door, but for your table or counter!

Mobile Cabinets or Containers

There are many different cases where one might need a mobile cabinet or container. Some businesses have rolling cabinets for secure equipment storage, while others need a durable and strong container that can be hauled from location to location. In the case of a storage cabinet, Sing Core works amazingly as it keeps the unit lightweight while also providing rigidity and security that normal, thin cabinet wood does not. Plus, with our new Security Door panel, this can take a cabinet from secure to impenetrable. Businesses that are constantly moving high-end electronics or sensitive documents can make especially good use of a Sing Core storage solution.

As for the case of strong containers meant to be hauled from place to place, Sing Core is again an excellent choice. People or businesses that find themselves regularly transporting hefty or large items may be looking for a reusable container that can guarantee protection for the cargo, without adding much to the weight of it.

Furniture

Sing Core panels can be made to unique sizes and shapes, allowing them to be used for miscellaneous furniture or similar applications. Sing Core has been used to make bunk beds, dressers, storage pieces, and more. This allows for the furniture to be transported incredibly easily, as it would weigh a fraction of a normal unit of the same furniture. We even use furniture made from Sing Core products in our own office, and they are still holding strong and working incredibly well.

Floors

We often think of Sing Core panels being used as doors and walls, but they work just as well as floors. Particularly the floors of upper building levels, as they are incredibly lightweight, but have the structural integrity to withstand walking on. If you’re building a tiny house or some other small structure, using Sing Core for your upper floors may be your best bet, as it allows for easy construction and transportation.

And More!

Sing Core is more than just a door or wall panel, it’s a core that can be used in nearly any aspect of construction. Floors, stairs, furniture, and much more become a possibility with Sing Core. Plus, you still get our 50-Year Structural Guarantee, so you know you won’t need to do any replacing for a long time. When you look around at the things around you or think of new project ideas, consider Sing Core to make it the best it can be!

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Sing Core Security Door

Sing Core Security Doors

Your front door is the gateway between your home, family, and belongings, and the outside world. Nowadays, it’s not enough to just protect your home from the elements, your door needs to provide safety and security for you as well. Sing Core’s new Security Door provides the same durable and high quality comforts you’re already familiar with, with added protection against intrusion.

What is a Security Door?

A Security Door is used to provide additional protection and peace of mind over what a standard door can do. Whether used as an exterior door, an interior door, or even a garage door, our Security Door can bring this added safety to your home or business.

Sing Core door panels are already incredibly strong, resilient, and guaranteed to last, and we stand by those qualities. However, intruders are constantly looking for ways to bypass the protection provided by traditional doors. These methods can include using anything from a chainsaw, to a circular saw, to an axe. While we trust in the strength of our standard core, with enough time and strong enough tools, even they can be cut through. With our new Security Door, that changes.

Why Choose a Sing Core Security Door?

Sing Core Security Door Panels come with our patented high-quality honeycomb core and rigid steel reinforcements. The honeycomb core provides insulation, strength, and sound-deadening features, while also remaining incredibly lightweight. By adding the steel reinforcements, we double down on the strength and durability of the panel, making it incredibly difficult to cut or break through. Plus, the door remains impressively light for the quality it provides.

A traditional door can be cut through in less than a minute, and while it would often make a lot of noise, these break-ins are often done when no one is home, meaning you won’t be there to catch them in the act. Cutting through a Sing Core Security Door with the same tools would take substantially longer, and brings other challenges to the intruder, such being much louder, the likelihood of breaking a tool on the unexpected metal reinforcement, and a significantly higher chance of being caught.

In addition, these doors can be used in many cases aside from the standard front door scenario. Businesses with expensive equipment or sensitive documents may want to secure them in a more effective way, and luxury car owners may want a garage door that can’t simply be kicked in or cut through. You could even use Sing Core Security Panels to build a mobile and lightweight cabinet for on-the-go secure storage.

 

When it comes to your home, security is not an area where “good enough” is all you need. There are many ways you can improve the safety and security of your home, and installing a Sing Core Security Door is one of the most effective options. A break-in happens every 26 seconds in the United States, reaching 2.5 million break-ins every year, with over half being home burglaries. Let’s keep your homes and businesses off of that list.

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How to Build the Biggest Warp-free Door

Sing Core has long been in the business of building the biggest warp-free doors in the world. And now you can learn how to build the biggest warp-free door as well. The first thing to note is that Sing Core does not build doors, even though Sing Core is credited and called out in architectural specifications as Sing Core door(s).

Inventor Peter Sing’s patent and patent-pending inventions are deployed in Sing’s Sing Core factory to provide the warp-free basis for high-end millworks and the biggest door companies for building big doors, over 8 ft. tall and up to 50 ft. or more, that can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist, cup, or otherwise fail for 50 years.

New Door or Replacement Door

Sing Core assists in the building of either New Doors, doors that have not existed before, or Replacement Doors, doors that are being replaced and may have to be replicated to maintain the appearance of the original door, such as in the case of participating in a historical restoration.

How to Build the Biggest Warp-free Door

Since Sing Core does not build doors, it is up to the architect to imagine what size the new door should be and of what materials the door should be made of. In the case of replacement doors, Sing Core is provided all the specs based on the original door to be either replaced or replicated.

The following steps are followed in making a door with Sing Core inside:

Step 1: Answer questions, and estimate

  • What is the size (length, width, thickness) of the door?
  • How will you be finishing the door
  • What type of door hardware will be used (hinge, pivot, sliding, overhead, etc.)?
  • What style of door (flush, architectural, plank, French, Dutch, etc.)?
  • How and where will the door be used?
  • Will this be an interior or exterior door?
  • Are there other specifications (weight, insulation, sealing, etc.)?

Step 2: Re-evaluate and refer to Sing’s True Flat Team, if necessary

Evaluate your estimate and let Sing Core know if we can help meet your budget

The True Flat team is available to help you provide your customer with a door that fits within their budget.

Sing Core and the True Flat team can suggest ways of changing some of the details of the panel, such as, reducing the height/width or choosing a more cost-effective skin.

Steps might need to be made to modify Sing’s composite hybrid solid substrate to accommodate the challenges that may not have been noted in the original details gathered in Step 1.

Step 3: Manufacture specified Sing Core

The specific Sing Core substrate core is then manufactured in Sing’s factory by skilled workers who have been manufacturing Sing’s cores for years using Sing’s patented and patent-pending technologies. Occasionally, a new challenge is recognized that the true Flat Team has never seen before, that is when Sing get to inventing again, and when a solution is achieved, this will likely lead to another patented solution.

The core which is based on Sing’s insulated reinforced vertical grain torsion box core, may or may not be framed, and is sandwiched between two matching skins, ready to be used as door core.

If no other services are required, skip Step 4, and go directly to Step 5.

Step 4: Additional services

To further assist the millworks and door companies in the manufacturing process, Sing Core may provide other services. For instance, the millwork or door builder may elect to have Sing’s factory apply additional outer door skins to the completed Sing Core substrate, in a sense, creating a custom door blank.

Some of the additional services that Sing’s factory may provide, include:

  • Trimming
  • Adding exterior skins
    • Wood stave
    • Veneer
    • Cement board or concrete
    • High Pressure Laminate (HPL)
    • Fiberglass
    • Formica
    • Metal
      • Aluminum
      • Cold rolled steel
      • Copper
      • Galvanized steel
      • Hot rolled steel
      • Lead
      • Stainless steel
    • Impact/Bulletproof/Blast resistant materials
  • Light cutouts, openings, for glass inserts
  • Routing for architectural grooves

Step 5: Package and ship to millwork or door company

Sing’s factory packages and ships the door core or prepared blank to the millwork or door company who will finish the door.

Step 6: Finishing

Finishing takes place at the millwork or door company who installs hardware, finishes, and hangs the door, which is ready for installation.

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Panel Carry


What Are Sing Honeycomb Panels?

Sing Honeycomb is a sandwich panel composite material with built in structural grids. Our grids are made of vertical grain renewable veneer wood fiber, and foam. We construct our Singcore in a fashion similar to torsion box technology most commonly found in the airplane industry. This technology is what allows our panels remain strong, lightweight, and flat without denting, cracking, and warping. See a comparison here. Inventor Peter Sing uses this torsion box technology, along with wood fiber and foam to create patented Sing Honeycomb: the incredibly strong, true flat, lightweight, renewable composite material of the future. Check out our products section to see a few different applications.

Sing Core cut away to see torsion box core Singcore Core Structure
The secret of the Sing Honeycomb panel is in the Singcore. Our Singcore utilizes torsion box sandwich core technology to ensure strength, and allow our product to be lightweight.
16' x11' factory door made with 6mm Luan Plywood Skins True Flat
Sing Honeycomb sandwich panels utilize torsion box strength technology in order to ensure flatness.
Vertical Grain Veneer is the heart of our core Vertical Grain Wood Fiber
The heart of soul of Sing Honeycomb is in our patented Singcore invention. The core utilizes renewable vertical grain wood fiber and foam, to create our strong, lightweight, composite material.
Sing Core factory doors are very strong Strength
Sing  Honeycomb is stronger than solid wood, plastic, metal, glass, brick, and  concrete in terms of lbs. per lbs comparison.
Sing Core factory doors are very light weight Lightweight
Sing Honeycomb sandwich panels are strong, flat, and lightweight. A  4’ x  8’ x 1 ½” panel with 1/8 “ Luan skins, and solid wood edging weighs in at about 55 lbs. A standard sheet of plywood weighs in at about 96 lbs.

Sinc Core panels are resistant to rot Rot Resistant
Even without coating, Sing Honeycomb sandwich panels outlast plywood, solid wood, MDF, and particle board. Plywood and engineered wood rot crack because of the weak glue layers. Sing Honeycomb panels last because underneath the skins lie Singcore, which keeps the panels flat through torsion box technology, and therefore doesn’t allow the panel to crack.

 

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What Are Sing Honeycomb Panels?

Sing Honeycomb is a sandwich panel composite material with built in structural grids. Our grids are made of vertical grain renewable veneer wood fiber, and foam. We construct our Singcore in a fashion similar to torsion box technology most commonly found in the airplane industry. This technology is what allows our panels remain strong, lightweight, and flat without denting, cracking, and warping. See a comparison here. Inventor Peter Sing uses this torsion box technology, along with wood fiber and foam to create patented Sing Honeycomb: the incredibly strong, true flat, lightweight, renewable composite material of the future. Check out our products section to see a few different applications.
Sing Core cut away to see torsion box core Singcore Core Structure
The secret of the Sing Honeycomb panel is in the Singcore. Our Singcore utilizes torsion box sandwich core technology to ensure strength, and allow our product to be lightweight.
16' x11' factory door made with 6mm Luan Plywood Skins True Flat
Sing Honeycomb sandwich panels utilize torsion box strength technology in order to ensure flatness.
Vertical Grain Veneer is the heart of our core Vertical Grain Wood Fiber
The heart of soul of Sing Honeycomb is in our patented Singcore invention. The core utilizes renewable vertical grain wood fiber and foam, to create our strong, lightweight, composite material.
Sing Core factory doors are very strong Strength
Sing Honeycomb is stronger than solid wood, plastic, metal, glass, brick, and concrete in terms of lbs. per lbs comparison.
Sing Core factory doors are very light weight Lightweight
Sing Honeycomb sandwich panels are strong, flat, and lightweight. A 4’ x 8’ x 1 ½” panel with 1/8 “ Luan skins, and solid wood edging weighs in at about 55 lbs. A standard sheet of plywood weighs in at about 96 lbs.
Sinc Core panels are resistant to rot Rot Resistant
Even without coating, Sing Honeycomb sandwich panels outlast plywood, solid wood, MDF, and particle board. Plywood and engineered wood rot crack because of the weak glue layers. Sing Honeycomb panels last because underneath the skins lie Singcore, which keeps the panels flat through torsion box technology, and therefore doesn’t allow the panel to crack.
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Going Green

Environment & Economy Friendly

How is Sing Core “Green”, and why is it the most earth-friendly way to use both natural and man-made materials?

LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) provides a “cradle to grave” measurement of a product’s environmental impacts from raw material extraction and manufacturing through distribution, use, maintenance, and disposal.  An obvious example is a coffee or tea cup made of Styrofoam compared to a coffee mug made of the same material but enclosed in a solid container.  Solo cups are only used once then disposed of after use, unnecessarily filling our landfills.  Imagine that the same Solo cup material put into a permanent coffee mug, could last ten years without being replaced.  Sing Core protects the foam inside durable wood frameworks.  LCA studies show that using wood is less harmful to the environment than steel or concrete in terms of embodied energy, global warming potential, air emissions, water emissions, and solid waste production. Sing Honeycomb core structure is made of 100% natural vertical grain wood veneer.  This sets us apart from our counterparts who use only paper, particle board, aluminum, and plastic. Here at Sing Core, environmentally friendly construction is our mission.

Green-eco-friendly-sing-coreLow Energy Production

Sing Core’s patented manufacturing process is the most efficient and economical way to make sandwich panels with a veneer torsion box core.  The materials used in Sing Core sandwich panels use low energy to produce.  The adhesive used in Sing Core panels is produced in a much more efficient way than the minerals for nails are mined. The veneer is made of scrap material from Washington mills and the foam core is 20% recycled.

Renewable

Sing Core’s structure is made of natural vertical grain wood veneer.  This sets us apart from our counterparts who make cores with particle board.  It requires energy to break wood down into pulp and reconstruct it into particle board.  Veneer uses the natural strength of the wood fiber.  Life Cycle Assessment studies show that using wood veneer is less harmful to the environment than steel or concrete in terms of embodied energy, global warming potential, air emissions, water emissions, and solid waste production.  Here at Sing Core, environmentally friendly construction is our mission.

Non-Toxic

The structural glue and finishing stains that we use are all non-toxic and formaldehyde free.

Recycled

Our foam core has a recycled content of 20% and is 100% recyclable.

Energy Saving

Insulated, draft-free sandwich panels save your heating costs Sing has a long term stable R-Value. Sing Core panels assemble and install quickly, saving you man power and time.

Long Lasting

Sing torsion box sandwich panels are warrantied for ten years*, but may last much longer. This means Sing Core products will not need replacement or disposal for many years, cutting down on the resources used to manufacture panels. The foam used in Sing Core panels comes with a 20-year thermal performance warranty, dimensional stability, compressive strength, and water resistant properties. See instructions for repair and recycling.

This is a Sing Core overhead garage door panel compared next to a typical steel overhead garage door panel. Same size and thickness but as you can see the steel panel buckles with only a few pounds put on it while the Sing Core panel holds almost all of Inventor Peter Sings weight without any problem.

*See Warranty

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Dunnage

Products > SING CORE Dunnage and Storage Solutions

 

Dunnage

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SingCore cutaway.

The advantages of using SingCore blocks as dunnage and Sing panels for veneer and plywood holding trays:

The super-wide and lightweight super-strong and high compression strength SingCore blocks evenly distribute the weight and allow easy access for forklifts. This minimizes the opportunity for damaging high quality, expensive veneer, plywood, and other sheet goods.

Sing panels come 4 ft x 8 ft x 2.75 inches thick and will work with Sing dunnage to enhance product quality and make your factory happier.

You may purchase Sing panels to cut into the desired width of strips to use as Sing dunnage.

 

To order Sing panel products, fill out the order form, here.

 

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Tiny Index

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Products > Tiny House

Tiny House Panels

Tiny House Mobile Small Home on Wheels

 

 

 

Photo Gallery   &   See our Folding Modular House Competition

 

Getting Started

Stronger than Steel, Lighter than Wood

The easiest method to build an insulated small house is by using patented Sing honeycomb panels!

Earth friendly living is the spirit of Tiny House dwelling. What better way to build Tiny Houses than with Sing Honeycomb Panels?

Sing Tiny House Sandwich Core Panels are great for wood sheds, living spaces, living off code, guest houses, ticket booths, pump houses, studios, disaster relief structures, utility sheds, playhouses, espresso stands and any other small building needs. They travel safely, construct quickly, and look beautiful.

Green

  • Recycled foam core
  • Renewable veneer
  • Formaldehyde free glue
  • Minimal carbon footprint
  • Insulation saves energy
  • Manufactured efficiently with minimal emissions

 

All in One

Our prefabricated panels and logs include insulation, framing and interior and exterior siding. Our thin sandwich panel walls give you more space inside your home. We replace the need for sheet rock, which weighs a ton. Sing helps you build your house simply and quickly, so you can start living.

  • Insulation
  • Siding
  • 2” thick panels

Simple and Quick

Sing Logs and Sandwich Panels are user friendly. They weigh less than a third as much as an equivalent slab of sheet rock, so you can easily and safely construction your home.

  • Fewer materials
  • Fewer steps
  • Lightweight

Strong and Stable

Sing Tiny Houses are structurally superior to traditional 2” x 6” framed structures because the glue we use for the sandwich panels covers the entire surface area and creates a stronger bond than nails ever could. This will save thousands of nails and over time will ensure the structural integrity of your Tiny House. Sing Honeycomb Panels have precision to within .007 of an inch. This means your Tiny House will be structurally sound and perfectly smooth. After years of expansion and contraction, nails settle, cracking your timber. The structural glue used with Sing Panels will not settle and cause warping over years. Help us to preserve the environment by using high quality, long lasting Sing Panels.

  • Compression strength up to 660psi
  • Resists dents and dings
  • Rigid and straight

Beauty

Sing Square Log Homes makes large sandwich panels (4’x8′ and 4’x10′), so your house will have fewer seams. The core is covered by any of a wide variety of skins from natural wood to metal, customized to suit your display style. From rustic to modern, Sing panels are made for your Tiny House!

We offer many skin choices*:

  • Aluminum
  • Marine Grade Plywood
  • Plywood
  • Douglas Fir
  • Birch/Luan
  • Cedar

*Specialty orders are available at a cost.

 

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Testimonial

Celina Dill Tiny House Blog

“Learning about Sing Panels completely changed the way I look at building.”

— Celina Dill, Tiny House Blogger

See pictures at her blog and in our gallery.

Yes, Sing Core does make the best reinforced structural insulated panels (RSIP) for use in Tiny House applications as walls, floors, ceilings and roofs. We have a huge desire to support the tiny house industry but be aware that we only offer Sing Panels for tiny house construction to professional distribution channels. Since we offer no support for our products (besides what is readily available via our web site). Our operation is not setup to sell our products to people in need of retail customer service. We suggest that you seek answers to any questions about how to use Sing panels by consulting with your engineer, architect, builder or contractor.

Note: We do occasionally offer products direct to the do it yourselfer, like Tiny House panel Kits or Tiny House Surplus Panels. Though we may provide you with the materials, we offer no how-to support to the DIY enthusiast except that which is available via our Tiny House FAQ (frequently asked questions) and other online resources.
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3-1-2 Floors

Door | Floor | Walls

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For our customers who desire a more traditional look to their hardwood/laminate flooringis our plank flooring.  Our wood veneer features the best and most beautiful wood grainsand our planking system slips together flawlessly for a fit to rival any type of hardwood flooringsystem out there.  You can see that our flooring is more than just wood, it’s wood and insulation combinedto become one and then to become one with your home.  Strong, lightweight, insulation and sound deadening qualities especially useful for homes with more than 1 story to reduce the sound of walking upstairs.

Sing Floors are also available as Wide plank floor, Large floor panels, Ice hocky and ice skating event floor, Stage floors and Temporary industrial floor

Sing Honeycomb Insulated, Engineered Flooring is the newest concept in flooring, by using our patented Sing Honeycomb product, we have made a flooring system that has insulation and flooring combined in one package.  Besides being incredibly strong, our flooring is lighter than hardwood flooring and other types of flooring such as oak and maple flooring you normally find at lumber stores, and better than the laminate flooring you find at those big box stores that sell you everything from a screw-driver to 5 gallons of paint. Keep in mind our patented torsion box flooring is completely made by hand.

 

Your Sing Honeycomb Insulated flooring can come with just about any kind of wood species you desire, you can choose the lengths of flooring you want from 8 to 10 feet long, and you can choose our 9″ wide plank or get the job done faster with our solid panel flooring in 4′ x 8′

(finished sizes are 47″ x 95″) sheets.

Pictured above and below: Sing Honeycomb Flooring panels for a NASA clean room.

 

 

Here photos of our solid panel flooring being installed.  Installation is quick and our flooringcan be cut in straight lines or angle cuts, it doesn’t matter and will still look beautiful.  Our flooringis also given 5 coats of polyurethane to maintain the wood color and protect it.

 
Our Sing Honeycomb Insulated flooring is available in assortedtypes of wood, colors, plank widths and lengths or in our convenient 4′ x 8′ panel flooring(finished size = 47″ x 95″)