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The Innovation Behind SingCore Exterior Doors

When it comes to exterior doors, durability, security, and aesthetic appeal are paramount. SingCore exterior doors stand out in the market as a revolutionary choice, offering a unique blend of strength, lightweight construction, and eco-friendly materials. In this article, we will explore the innovative features that make SingCore exterior doors a top choice for homeowners and builders alike.

Unparalleled Strength:

SingCore exterior doors are renowned for their exceptional strength. The secret lies in the core material – a patented Sing Core. This core is a composite of vertical grain torsion box structural grid and foam, resulting in a door that is incredibly lightweight yet stronger than traditional solid wood doors. This design ensures that the doors are resistant to warping, bending, and other common issues associated with wooden doors, providing long-lasting performance and structural integrity.

Lightweight Construction:

One of the standout features of SingCore exterior doors is their lightweight construction. Traditional solid doors can be heavy and cumbersome, making installation and daily use a challenging task. SingCore’s innovative design significantly reduces the weight of the door without compromising on strength. This makes installation easier and ensures that the doors are easy to handle on a day-to-day basis. The reduced weight also puts less stress on hinges and hardware, contributing to the overall longevity of the door.

Eco-Friendly Materials:

SingCore is committed to sustainability, and their exterior doors reflect this dedication. The use of eco-friendly materials in the construction of SingCore doors makes them an environmentally conscious choice. The torsion box core is made from renewable wood sources, and the manufacturing process minimizes waste. Choosing SingCore exterior doors not only benefits homeowners with a high-quality product but also contributes to a greener and more sustainable future.

Versatile Design Options:

SingCore exterior doors are not just about strength and durability; they also offer a wide range of design options to suit various architectural styles. Homeowners and builders can choose from a variety of finishes, veneers, and styles to match the aesthetics of any project. Whether you prefer a classic wood finish or a modern, sleek look, SingCore doors can be customized to meet your specific design preferences.

 
 

In the world of exterior doors, SingCore stands out as a game-changer. With a focus on strength, lightweight construction, eco-friendly materials, and versatile design options, SingCore exterior doors provide an innovative solution for those seeking a durable, reliable, and aesthetically pleasing entryway. As the demand for sustainable and high-performance building materials continues to grow, SingCore doors represent a forward-thinking choice for residential and commercial projects alike.

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Customizable Doors for Your Next Project

Customizing something gives you the freedom to add or take away certain aspects of an item. At Sing Core we offer the ability to do just that, by making custom doors for all your structures. We provide doors for any purpose, such as oversized cabinet doors, large doors, garage doors, pivoting doors.  The list goes on.  If you can’t seem to find those perfect doors, whether new construction or a home remodel, here at Sing Core, we can make it happen. Or if you are looking for a pivoting door for your entrance, we have you covered. No matter the task, we can service your door needs.

If you can think it, we can do it. The picture above is an example of a customized large cabinet doors. It could be a pivoting cabinet door. Now, no job is too big for the best cabinetry shops, custom cabinet builders, or millworks, if their work features “Sing Core inside.” We offer a large range of customization options which will help you suit your customers’ needs better, for example, sizes and locations of internal wood blocking, implants for lock blocks, hardware, or fastening points for added siding on the face of your Sing panel, even custom stiles and rails or premium hardwood edges on all 4 sides of the Sing panel. 

 

 

Below are some of the many options Sing Core offers as a skin choice or in other words the surface material. 

 

Paint Grade

Metal

Wood Grain

Wood Stave

FRP Fiberglass

Galvanized Steel

Aluminum

Metal

.20 in to.125 inch aluminum

HPL Formica

Masonite

Cold Rolled Steel

Hot Rolled Steel

Magnesium Board

Marine Grade Plywood

MDF

Plastic

Stainless Steel

Fiberglass

Concrete

Ceramic

Some other options we have here at Sing Core are window and light cutoffs. Sing Core provides Sing panels with window and door pre-cut and ready for installation. We will cut 1/8 larger in width and 3/16 inch wider in length to fit your window glass. We build a frame using 1.25 inch solid wood to your specifications.  The standard ready-to-ship panel condition is, “untrimmed.” All untrimmed edges are 1/2 inch over width and 1/2 inch over length. After trimming, your Sing Panel will be 1/2 inch less.

When customizing, the concern most often brought up is the weight. Though many leading competitors try to work with the design of the customer, they have trouble keeping it light and movable. At Sing Core our door panels are up to 80% less in weight allowing for a beautiful door without the hassle of being too heavy. 

Once these doors are complete the next choice is having a pivoting door or a hinged door. For a hinged door the hinges attach to both the wall and the door itself, allowing the door to swing open and shut. Hinged doors can usually be installed rather easily, are simple to operate, and most maintenance can be done by the home or business owner. For many small to standard sized doors, hinges work great. 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. 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. Every Sing Core Door comes with our 50 year structural guarantee.

 

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Dual Pocket Doors Made with Sing Core

People often think of doors as simple barriers or entryways, but at Sing Core, we know that a door can be much more than that. Doors can be elegant accents to a room’s design, or a seamless way to change a room’s layout. If done right, they can even be part of a room’s main design feature, such as in the example we’re showing you today.

This customer needed a way to separate two areas of the house, but was fairly limited in their options due to their design preference. Due to the height of the room, a standard door would not work unless they expanded on the center wall, which would majorly damage the flow and beauty of the room. A normal sliding door would work, but the dimensions would be incredibly difficult to get right. The door would have to be incredibly tall, yet narrow, which would need to be custom made. If this was done with traditional materials, the doors would likely be too heavy to work reliably, and could damage their hardware. Sing Core, however, was a great solution.

Because Sing Core panels are made with a honeycomb core, they are incredibly lightweight, yet still very strong. This means that the custom doors would still be sturdy and long lasting, but due to their low weight, they’d also be easy to use and be far less likely to damage their hardware. In fact, each of these doors only weigh 200 pounds, despite being over 13 feet tall.

These twin pocket doors measure 40 inches wide by 158 inches tall, and are 2.5 inches thick. This tall and narrow design worked beautifully for the room, though is definitely a non-standard size. Getting a door like this without having it custom made would be impossible, but luckily Sing Core specializes in large, high end custom doors.

A Sing Core door can be ordered to nearly any shape or size, and are strong, lightweight, and durable. One major concern with large doors is the possibility of warping, which gets exponentially more likely, and often exponentially worse, with larger doors. In the case of this project, even just a slight warp could ruin the entire system. A little bend or twist could leave a door stuck in its pocket, or scraping the side as it is opened and closed, damaging both the door and the wall nearby. There are many ways a warp can hinder or ruin a door, and often, warps are irrecoverable. Sing Core doors are guaranteed to never warp, and we can make that claim due to our innovative and patented honeycomb core. In fact, each door panel comes with a 50 Year Warp-Free and Structural Guarantee, so you can rest easy without worrying about your door failing on you.

Sing Core is thrilled to have had the chance to work on this beautiful project, and we hope to work on your next amazing project with you. Submit a quote request on our website to learn what we can do for you!

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Lounge Room Door Made With Sing Core

Sing Core has been working with several universities regarding custom doors lately, such as with the University of Idaho and their arena door, the University of Alabama and a sorority house door, and now the University of Maryland with a custom sliding door for one of their lounges.

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The University of Maryland worked with the brilliant people at USAM to get a large custom sliding door for their Heritage Community lounge room, and they reached out to Sing Core to make that work. Sing Core and USAM worked together to create a beautiful 3 piece modular sliding door. This door can separate into three panels along the sliding track, allowing for a custom setup to the walkway. It can also be completely opened and closed in order to really open up the area.

This large sliding door measures 168 inches wide by 120 inches tall, and is 2 inches thick. It contained splines to stiffen the panels and further improve the structural integrity, as well as a Formica finishing panel to give it that gorgeous end result. The door parts slide along an upper rail, which provides smooth and reliable operation.

This lounge room is in Pyon-Chen hall, one of two areas that make up the Heritage Community at UMD. It is a multipurpose location, intended to suit all sorts of recreational and student needs. Due to the location, the unique modular aspect, and the traffic, the designers of this door needed to make sure they got a high quality, durable, and long lasting product. That is why they went with Sing Core, and we are honored that they did!

Sing Core panels have many benefits over traditional door making methods, but there are three main ones that relate to a project like this: strength and durability, weight, and lifespan.

Sing Core doors are incredibly strong and durable, though surprisingly lightweight. This is possible due to the patented honeycomb core used within every Sing Core door. This honeycomb core provides exceptional strength and impact resistance, while also remaining amazingly lightweight. Where a traditional door panel may take several people to haul and install, most Sing Core panels can be carried by only two people, and even one if the panel is sized right.

The patented core and high grade materials used also give our doors outstanding durability, preventing many of the damages that would otherwise leave a door ugly or unusable. Especially being in a high-traffic area such as a university lounge room, durability, impact resistance, and longevity are vital. Heavy traffic walkways can see increased damage to the doors and walls around them. Sing Core doors aren’t easily damaged, and if they do receive a ding or scratch, they are easy to repair. In addition, all Sing Core panels are guaranteed to be warp-free for 50 years, which is unheard of in the door market. Warped doors are a massive problem, and unfortunately, many doors can eventually warp, regardless of the care put into making them. Sing Core doors, however, are guaranteed to never warp, and that is all thanks to the unique construction used to make them.

Sing Core is thrilled to have had the chance to work on this amazing project. Thanks again to the University of Maryland and the talented design and installation teams, as this would not have been possible without them.

If you have a large custom door project you’re working on, don’t hesitate to contact Sing Core for a quote!

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Building Barn Doors with Sing Core

When it comes to designing and constructing barn doors, selecting the right materials is crucial to achieve a perfect blend of aesthetics, functionality, and durability. One material that checks all of those boxes is Sing Core, a panel renowned for its exceptional qualities. In this article, we will explore why Sing Core is the best choice for building barn doors and other large exterior doors, as well as how it surpasses traditional materials in terms of strength, versatility, and sustainability.

Unmatched Strength and Stability

One of the primary reasons why Sing Core is the ideal choice for barn and exterior doors is its unmatched strength and stability. Constructed using high end materials, Sing Core features a lightweight patented honeycomb core pressed between two sturdy exterior layers. This composition results in an incredibly strong and rigid material that can withstand heavy usage and resist warping, bowing, or twisting over time. Barn doors made with Sing Core maintain their structural integrity even in demanding environments, ensuring long-lasting performance.

Lightweight and Easy to Handle

Despite its exceptional strength, Sing Core is remarkably lightweight compared to traditional building materials such as solid wood or metal. This feature not only eases the installation process but also makes handling and operation of the barn doors hassle-free. The reduced weight minimizes strain on hinges and tracks, resulting in smoother operation and a prolonged lifespan of the door hardware. Whether you are installing a single barn door or a set of double doors, Sing Core’s lightweight nature significantly simplifies the installation process.

Versatility in Design

Sing Core offers unparalleled versatility in design, making it an ideal choice for barn doors in various architectural styles. Whether you prefer a rustic, contemporary, or traditional look, Sing Core can accommodate your design preferences. Its compatibility with different surface materials allows for endless customization options, including wood veneers, metal panels, vinyl, and more. With Sing Core, you can create barn doors that seamlessly blend with the overall aesthetics of your space while adding a touch of uniqueness and style.

Longevity and Maintenance

Barn doors constructed with Sing Core offer unparalleled longevity and low maintenance requirements. The material’s inherent strength and resistance to warping or twisting ensure that the doors maintain their original appearance and functionality over an incredibly long time. Unlike solid wood, Sing Core is not susceptible to moisture-related issues, such as warping, making it highly suitable for barn doors exposed to varying environmental conditions. Additionally, every Sing Core door comes with a 50 Year Warp-Free and Structural Guarantee, so you can be confident in your door for many, many years to come.

Conclusion

When it comes to building barn doors or other exterior doors, Sing Core unquestionably emerges as the top choice. Its combination of strength, stability, versatility, and sustainability sets it apart from traditional materials. With Sing Core, you can create barn doors that not only exhibit exceptional durability but also offer endless design possibilities. Contact us to learn more about how we can enhance your barn door project.

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Overcoming the Challenges of Custom Shaped Doors

Doors are not just functional elements in our homes and buildings; they are also essential design features that add character and aesthetic appeal. As architectural styles evolve and become more intricate, the demand for uniquely shaped doors has increased. However, crafting such doors presents a multitude of challenges for manufacturers. In this article, we will explore the difficulties of making shaped doors and how Sing Core can overcome these challenges.

Complex Shapes and Structural Integrity

One of the primary challenges in creating shaped doors is maintaining structural integrity while accommodating intricate designs. Traditional door materials such as solid wood or fiberglass often struggle to retain their shape and stability when subjected to unusual configurations. As a result, manufacturers face limitations in terms of design possibilities.

Sing Core, on the other hand, does no have these limitations. Composed of a lightweight yet incredibly strong honeycomb core, Sing Core has remarkable stability, even in complex shapes. Its unique construction incorporates a torsion box grid structure that ensures optimal strength, rigidity, and dimensional stability. This characteristic allows for the creation of doors with elaborate curves, arches, and other non-standard shapes.

Weight and Handling Issues

Another significant challenge in crafting shaped doors lies in their weight and the subsequent handling difficulties. Traditional materials used for door construction, such as solid wood or metal, can be heavy and unwieldy. This poses challenges during installation, transportation, and everyday use.

Sing Core panels address this issue by being exceptionally lightweight while maintaining their structural integrity. By utilizing a combination of advanced composite materials and a honeycomb grid core, Sing Core achieves an impressive strength-to-weight ratio. As a result, shaped doors made with Sing Core are significantly lighter than their traditional counterparts, making them easier to handle and reducing strain during installation.

Warping and Moisture Resistance

Traditional doors, especially those made of solid wood, are prone to warping and distortion when exposed to fluctuations in temperature and humidity. This is a persistent challenge for shaped doors, as the irregular surfaces and edges increase the potential for warping.

Sing Core panels, however, are guaranteed to be warp-free. Their high quality design and strong core eliminates the risk of warping and distortion. The honeycomb core of Sing Core also plays a vital role in maintaining dimensional stability over time. This ensures that shaped doors retain their intended form, even in challenging environmental conditions. In addition, all Sing Core panels come with a 50 Year Warp-Free and Structural Guarantee, so you can trust our panels to hold strong for many years to come.

Precision and Customization

Crafting shaped doors requires precise measurements, intricate detailing, and customization to meet specific design requirements. Traditional manufacturing methods often struggle to achieve the necessary precision, leading to inconsistencies and compromises in the final product.

Sing Core panels can be completely customized and are made with the necessary precision to meet the unique specifications of any design. This level of customization allows for the creation of truly one-of-a-kind shaped doors that fulfill the vision of architects, designers, and homeowners.

Conclusion

The challenges of creating shaped doors are significant, but with Sing Core, the industry has found a game-changing solution. By combining remarkable strength, lightweight construction, warp resistance, and precise customization capabilities, Sing Core panels enable the production of stunning shaped doors that were once thought to be impractical or unattainable. As architectural designs continue to push boundaries, Sing Core proves to be an invaluable asset in meeting the demands of modern construction and design, revolutionizing the industry in the process.

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New Park Opens With 10 Sing Core Doors

Charleston, South Carolina recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for their new park, Carr-Richardson park. The park features a mid-sized structure for community gatherings, and the amazing builders of this project decided to use Sing Core for the doors.

The structure features 10 total Sing Core doors, all of which are beautiful artisan grade sliding doors. 2 doors measure 53 inches by 121 inches, while 8 of them are 79.5 inches by 121 inches, making these overall quite large doors.

To the right is one of the shop drawings used in the concept creation process of these doors.

The park went with Sing Core for a few reasons, one of which being the size of the panels they needed. Traditional panels of this size would be incredibly heavy, and if they weren’t, they would have to sacrifice strength in order to shed some weight. Sing Core panels are both lightweight and strong thanks to the patented honeycomb core used inside.

The doors can be seen all around the building, mainly near the numerous glass windows it has. These doors are attached to rollers above the windows, and intended to slide over and cover them when needed. This could be handy for protecting the windows from severe weather, potential break ins and vandalization, and more.

Sing Core panels are also a great choice for this feature, as their inherent strength and impact resistance allows them to protect the building for many years to come.

The architect that the city consulted for the job was Liollio Architecture and the construction was contracted through Mashburn Construction, both of which are local to South Carolina. Liollio did an amazing job with the designing of this park, and Mashburn’s construction and installation of the doors was incredible. Beautiful end results like this simply aren’t possible without amazing designers and construction professionals.

An article talking about the park was written after its grand opening, which you can read here.

We are thrilled to have been a part of this project, and are tremendously grateful for the business and support of the teams involved in creating this park. Sing Core takes great pride in public projects such as this, as it allows us an opportunity to give to the community and encourage more people-first projects.

If you’re working on designing or constructing a park, building, or other public place, consider using Sing Core for the best doors on the market. You can learn more about the applications of Sing Core in public places here.

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Large Doors by Sing Core

We often mention how amazing Sing Core is for making large, or even massive doors. However, what kind of claim would that be if we couldn’t back it up with proof? In this article we will go over three amazing and massive doors that were made possible by Sing Core, as well as why Sing Core panels are the best, and often the only choice to make large doors possible.

Laserfiche Dual Sliding Doors

The first example of large doors we’ll cover is a set of two sliding doors made for the Laserfiche headquarters in California. The largest of these doors is 102 inches tall by 118 inches wide, or 8.5 feet tall by 9.8 feet wide. The designers and installation crew did an amazing job with these beautiful doors, especially given their unique case of closing off the corner of the room as opposed to a more traditional sliding door setup. You can read more about this project here.

University of Idaho Arena Door

Another recent project that yielded a massive and gorgeous door was this crowd control door for the Idaho Central Arena. This large door measures in at 89.5 inches tall and 120.5 inches wide, or approximately 7.5 feet tall by 10 feet wide. This door acts as both an access point and a traffic control mechanism. When closed, this door simply seals off an area, but by opening it and positioning it as desired, you can divert the massive crowds within the arena onto a new route. Due to its use in a high traffic area, it also needs to be more sturdy and durable than a traditional door, which was made easy with Sing Core. You can read more about this project here.

Giant Pink Door

Though we’ve shown this door off before, it simply can’t be left off of this list. It is a perfect example of a large custom door that simply would not have been possible without Sing Core. This door is 156 inches tall by 36 inches wide, or 13 feet tall by 3 feet wide. In addition to this door’s unique and massive size, it also needed one key feature of Sing Core panels: to be lightweight. This door, unlike most large doors, is mounted on hinges. Typically large doors use rollers or a pivot mechanism, however not this one. As such, it had to be incredibly lightweight for its size, as hinges are far more likely to bend, break, or otherwise develop problems if they are supporting a lot of weight. This door, like all Sing Core doors, is very light compared to traditional options, and yet sacrifices none of the strength.

There are many reasons why you may want to use Sing Core for your large doors, but ultimately what makes our product special is its superior strength, high quality, and low weight. In addition, our panels will never warp or bend, which large doors are especially prone to. Warping is a quick way to permanently ruin a door, but with Sing Core, you can rest easy knowing that it will never happen. In fact, we offer a 50 Year Warp-Free Guarantee as a testament to that fact.

Use Sing Core for your large custom doors, and witness the difference and ease as a result!

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Sing Core for High-Traffic Doors

When it comes to high-traffic areas, such as commercial spaces, auditoriums, sports arenas, and more, choosing the right type of door is crucial. Not only do these areas require doors that are durable and long-lasting, but they also need to be able to withstand the wear and tear that comes with constant use, frequent impacts, and many other unpredictable damage sources. This is where Sing Core comes in, a revolutionary door panel that offers unmatched durability and strength.

What is Sing Core?

Sing Core is a lightweight yet incredibly strong material that is made using our patented honeycomb core and sealed between two outer layers of high-grade wood. This unique construction provides a number of benefits that make it the ideal choice for doors in high-traffic areas.

Strength

One of the most significant advantages of Sing Core doors is their strength. Unlike traditional doors, which are often made from solid wood or synthetic materials, Sing Core doors are able to withstand significant amounts of force without cracking, splitting, or warping. This means that they are able to withstand the constant opening and closing that comes with high-traffic areas, as well as the inevitable accidental bumps, scuffs, and impacts. They also don’t sacrifice strength for size, as even massive Sing Core doors are stronger than steel.

Lightweight

Another benefit of Sing Core doors is their lightweight construction. This makes them much easier to open and close, which is particularly important in areas where people are constantly coming and going, and especially so for any large crowd-control door. In addition, the lightweight nature of Sing Core doors means that they put less strain on hinges and other door hardware, which can help to extend the lifespan of these components. They are also significantly easier to transport and install when compared to the standard, much heavier options.

Long Lasting and Warp-Free

Sing Core doors are also 100% warp free, and are able to withstand exposure to moisture, temperature changes, and other environmental factors that can cause other types of doors to deteriorate or bend over time. In addition, they are incredibly durable, which means that they require minimal maintenance and are able to last for decades without needing to be repaired or replaced. In fact, each Professional Sing Core panel comes with a 50 Year Warp-Free and Structural Guarantee, so even in the unlikely event that your door does fail in some way, you won’t be left scrambling for a new one. Just contact us and we’ll make it right!

Customizability

Finally, Sing Core doors are also highly customizable. They can be made to fit any size or shape, and can be designed to match the aesthetic of any space. This means that they are the perfect choice for architects and designers who are looking to create a cohesive and visually appealing space.

In conclusion, Sing Core is the ideal material for doors in high-traffic areas. With its unmatched strength, durability, and lightweight construction, it is able to withstand the constant wear and tear that comes with these types of spaces, while also being highly customizable to fit any design aesthetic. Whether you are building a commercial space, public building, or any other high-traffic area, Sing Core doors are the smart choice for lasting durability and performance.