October 13, 2016 No Comments

Millworks Crestmark and SingCore

Celebrating 19 years of serving customers with high end custom products, Crestmark Architectural Millworks is a dynamic and fast-paced company serving the millwork needs of commercial builders and general contractors in the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond.

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The Crestmark Architectural Millworks Team

One of Crestmark’s special abilities is to work hand-in-hand with the contractor to achieve the architect’s vision in a creative process involving the delicate balance of high precision and performance, visual and mechanical aesthetics, logistics and budget considerations.

According to President Sean Olsen, “We have a reputation of being very creative, using products like SingCore to achieve what the architect wants, while making it a practical thing to do.”

A case in point: Crestmark was approached by Webcor Builders to provide solutions for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA), who required a sensitive artwork storage area with very low volatile organic compounds (VOC) and unique design characteristics, such as 10 foot tall cabinet doors with hidden hardware and 1/8 inch reveals between doors. Crestmark Senior Manager, Jim Farahmand, says “Regarding size, weight, and stability concerns, it was obvious conventional composite cores were going to be prohibitive.”

Originally, the Crestmark team had discovered SingCore as a resource for “building 16 foot torsion box shop table tops that needed to be dead-flat.” Says Olsen, “We looked at SingCore and thought it was light and had the look the Museum required as well as stability sufficient for the application.”

“SingCore’s engineers and fabricators were flexible and able to provide a fully sealed core, custom blocking, aluminum cladding, and facing materials with paintable surfaces to satisfy the architect’s stringent requirements.”

Production Manager, Patrick Silva, recalls how easy the SingCore material was to work with, “I was surprised at how light the material was. Normally a four foot by ten foot door core weighs a couple hundred pounds, but instead it was light enough almost to handle the entire piece myself,” Silva continues, “I’ve had issues with warped panels before, and to have this material which is so nice, flat, stable and easy to work with is great.” Silva also applauds the support staff at SingCore in terms of pre-engineering the panels to, “have slightly larger perimeter blocking and aluminum cladding so that we could trim them down and band the edges in our shop.”

Once the cabinetry was installed, Crestmark’s installation crew were able to maneuver and align the doors to the cases, and report that “the weight factor of the 10 foot tall [SingCore] doors was a huge advantage,” recalling that the installation of the cabinetry into the wall was the most challenging part of the job, not attaching the large doors as one might expect.

Project Manager, Jim Farahmand reports, “I don’t think we’ve ever seen such stringent specifications on anything quite like the SFMOMA due to the mediums they wanted to protect, and SingCore came through in fine style.” and added, “The product was instantly acceptable to the architect, so we were able to move forward very quickly and get it done.”

Having successfully completed prominent projects like the SFMOMA expansion has brought in other quote requests from new potential clients seeking out Crestmark’s particular brand of problem-solving and creative millwork solutions.

Initial invitations to bid can range from very complete, with detailed architectural specifications, to rudimentary drawings and concepts. It’s important for Sean Olsen and Jim Farahmand to decide which projects are a good match for Crestmark’s services because even though they do not charge their clientele for estimates, they may invest an entire week to estimate one millwork package. Exercising discernment, the Crestmark team reviews each new proposal, deciding which project to invest in.

Airbnb, Inc. was one such new client who approached Crestmark with plans calling for “two large sliding doors 20 to 25 feet long by 9 to 10 feet tall that could be operated on either side of a concrete wall.

“SingCore offered us the flexibility to provide a lightweight, multi-panel solution that could be assembled on site with internal blocking where we needed it to accommodate the hardware.”

Patrick Silva interjects “These two huge sliding doors were clad with White Oak, wire-brush finished, and could have weighed thousands of pounds… but instead, we made them weigh a couple hundred pounds apiece.”

President Sean Olsen

Crestmark President, Sean Olsen says, “For two people to be able to handle these huge doors from the shop, to stage it, disassemble it, transport it to the job site and not have to worry about access, saves both time and energy, which is a great advantage.

Silva asserts, “The fact that anybody can open these doors single handedly is clearly not simply a function of the hardware, but rather because the door is so light. It’s an impressive application.”

Senior Manager, Jim Farahmand reinforces, “To take the pieces we’re provided, not to have to move mountains to make it happen and to end up with this monolithic feature that people are in awe of is a clear indication of how versatile SingCore can be.

“Our confidence in our vendors like SingCore enables us to arrive at solutions quickly because we know the material will perform well within the limits of its component hardware; the engineering goes a lot more smoothly and we know SingCore also stands behind their product.”

“As far as warranty goes, if the customer requires a ten year warranty on the doors we’re providing, we know we’re covered by SingCore’s fifty year warranty, and so our response can be ‘OK. No problem,’ which is great for us and instantly reassuring to the client.”

Crestmark Architectural Millwork is optimistic about the current trend of growth in the industry. According to President, Sean Olson, “The market is turning around and we’re seeing continued growth in negotiated work again.” Unlike the last eight years that were focused on hard-bidding which was a difficult time industry-wide.

Jim Farahmand says, “SingCore’s team of engineers can assist us if a secured client is facing budget issues, often helping us to value-engineer the products while still helping the architect achieve the vision they’re looking for.”

Crestmark Architectural Millworks
5640 West End Road
Arcata, CA 95521
Phone: (707) 822-4034
Email: info@crestmarkam.com

SingCore
P.O. Box 1691
McCleary, Wa 98557
Phone: (360) 495-3577
Email: info@singcore.com

Modular Exhibit Systems

The most proficient exhibitors spend a great deal of money when they attend an exhibition show. Exhibit manufacturers expend a great deal of effort to make certain their customers have the high end representation they expect because their image and reputation (both the exhibitor and the manufacturer) depends on the impression made at the exhibition.

Sustainability is an issue if you’re constructing a high end display on site, then basically disposing of it. While the new exhibit is being built for the next exhibition to be attended (assuming you’re attending more than one exhibit per year).

Modular Trade Show Displays

Enter modular trade show displays which are an Eco-friendly approach to expensive exhibit systems that are effective but inefficient.

A modular exhibit system offers huge benefit for the exhibitors who use them. Their modular design is based on interlocking lightweight, high-strength panels that interlock. These exhibit systems can easily be assembled by one or two unskilled laborers in any configuration you desire.

Once assembled the exhibitor may apply exhibit signage or vinyl wrap, just like a custom build, only after the exhibition event, the booth materials are disassembled and stacked (flat packed) and transported to the next event for reassembly on site.

The custom case could be flipped over and used as a portable trade show counter, making it an active component within the exhibit when unpacked and assembled.

Easy to Assemble Exhibition System

How easy is it to assemble a Sing Modular Exhibit System? So easy in fact that this one person (with very little help) assembled this 70 ft trade show display in little more than half-an-hour (see time lapse video).

Tools required? An Allen wrench. That’s it. Nothing else, thanks to the cam-lock design of these particular trade show display panels, which interlock almost as easily as LEGOs.

Individually Customizable Exhibition Components

Whether you’re using your modular exhibition system for a stylish museum display, art show, product demonstration, training seminar, trade show display or temporary in plant office space, you can customize your exhibition components to meet your architectural specifications regardless of your trade show booth sizes. Your individual components can be manufactured to any size (height/length, width and thickness) to achieve the high precision results you desire.

Economy Standard Modular Trade Show System

For the more economically-minded and frugal exhibitor, we try to maintain a regular inventory of our standard modular trade show components in stock, which require little or no lead time, otherwise your custom trade show panels may require four to six weeks for delivery.

See: Standard Modular Trade Show System

Modern Trade Show Booth

Imagine owning your own high end modern trade show booth that could be lightweight, easily transferred, assembled, disassembled, stored and reconfigured live during the exhibition event.

In between shows, your modular exhibit system is safely stored away, ready for the next exhibition.

And if your company grows, from a 10 ft x 20 ft exhibit space to a 10 ft x 70 ft piece of exhibit real estate, no problem. Just add the modular trade show components you need to expand the system you already have. No need to buy a new exhibit system (unless you want to), making your Sing exhibit system the ultra modern trade show booth. The only

Modular Exhibit Systems Guaranteed 50 Years

Only premium modular exhibit systems and trade show displays can be guaranteed warp-free including full structure warranty for a full 50 years.

That means your investment in SingCore exhibit systems are intended to far exceed the life of any other trade show displays and effective return on investment (ROI).

Easily Repairable

With such a long life, you might be concerned about the eventual damage to a Sing modular display panel. Again, no problem; unlike other trade show display panels, a Sing Panel can be repaired (for instance, if forklift forks were run through it) and returned to its original condition without compromising the strength of the original panel.

September 19, 2016 Ian Sage No Comments

Oversized Doors

When it comes to oversized doors, don’t you want your doors to be low maintenance and warp-free?

Thanks to the invention of our patented non-warp solution any door of any size can be a warp-free door if it has SingCore inside.

Oversized Doors Challenge

The trouble with oversized doors today is that all over the USA and around the world if the doors are large doors – over 7 ft. tall and 3.5 ft wide – problems will arise causing the door to fail because all big doors warp. That’s the basic problem and SingCore solves that problem quite nicely.

If your oversized door has professional SingCore inside it can be guaranteed to be warp-free for 50 years, including full structural warranty. No other door can be guaranteed to be warp-free unless it has SingCore inside.

Warp-free Oversized Doors

Besides being guaranteed warp-free for 50 years, your high quality doors with SingCore inside offer other features eluding doors manufactured any other way. You can expect some amazing additional attributes due to the composite structure of SingCore door blanks. For instance:

Lightweight: SingCore is a solid internal door core designed for oversized doors that weighs a fraction of other solid wood door cores. Oversized doors with SingCore inside can weigh 100 lbs. each in comparison to the 1,100 lbs. each of the original solid core large doors being architecturally replaced.

High Strength: SingCore has been independently tested and rated at 660 PSI. That’s stronger than steel pound-for-pound. No other lightweight door core material is stronger or more effective for oversized doors that can withstand over 600 lbs.

Will Not Warp, Bend or Twist: Professional SingCore will not warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail due to the vertical grain torsion box structure reinforced with rigid structural strength foam insulation and patent pending stiffeners. Sandwiched between two stress skins SingCore is the only door core material than can be guaranteed warp-free for 50 years.

Insulated: SingCore is packed with insulation for climate control and sound deadening characteristics ranging from R3.5 and up per inch due to the structural insulation used inside the torsion box structural grids. Foam can be upgraded from our standard EPS foam (R3.5) for even more insulation per your specifications by using Polyurethane foam (R6.5), Polyisocyanurate (R7.5), Phenolic (over R8) or other more advanced foams that may be available to meet your specifications, while solid wood is rated at R.71 to R1.4 per inch.

Oversized Garage Doors

When garage door companies create a warp-free insulated exterior 10 ft garage door that stands between the garage door interior and fully exposed to the elements only one high quality large garage door solution can be guaranteed to be warp-free for 50 years. And 8 ft. doors are child’s play for SingCore, the only exterior garage door material that can pack such an impressive warranty. So, if you have a large garage with oversized garage doors and you want worry-free long life and low maintenance, tell your garage door manufacturer, you want, “SingCore inside.”

Oversized Front Door

Not unlike oversized garage doors, the oversized front door is the number one most important access point in the home. Being oversized exterior doors, the importance of lightweight, high strength, warp-free and highly insulated adds to the overall safety and security of the home protecting the family from exterior noise, weather conditions, energy loss, and intruders while maintaining secure, uncompromised door seal. Quite a feat for any oversized doors, and are the only oversized entry doors that can be guaranteed for 50 years.

Oversized Sliding Doors

Oversized sliding doors are the most important oversized doors to keep warp-free for long-term maintenance-free operation, because if the large sliding door were to warp, bend or twist the door becomes damaged or inoperable. This is especially true for oversized pocket doors which are concealed within a hidden compartment inside the wall, when in the open position and warped, may not be easily withdrawn from its resting place when opened, or alternatively may not be opened due to not being able to retract into its predetermined location.

Guaranteed Oversized Doors

Prior to the introduction of SingCore to the oversized door builders, door manufacturers and millworks found it impossible to offer any warranty on 8 foot doors, 10 ft garage doors or even larger doors. Now, thanks to SingCore, they can build and offer a warranty on doors to remain warp-free for 50 years, even if the oversized door spans 50 ft.

September 6, 2016 No Comments

Temporary Exterior Walls

You never know when you might have the need for temporary exterior walls for added safety and security, in natural disaster management, construction, as barricades, for temporary offices or parking lot structures.

Your options are limited to transporting temporary structures to the site location, building temporary structures from scratch, or designing and using modular temporary exterior wall components to store and have on-hand when needed.

Lightweight Temporary Exterior Walls

Regardless of the desired surface materials, your Sing temporary exterior wall weigh-in at a fraction of the weight of their heavily constructed alternatives. The resulting lightweight exterior wall panels are easy to manipulate, stack, transfer and store. The light weight also saves on energy consumption both on the road and at the job site.

High Strength Temporary Exterior Walls

Other honeycomb-type lightweight structural material is not built to last and does not possess much in the way of strength (10 to 110 PSI) while SingCore has unparalleled strength (660 PSI) stronger than steel pound for pound.

Temporary Exterior Wall Versatility

Your temporary exterior walls can be built to your custom architectural specifications and manufactured with any desired flat building material such as any wood species, metal (aluminum, cold rolled steel, copper, galvanized steel, hot rolled steel, stainless steel, etc.) or other material (concrete, fiberglass, FRP, glass, HPL, Kevlar, Lexan, LVL, MDF, etc.).

Your temporary exterior wall panels can be custom designed and built to any size (height/length, width, thickness) for protection from the elements, dust, climate control, remodeling, and infection control for hospitals, disaster relief or other industrial applications.

Flat Pack for Transfer and Storage

All Sing temporary exterior wall components conveniently flat pack for the best management of space and less transportation costs.

Easy to Assemble Temporary Exterior Walls

Unlike on site building, using SingCore modular temporary exterior walls to fabricate the secure space necessary is as simple as snapping the components together with cam-lock interconnects that are high precision and easy to assemble. The only tool required for assembly, a simple Allen wrench.

Your temporary exterior walls can be used as a moving wall, or reconfigured on-site to manage obstruction, create separation, increase privacy and security or maintain effective control of traffic flow.

Reusable Temporary Exterior Walls

Sustainability and efficiency are maximized by saving energy and waste as Sing temporary exterior walls can be used over and over again, and in the event of on-site damage, are easily repaired without compromising the exterior wall panel’s structure strength.

Wall Temporary Wall System

Basically, your temporary wall ideas can be unleashed in conjunction with the professional design staff and SingCore who will help to educate your staff in how to design and how to build a temporary wall that will meet or exceed your high performance expectations and specifications.

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September 1, 2016 Ian Sage No Comments

Insulated Aluminum Panels

America’s premier Insulated Aluminum Panels are lightweight, high strength, and have insulation R value that is variable to meet your project’s requirements and can be guaranteed to be fail-free for 50 years all thanks to having patented Sing Core inside. No other insulated aluminum panel can compare to Sing Core’s premium strength (660 PSI), high precision (+/- .006 inch) and high performance (full 50 year warp-free and structural guarantee) making them the best architectural insulated aluminum panels made in the USA.

Strength deflection demonstration of 1 inch 13 ft. long insulated aluminum panel

4’x8′ Aluminum and 4’x10′ Honeycomb Structural Panels

Standard sized 4’x8′ and 4’x10′ aluminum panels cannot be beat in terms of and value. While maintaining all the strength, durability, and longevity of our more expensive custom panels, these mass produced variety can be had for a fraction of the price.

Now Click for Price for a 4’x8′ panel.

Size	Sqft
4’x8′	32sqft
4’x10′	40sqft
over 4’x10′	any size

Patented Insulated Aluminum Panels

Our patented insulated aluminum panels are a composite reinforced structural insulated panel (RSIP) not to be confused with a standard SIP panel, which is not as structurally sound as the Sing Core Reinforced SIP. All Sing Core RSIPs feature patented Sing Core inside, which is a torsion box/rigid foam insulation hybrid structural core imbuing these insulated aluminum panels with their unprecedented strength, tested independently to be able to withstand stress upwards of 660 PSI, high precision and performance.

Architectural Insulated Aluminum Panels

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Lightweight insulated aluminum panel

Sing Core insulated aluminum panels are not an off-the-shelf generic product. Every architectural insulated aluminum panel is custom manufactured to architectural specifications in any size, length, width and thickness. Starting at R3.5 per inch the rigid foam insulation can be exchanged to increase insulation R value to meet your specifications and aluminum exteriors are available in any standard colors or can be custom painted or finished.

Aluminum Shelf, Raised Floor for Mercedes Van

You could use Sing Core aluminum panels inside your private or commercial vehicles to make ease of accessing and organizing cargo, as aluminum shelves, or as aluminum raised flooring.

Pictures (above) depict inside of van project for increasing ability to handle and sort cargo in transit.

For more information about James Abke’s Mercedes portable home van conversion, see it here: http://singcore.com/news/sing-core-and-james-abke-turn-mercedes-van-into-portable-home.

Metal Wall

One of the most popular applications for Sing insulated aluminum panels is used in energy efficient metal wall projects including metal storefronts, aluminum in-fill panels and aluminum glazing panels. These architectural insulated aluminum panels are custom manufactured to your architectural specification in terms of panel size (up to 50 ft. in length) and can feature any available painted and anodized colors for maximum visual impact, whether utilized in interior or exterior metal wall applications.

Insulated Wall Panels

Sing insulated aluminum panels can be found in high end architectural, commercial, industrial and cold storage markets where high precision and performance are second to none and the end users demand only the very best Eco-friendly building materials. The insulation is customizable giving you complete control of wall insulation R value which improves moisture, temperature and environmental conditions while also adding sound deadening characteristics.

Building Envelopes

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Insulated aluminum panels with T slot

Commercial projects using Sing Core insulated aluminum panels as part of the exterior building envelope are not restricted by adhering to a standard product as every metal building insulation panel is custom built in our Pacific Northwest factory to architectural specifications. This allows unbridled creativity and design freedom as panels are nor restricted by size, shape or thickness. Whether your project is a high-tech renovation or an exclusive high-rise project, Sing Core can supply the insulated panels to match your specs. Be aware, since we do not build a standard product, we do not have an engineer-stamped and approved panel, so the project’s engineering staff will be responsible for approval and rating any Sing Core insulated metal building products.

High Precision

Advantages of Sing Core’s high precision (+/- .006 in.) and high performance (low maintenance and warp resistance) include maintaining a structurally sound uncompromised airtight seal. This is especially advantageous when maintaining a sustainable energy efficient structure or clean room, whether as a permanent installation or modular portable structure.

We have the best precision of any manufacturer in the world. No one can come close to our methods of manufacturing the most precise, dimension-ally stable panels. This is called “mission impossible.” No one else can do this!

Trade Professionals

Serving architectural, commercial, industrial and institutional markets, Sing insulated aluminum panels are patented source building material available to architects for specification in projects serving the most discriminating clientele, contractor, metal fabricators and millworks throughout the United States and abroad. Architects and other high end professionals choose our panels because they have come to expect quality and unbeatable strength and light weight nature. Our panels beat the competition by miles. No one else can make insulated aluminum panels as straight, high strength, and warp free as ours.

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August 29, 2016 Ian Sage No Comments

Custom Lightweight Bifold Garage Doors

Custom Lightweight Bifold Garage Doors by Sing Core are Stronger, Lighter, and Easier on Hardware

Custom Lightweight Bifold Garage Doors are becoming a top choice for architects, builders, and homeowners. They offer strong performance and flexible design. Unlike traditional overhead doors, these doors fold to the sides. As a result, they open wider and use space more efficiently. They also create a bold architectural look.

The main advantage comes from the Sing Core inside. These panels are very strong but lightweight. Because of this, the door puts less strain on hinges, tracks, rollers, and motors. As a result, the system runs smoother and hardware lasts longer.

In addition, the lighter structure allows for larger openings. You can build oversized bifold doors without heavy framing or expensive hardware.

If you are planning a bifold garage door project, submit your opening size and project details here:

Request an estimate:
https://singcore.com/pricing-3/get-an-estimate

After receiving your request, we can provide information on hardware options, door panel configurations, and general guidance for your project. If you have questions, you can also email Sales@SingCore.com for additional assistance.

Custom Lightweight Bifold Garage Doors

Why Bifold Garage Doors Are Popular in Modern Architecture

Architects increasingly specify Architectural Bifold Garage Doors because they provide both functionality and visual impact. When the door opens, the panels fold and stack to the sides of the opening. Therefore, the entire garage opening becomes accessible.

In contrast, traditional overhead doors require ceiling tracks and reduce usable interior space. Meanwhile, swing-out doors require large exterior clearance areas. Bifold doors solve both of these issues. Because the door folds inward or sideways, it occupies minimal space while providing maximum access.

Furthermore, bifold garage doors often open faster than large overhead doors. Since the panels articulate together, the door can open efficiently whether operated manually or automatically.

These advantages make bifold doors a popular choice for:

High-end residential garages
Fire stations
Automotive dealerships
Aircraft hangars
Commercial buildings

The Problem with Traditional Large Doors

Luxury bifold garage doors can create large, impressive openings. However, large doors have been hard to build reliably.

Wood doors expand and contract with temperature and humidity. As a result, large doors often warp, twist, or cup over time. When this happens, problems follow:

Hardware becomes stressed or misaligned
Door seals fail
Air and moisture enter the building
Maintenance costs increase

Because of these issues, many manufacturers avoid offering strong warranties.

Sing Core solves this problem. It replaces heavy lumber with a lightweight composite core. As a result, the door stays stable and weighs much less.

Why Lightweight Bifold Garage Doors Are Easier on Hardware

One of the biggest benefits of lightweight bifold garage doors is reduced stress on the system.

Traditional wood doors can be very heavy. As a result, they need large hinges, reinforced tracks, and heavy-duty operators. Over time, this weight strains both the hardware and the building frame.

However, Sing Core panels are strong and lightweight. Because of this, the door is easier to operate and easier on hardware.

Reduce Hardware Stress

Lighter panels place less load on hinges and rollers. As a result, hardware lasts longer and needs less maintenance.

Smooth Operation

Lighter doors move with less resistance. Therefore, the system opens and closes with less effort.

Easier Installation

Because the panels weigh less, installation is faster and easier for crews.

Larger Door Options

Most importantly, lightweight panels allow much larger openings. You can build oversized bifold doors without the limits of heavy materials.

Custom Wood Bifold Garage Doors with Sing Core Inside

Many homeowners prefer the timeless appearance of wood doors. Custom Wood Bifold Garage Doors can match nearly any architectural style, from traditional carriage houses to modern contemporary homes.

However, natural wood movement often causes large doors to warp. Sing Core construction solves this problem by stabilizing the door internally.

The exterior of the door can be finished with almost any material, including:

Natural wood species
Aluminum panels
Steel skins
Copper or brass
Fiberglass reinforced panels
Glass or composite materials

Because the structural core remains stable, the exterior materials stay aligned and the door maintains its shape over time.

This means you can enjoy the beauty of wood without the structural problems typically associated with large wood doors.

Insulated Custom Lightweight Bifold Garage Doors Improve Energy Efficiency

Another advantage of Sing Core construction is built-in insulation. Insulated Bifold Garage Doors help maintain separation between interior and exterior environments.

This insulation provides several benefits:

Improved temperature control
Reduced heating and cooling costs
Better sound dampening
Increased comfort in attached garages

In addition, doors that remain straight and stable seal more effectively. Therefore, insulation works more efficiently and prevents energy loss.

Architectural Flexibility and Custom Design

Every building is different. Therefore, Sing Core panels are built to fit each project.

Openings can be small or very large. Because the panels are lightweight and stable, they work in many layouts.

For example, bifold doors can operate in several ways:

Fold side to side
Fold upward
Act as retractable wall systems
Serve as feature doors

As a result, bifold doors give designers more freedom. They also deliver reliable performance.

Luxury Custom Lightweight Bifold Garage Doors for High-End Homes

High-end homes often require doors that combine beauty with engineering precision. Luxury Bifold Garage Doors built with Sing Core technology deliver both.

Because the door panels remain extremely straight, perimeter seals stay aligned. As a result, the door maintains weather protection and energy efficiency over time.

Additionally, Sing Core doors are known for exceptional precision tolerances. This precision helps maintain consistent operation and long-term structural reliability.

In many cases, Sing Core doors can be guaranteed not to warp or structurally fail for decades. This level of performance is rarely available with traditional door construction.

Explore Custom Lightweight Bifold Garage Doors Design Options

Many bifold garage doors are designed to resemble classic carriage doors. This style combines traditional craftsmanship with modern engineering performance.

If you are interested in exploring carriage door designs, visit:

https://garagecarriagedoors.com/

This resource provides design inspiration and examples that may help guide your project.

Request Information for Custom Lightweight Bifold Garage Doors

Planning to build Custom Lightweight Bifold Garage Doors? Sing Core can help you determine the best door configuration and hardware system for your project.

Simply submit your opening size and project details here:

Get your estimate:
https://singcore.com/pricing-3/get-an-estimate

After reviewing your request, we can provide recommendations for door panels, hardware options, and installation considerations.

If you need additional information regarding hardware systems or the estimate process, you can also contact us directly at:

Sales@SingCore.com

With Sing Core technology, you can build Custom Bifold Garage Doors that are lightweight, insulated, structurally stable, and designed to operate smoothly for decades.

August 11, 2016 No Comments

Exterior Door Blanks

Patented SingCore makes the best exterior door blanks in the United States of America. Architects, designers, contractors, millworks and door companies come to SingCore for exterior door blanks that outperform other door blanks used in exterior doors.

Why SingCore Exterior Door Blanks?

The answer is

If you want the best exterior door
Start with the best exterior door core

SingCore exterior door blanks are the only door substrate with SingCore inside. Exterior doors of any size with SingCore inside are lightweight, high strength, insulated exterior doors that can be made with any door skin material, including outdoor wooden doors that can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail for fifty years.

Oversized Entry Doors

When it comes to large oversized doors, Sing door blanks help high end millworks and door companies to supply their clients with the biggest doors with full confidence of providing a oversized exterior that will not fail. Until SingCore exterior door blanks, the common response of door manufacturers was

We don’t build oversized doors

Large doors were any door over seven feet tall or three-and-a-half feet wide. Why? Because they warp; but if they were built not to warp they would be too heavy, causing regular maintenance calls for hardware repair and the heavy door caused extra stress and strain on the both the structure and the frame. Either way, big doors were a headache for both the door company and the end user.

When using Sing exterior door blanks, any exterior doors – even exterior wood doors – can be guaranteed not to fail for 50 years.

Outdoor Wooden Doors

A wood exterior door is problematic due to the nature of the wood grain itself. The grain will either expand or contract due to changes in the environment and change in temperature or moisture will cause the wood to move this way or that. Moving or warping exterior wood doors compromise the door seal, and could prevent the exterior door from latching properly, or in extreme cases, closing at all.

Sing exterior door blanks are wood door skin panels that prevent the failure of any door regardless of exposure to the elements if made with professional warp-free SingCore with wood stave applied using the patented non-warping process.

Door Skin

Patented SingCore can host any exterior door skin material – not just solid wood stave – a welcomed feature to any designer or full service custom door builder. Sind you are not limited to wood door skin panels, your doors can be made of any flat building material, such as aluminum, cold rolled steel, concrete, copper, fiberglass/FRP, galvanized steel, hot rolled steel, HPL, Kevlar, LVL, metal or stainless steel, just to name a few.

Of course, now you can make doors of any available natural wood species warp-free with SingCore inside.

Insulated Exterior Doors

Another unique feature and added benefit of having SingCore inside your oversized entry doors is being able to enjoy having insulated exterior doors which means better energy savings and climate control. Also, because Sing exterior door blanks are packed wall to wall with rigid insulation as part of the torsion box composite solid door blank adding sound dampening qualities for added safety and security at no extra charge; all part of the design.

Solid Core Door Blanks

Sing exterior door blanks are a solid core door material made of natural vertical wood grain torsion box/foam composite yielding exceptional displays of strength with unparalleled resistance to deflection and warping. SingCore is so strong, that it was rated at over 660 PSI when independently tested by the University of Washington. That’s stronger than steel, pound for pound.

The inventor says, “Kick any other door and you break the door. Kick a Sing door and break your leg.”

Don’t break a leg, but do specify “SingCore inside,” when you want the best exterior door of any size that is insulated, lightweight, high strength and can be guaranteed for a full fifty years.

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August 5, 2016 Ian Sage No Comments

Wooden Room Dividers

When you’re looking to divide a space into two or more spaces, you may want to have more of a true separation between the spaces, while not having to rely on permanent construction and insulation contractors and installation, especially if you’re looking for temporary walls or room partitions that are modular components.

Temporary walls and room partitions made with SingCore inside have extraordinary characteristics drawing interest from individuals in New York seeking our wooden room dividers as the stand out lightweight, high strength, modern room dividers from 3,000 miles away. You might be surprised to learn we send more wooden products to New York than any other single location in the USA.

Sing wooden room dividers are built to architectural specifications using any of all available wood species though even inexpensive standard torsion box plywood panels available via the Lowe’s Home Improvement Pro Desk are the value-added low cost alternative for the DIY wooden room dividers for the creative do it yourselfer on a budget.

Large Wooden Room Dividers

The biggest wood room dividers present the greatest number of challenges for architects, designers and contractors. Unfortunately, while large wooden panels are highly sought out for their beautiful appearance, performance-wise they can be problematic. Due to the nature of the natural wood, the panel will tend to warp, bend or twist and there is little you can do about it, unless it has SingCore inside.

Warp-free Wooden Room Dividers

SingCore is the solution for creating a wood panel room divider that can be guaranteed warp-free for 50 years, even in a wood panel standing 37 feet tall, if built and designed correctly with professional SingCore. Non-warping wooden room dividers are not the only solution provided when your room partitions have SingCore inside. You also get:

Insulated wooden room dividers, providing greater room separation, climate control and sound deadening qualities for added safety, security and privacy between rooms.

Lightweight wooden room dividers, that are less expensive and easier to transport, handle and install (while cutting down on potential injuries caused by working with heavy wooden room dividers).

High strength wooden room dividers, offering incredible strength – even from an inch-and-a-half thick panel room divider – to support the installation of a custom door without compromising the space dividers.

Any Type or Style of Wooden Room Dividers

Wood temporary walls are designed for a wide variety of styles, uses and configurations to meet or exceed the expectations of the best architects and designers in the United States.

Pivot Door Wooden Room Dividers

The most popular configuration for temporary walls are room partitions made using pivoting – or a combination of pivoting and sliding – door hardware.

Sliding Wooden Room Dividers

A fairly straightforward way to temporarily divide a space would be to place sliding doors to separate an otherwise wide open area. When you want the space open, simply slide open the sliding door room dividers and you’re in business.

Bedroom Dividers

You will find the insulation and sound dampening abilities of your Sing wooden room dividers will help you get a good night’s sleep in your cozy new bedroom, while enjoying the redesigned space, yielding a high quality of life with the addition of more bedrooms without the cost of expensive contractors.

Moving Wall

Your wooden room dividers could be configured to fully open providing full access to the entire space, when collapsed or folded, or dividing the space into multiple areas serving different functions as you see fit. Some installations include electronically articulating wall components using automatic door hardware with optional remote controls.

Pressure Walls

While some people are using our standard torsion box panels as components in quick and easy pressure walls, our friends in the greater New York area are feeling the crunch of building codes being enforced, especially in Manhattan. For these people, they are reaching out for using our insulated panels as backing for shelves, creating a

Bookcase Wall

Even though bookcase walls are trending now in New York, designers, architects and engineers have been specifying SingCore as the backing material for bookcase walls for increased insulation and room separations when in use as a room divider disguised as a bookcase. In fact, entire bookcases built of SingCore can be easily pivoted with a standard pivot door hinge and used as a temporary wall or hidden door which could be opened when desired or necessary, not just as the bookcase wall nyc.

: Sing Core bookshelf

: Sing Core bookshelf

Moveable Storage Unit Wall

The next step in alternative wooden room dividers is utilizing SingCore to build full modular storage units on wheels to make and create not only moveable storage components but to create sound deadening and functional room separation. Thanks to the lightweight and high strength these storage units can be moved around on furniture casters with ease.

: Walnut

: Bi-directional Walnut

: Marine Grade Ply

: Teak Door

: Walnut

: Cedar

: Birch

: Port Orford cedar

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Metal Fabrication Metal Door Panels

When it comes to metal fabrication, one metal company is making an environmentally sustainable impact on the manner in which metal is handled in America today. Eco-friendly lightweight and high-strength metal panels are replacing solid metal sheets and metal honeycomb panels in a safe and responsible manner resulting in a patented metal fabrication method creating metal panels that weight a fraction of the weight of solid metal but are stronger than steel pound for pound.

Stainless steel has been problematic for steel fabricators to work with due to being a highly hazardous occupation, until now. Exposure to toxins and high-skilled trades-people make for an expensive end product. The extreme heavy weight of steel presents other problems in terms of safety on the job site and expensive transportation, installation and maintenance costs. Eco-friendly SingCore is the perfect solution for these problems.

Aluminum

Aluminum is a lightweight metal and can be used in a variety of methods but needs a solid substrate or assorted framing to increase performance. While adequate for smaller projects, when the dimensions of the project expands so do the challenges. Sing Aluminum is the next level of high precision and performance due to its ability to offer:

High Strength Aluminum

Where other aluminum panels fail due to unavoidable weakness, Sing Aluminum relies on a solid substrate comprised of natural vertical wood grain torsion box/recycled rigid foam composite to achieve strengths stronger than steel (660 PSI, and more) enabling long spans without deflection or compromise, even under loads.

High Precision Aluminum

Due to the extreme precision (+/- .006 in.) of the solid SingCore composite substrate, the resulting Aluminum material (available in aluminum panel or aluminum post and beam configurations) is extremely flat for high precision applications, while remaining lightweight and Eco-friendly.

Stainless Steel

There is elegance to stainless steel that cannot be denied, though problems appear especially when dealing with projects of large size because stainless steel is so heavy. To reduce the weight, stainless steel plates can be sandwiched with some type of lightweight core to reduce the weight, but strength is compromised; that is, unless you have SingCore inside.

Lightweight Stainless Steel

Thanks to SingCore, you can achieve outstanding results using Sing Stainless Steel panels, weighing in at a fraction of the weight of solid stainless steel, but maintaining the structural integrity of solid steel. Even though the weight issue is addressed by using honeycomb or other type of core substrates, they fail under stress or strain. Only SingCore has the ability to deliver the strength of solid steel at a fraction of the weight, while maintaining its high precision.

Galvanized Steel

Long known for its ability to offer substantial weather resistance when exposed to the elements, galvanized steel is one of the most effective and long-lasting coating options for steel with a long history of success in all climates and weather conditions.

Super Strong Lightweight Galvanized Steel

Add to the long term success in exterior exposure, the lightweight and high strength of sandwiching galvanized steel around patented SingCore, and you have a panel that is impervious to the elements that could be interconnected using cam lock technology or other methods to build a modular exterior building or shelter in minutes, besides other applications.

You could build modular Sing galvanized steel panel components that could be guaranteed fail-free for 50 years.

Cold Rolled Steel

Cold rolled steel is readily available in flat sheets and perfect for creating high precision and high performance custom steel doors when applied to patented SingCore. Cold rolled steel is one of the most popular steel surface materials in making Sing steel doors, which are steel doors with SingCore inside.

Besides doors, other popular cold rolled steel products include cold rolled steel panels, posts and beams with SingCore inside for lightweight high strength high precision and long life performance over time, unlike any other cold rolled steel substrate known.

Hot Rolled Steel

Hot rolled steel is similar to cold rolled steel, though is less strong than cold rolled steel. This can be overcome by crating high precision and extremely strong hot rolled steel panels with SingCore inside.

We are seeing an increase in hot rolled steel in both wall hot rolled steel panels and hot rolled steel doors due to the industrial look of the heat signatures that are unique characteristics of hot rolled steel and often part of the aesthetic design of the architect or designer of the project at hand.