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Discover SingCore Pocket Doors

Welcome to SingCore, where innovation meets collaboration to redefine interior spaces. Our pocket doors are not just a solution; they’re a partnership. Tailored exclusively for millworks, architects, and contractors, SingCore offers a seamless blend of elegance, efficiency, and reliability. Explore the world of SingCore pocket doors, designed for professionals who demand excellence.

Why SingCore Pocket Doors for Professionals?

1. Collaboration with Industry Experts:

SingCore exclusively collaborates with millworks, architects, and contractors, understanding the unique requirements of professionals in the field. Our doors are not just products; they’re a result of a partnership that prioritizes the specific needs of those shaping spaces.

2. Precision Craftsmanship:

Our commitment to precision craftsmanship sets us apart. The core of our pocket doors features patented Sing honeycomb panels, ensuring a lightweight yet sturdy design. This commitment to excellence in materials and construction guarantees doors that stand the test of time in both form and function.

3. Comprehensive Design Options:

Tailor your projects with our extensive range of design options. From classic wood veneers to sleek glass panels, SingCore pocket doors provide versatility to match the unique aesthetic preferences of your clients. Custom designs are also available, allowing you to create spaces that are both functional and visually stunning.

4. 50-Year Warp-Free Guarantee:

SingCore takes pride in offering an industry-leading 50-year warp-free guarantee. We stand by the quality of our pocket doors, ensuring that they maintain structural integrity for decades to come. This guarantee is a testament to our commitment to providing professionals with reliable, long-lasting solutions.

5. Exclusive Collaboration Process:

Working exclusively with millworks, architects, and contractors, SingCore understands the importance of a streamlined collaboration process. Our dedicated team is here to support you every step of the way, from design conceptualization to project completion.

6. Quiet and Effortless Operation:

Experience the tranquility of spaces with our pocket doors, engineered for quiet and effortless operation. The precision of our hardware ensures a smooth glide every time you open or close the door, enhancing the overall user experience for your clients.

Elevate your projects with SingCore Pocket Doors – a partnership built on precision, reliability, and exclusive collaboration. Join the community of professionals who trust SingCore to deliver exceptional results. Explore our options and redefine interior spaces with confidence.

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Sing Core at the International African American Museum

The International African African Museum is a museum of African-American history that was built in Charleston, South Carolina, on the site of Gadsden’s Wharf. The construction of the IAAM began in January 2020 after 20 years of planning. The purpose of the International African American Museum is to tell the unravished stories of the African American experience across generations, the triumph that gave rise to a resilient people.
 

 
Photo credit to Internationl African American Museum
 
Sing Core was able to be a part of this incredible journey by providing the panels used inside the museum.
 

Pocket Doors

 
 


 
Pocket doors are a type sliding door that recesses into the wall instead of sliding in front of it ultimately becoming invisible. With our light and sturdy core here at Sing Core is possible. They provide a different and unique look to any sliding door application. Pocket doors largely improve the area near the door opening, as a traditional sliding door requires dedicated wall space to open over. Pocket doors fully recess inside of the wall, meaning all of the necessary holding space is in a place you already couldn’t make use of. Pocket doors also prove to be useful in space-saving scenarios, such as in an RV or small office. These doors despite all of these benefits, they do have a couple major drawbacks if not built properly.
 

 
One of the biggest downsides to poorly made pocket doors is that when they warp, they become a huge problem. A pocket door needs to remain on its tracks at all times to function, and a warped door panel could potentially pull it off of the tracks or put extra strain on them. In addition, a warped pocket door can scrape alongside the opening in the wall, damaging the finish of both the door and the wall. There are many other complications that can arise with a door that warps. That’s why we recommend using Sing Core for your pocket door, as it will never warp.
There are many reasons as to why doors warp. It could be the size of the door as in the length, width, and height. Also the skin as in the materials used. Some of these materials are more prone to become warped. Weather also plays a huge role in the life of the door. If the door is consistently in harsh conditions and exposure can become warped in no time. But overall the core of the door is the ultimate performance tester. Most doors have a hollow core that doesn’t give the door a solid foundation to resist warping.
 

 

Guarantee

 
Sing Core Pocket Doors, like all Sing Core products, come with a 50 year structural and warp-free guarantee. You won’t find this common in the industry, as few products can hold up to it. At Sing Core, we don’t make empty promises. Your door will last for 50 years without structural or warping issues, guaranteed.
Guarantees are offered with doors which are covered, in writing, signed by the inventor of Sing Core. We take our 50-year guarantee very seriously. Our best clients depend on this worry-free performance and trust us to provide them with the best solution for large doors of any size or style.
 

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Sing Core at the Auburn Gresham Healthy Lifestyle Building

The Greater Auburn-Gresham Development Corporation is leading an effort to redevelop a vacant office building on a key commercial corridor in the Greater Auburn Gresham community. The redevelopment of 839-45 West 79th Street is a development project that will not only urge additional development along the disinvested business district, but will also bring back to life a once prominent commercial building that has stood vacant for twenty years.

 

 

The redevelopment project is being implemented as part of the recently completed Auburn Gresham Quality of Life plan which has several strategies and tasks to improve the quality of life of residents in Auburn Gresham and surrounding communities. During the 1 1/2 year long planning process, more than one-thousand residents were engaged and took part in monthly discussions and together, divided into separate issue area task force teams. The task force teams focused on core areas including: jobs, economic and business development, health and wellness, education, youth development, and more. When complete, the redevelopment of the vacant building into the Auburn Gresham Healthy LifeStyle Technology Hub directly responds to the community’s quality of life plan including workforce development, technology and educational enhancements, along with community development services supporting youth, seniors, families and disenfranchised serving the greater south side.

Sing Core was able to be part of this wonderful project by providing our Pocket Doors. These doors are a type of sliding door that recesses into the wall instead of sliding in front of it, effectively becoming invisible. We make these doors possible with our lightweight and sturdy core.

Pocket Doors

Secret doors are an exciting and distinctive way to add uniqueness to your home. Pocket doors have become an integral part of modern architecture. The can be more than just a convenient sub-type of sliding doors. Pocket doors are one of the only options when considering a concealed or hidden door.
Pocket doors provide a special twist to any sliding door application. Pocket doors largely improve the area near the door opening, as a traditional sliding door requires dedicated wall space to open over. Pocket doors fully recess inside of the wall, meaning all of the necessary holding space is in a place you already couldn’t make use of. Pocket doors also prove to be useful in space-saving scenarios, such as in an RV or small office.

Core

Well-known to outperform any other known honeycomb core or composite honeycomb material, Sing Core has been rated at 660+ PSI and has the highest tolerances for high precision integrity over the surface of the material.

In side-by-side comparisons, patented Sing Core outperforms all other honeycomb core materials in terms of an Eco-friendly high performance material that is insulated, stronger and lighter weight. The added insulation provides both R-value ratings and sound deadening that are not available in other honeycomb cores.

That is why our most high end clients, including the scientific community, aerospace industry, nautical industry, industrial, space and military agencies rely on Sing Core for the most high precision and high performance core material available.

 

 

Guarantee

Sing Core Pocket Doors, like all Sing Core products, come with a 50 year structural and warp-free guarantee. You won’t find this common in the industry, as few products can hold up to it. At Sing Core, we don’t make empty promises. Your door will last for 50 years without structural or warping issues, guaranteed.

Guarantees are offered with doors which are covered, in writing, signed by the inventor of Sing Core. We take our 50-year guarantee very seriously. Our best clients depend on this worry-free performance and trust us to provide them with the best solution for large doors of any size or style.

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Millennium Tower Seattle

The Millennium Tower

The skyline of Seattle is adorned with beautiful spires and towers, and the Millennium Tower is one of the structures to call that sky home. Standing at over 280 feet tall, the Millennium Tower is a testament to luxury and design, as it is home to 19 prestigious condos and sits right off the water in Downtown Seattle.

The Millennium Tower was designed by the Olson Kundig architect firm, and the individual homes within were designed by the architects from Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership. This brilliant combination of efforts has led to one of the most incredible living spaces in the Seattle area, and Sing Core is honored to have been involved in this project.

Sing Core was contacted regarding a large pocket door for the interior of the tower, specifically within one of the condos, measuring 54.5 tall inches by 111.5 inches wide, and 2.25 inches thick. This door weighs approximately 200 pounds, which is substantially less than a door of this size would if made using traditional methods and materials.

Why Sing Core?

Sing Core has long been sought after for use in high end and luxury homes, penthouses, and more. Our patented and patent-pending technologies allow us to create the highest quality lightweight door and wall panels, without compromising on strength or durability. Our panels can be made to nearly any size and specification, and are pound-for-pound stronger than steel. These features, along with the many other benefits of Sing Core, are what led the design teams to utilize our product.

Another large reason the company decided to go with Sing Core was in regards to the type of door they were wanting. Our panel was used to make a large pocket door, which are notoriously difficult. First, pocket doors are a variant of sliding doors that slide into a “pocket” within a wall instead of sliding in front of the wall itself. These doors must be perfectly straight, otherwise they will not fit within the tight space in the wall. Pocket doors are also severely limited on their weight, as a heavy pocket door can prove difficult to use and damaging for the hardware.

Another major complication with pocket doors, especially of this size, is the risk of warping. A warped door is never good, and often leads to total structure failure and replacement. The larger the door, however, the more likely it is to warp due to the increased tension on the surface. Plus, with pocket doors, even the slightest warp can ruin the door and stop it from functioning. A little bend can cause the rollers to jam or break, or if the warp is significant enough, it can start to scrape along the wall inside, or get stuck in the pocket entirely. Luckily, Sing Core doors never warp, and are guaranteed to not warp or fail for 50 Years.

A Successful Project

Despite all of this, an excellent design, a skilled construction crew, and a flawless Sing Core panel led to a gorgeous condo within this incredible building. Unique projects such as these are what allow the luxury design world to thrive, and Sing Core is proud to have been involved in something that is such a testament to this industry.

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Sing Core Pocket Doors (Hidden Doors)

What is a Pocket Door?

Pocket doors are a type of sliding door that slides into a pocket in the wall instead of in front of or behind it. A variant of the pocket door is a “hidden door”, named that due to their hidden nature and the ability to create a nearly invisible door when closed.

Pocket Doors

Pocket doors are popular for many reasons, one of which is their space saving nature. Traditional sliding doors require the nearby space along the wall to remain empty so that they can open and move into that area. Pocket doors, however, are built to slide directly into the wall, and as such allow you to put furniture, decorations, or anything else along the walls nearby.

Pocket doors often require more engineering to make work, as they need a finished pocket with suitable space inside the nearby wall. This does present a potential hurdle in the construction of your door, however if you plan on doing this before starting construction, it is easy to work into the plans. Also, you can have a pocket door installed in a pre-existing wall assuming the wall is thick enough to allow for it, or you have the means of altering said wall.

Pocket doors are a fun and creative way to provide access to a room, and also tend to last longer than traditional sliding doors seeing as, when opened, they are not exposed to traffic or the elements. If you’re considering the options for a new door in your home or office, consider a pocket door for a unique and fun result!

Hidden Doors

One popular style of pocket doors are hidden doors, which function the same way, but have some added features to make them practically invisible. Hidden doors are usually designed to blend into the wall around them, providing a near-seamless exterior and, thus, proving incredibly difficult to spot, even if you’re walking right by it. Hidden doors work very similarly to pocket doors, using rails to slide into a hidden space within the nearby wall. Where they differ is that hidden doors often have an additional mechanism to press them up to be flush with the nearby wall, adding to their hidden nature.

Where Sing Core Comes In

Sing Core advanced panels can be used to build sliding doors of any style, including pocket and hidden doors. Our panels are super strong and lightweight, so you get assurance that they can hold up to use, plus their lightweight nature extends the life of the hardware, and as such the door, by a significant amount. Our panels also have a 50-Year Warp Free Guarantee, meaning your door will never warp or twist and become unusable. Many doors risk warping due to their flat and incredibly precise nature, and even the slightest of warps can completely ruin a door’s appearance and functionality. With Sing Core, you never have to worry about your door warping, and we give you 50 years of promise to prove that.

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New Sing Core Technologies

Sing Core is on the leading edge of building very large doors, and in the process we are getting better and better which means our doors are becoming stronger, lighter, and even more dimensionally stable than ever before.

We have applied several new patent-pending technologies to further yet improve our doors.

Take a look!

Why are we always the best?

Because the owner/inventor Peter Sing and his team are always creating new ideas which are then put in motion to produce the best door in the world.  Our innovation never sleeps and is constantly evolving to overcome any challenges our products may face.

Our specialty is very large doors; such as oversized pivot doors, sliding doors, hinge doors or even garage doors.  Our patented and patent-pending technologies are applied to much more than our doors.  Some other popular applications include room partitions, tradeshow displays, tiny houses, and much more.

This picture,

will show, it may look no different than other doors. But this is the highest precision. Strongest lightweight, large door in the world by applying several of our new patent-pending technologies.

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Wholesale Hard Maple Exterior Door

Wholesale Hard Maple Exterior Door

The surplus exterior door has 1/8″ hardwood covering both sides and is comprised of patented Sing Core lightweight core. Having Sing Core inside means that this door is dimensionally stable and crafted with the highest precision. Sing Core inside keeps weight down while preventing warping and is backed by the same 50 year guarantee! Pictured is the Hard Maple stave skin. Measures a whopping 48″ x 88″ x 2.125″! If you act now you can get this door a fraction of the price. This door only comes in one size at this time, but can be trimmed up to 2″ on each side.

The Only 50-Year Warp-Free Guarantee

We work with patented Sing Core to bring you an Eco-friendly exterior door that can be easily installed, that is lightweight, stronger than steel pound for pound, fully insulated for climate control and sound deadening capabilities. And the best part? Your standard exterior door is fully guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist, or otherwise fail for 50 years.

Includes unfinished door slab only.

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*see below for lead time and rush information

Description

What is included in your order:

Purchase includes the unfinished door slab.

 

Options

 

This door slab can be used with pivoting hardware, hinging hardware, or even sliding hardware.

The door slab has a solid wood perimeter that can be trimmed up to 2″ on each side, allowing the door to be anywhere from 48″x 88″ to 44″x 84.”

Lead time

 

Surplus lead time is 2 weeks. Standard lead time is 6-10 weeks. Rush orders will be accepted and charged accordingly. For more information, click here.

 

Customization

 

You have the option to customize however you would like. If this is something you are interested in, please make a note in your estimate submission. Feel free to give us a call or send us an email.

 

Phone: (360) 495-3577

Email: info@singcore.com


Help

This section is to help in determining what options to choose for your very own Sing Core exterior door.

Choosing the right door size

There are two main measurements to know when choosing the best fit for your new door.

 

Rough Opening

The rough opening is the space in the bare wall before a frame and door are installed or replaced.

 

Frame size

The door frame size involves measuring the width of the bare wall before the door or frame is installed, leaving about 1/2″ extra for better fitment. You also need to consider how thick the frame itself need to be to support the door of your choice.

Choosing the perfect skin

Modern doors are available in a wide array of skin options. This exterior door is available in MDF or Wood, the species currently available is White Oak, White Oak with a Walnut inlay, or Hard Maple. See below for examples.

Rush Options

A link to the rush options page is in the Lead Time section above or can be found here. Rush Options

Shipping Information

 

Our doors are shipped freight. We work with many freight companies to get you the door you need. Shipping times will vary depending on where you are located.

Every order is shipped from our factory in McCleary, Washington.


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*sold to trade professionals only

 

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Interior Pocket Doors

Need to make a small room seem bigger? Tired of the footprint taken up by the door swing? A pocket door could be the perfect solution to these issues. Pocket doors have their origins in Victorian homes where they often separated formal seating areas or entry ways. A pocket door is a type of sliding door. Unlike a regular door, a pocket door slides in and out of a wall on a track. Sliding Pocket Doors are a great way to conserve space. Similar to sliding barn doors, pocket doors have the ability to be hidden within a wall. Pocket doors are the perfect portal for powder rooms, laundry rooms, pantries or utility rooms. In small areas like these, a standard swinging door would take up a significant amount of space.

What is a pocket door and how does it differ from a regular door? A pocket door is a type of sliding door. A pocket door slides into a hollow cavity, or “pocket,” in the wall.

Pocket doors maximize under-utilized areas around doorways and transform them into smart storage spots. A pocket door simply slides into a frame in the wall, freeing up a great deal more of the room and opening up the design possibilities.

Sliding pocket doors were very popular with turn of the nineteenth century builders and they can be seen in different style and design such as double pocket door. An open interior door breaks up the line of the wall and can look a little clunky.

Pocket doors disappear completely when open, creating an elegant, streamlined appearance. Sliding pocket doors are useful in designing two separate rooms, so that they may be joined as needed. Pocket doors don’t seal a room as tightly as a traditional swinging door, and the typical locking mechanism is flimsier than a tubular latch or deadbolt.

This is why sliding pocket doors are best used as interior doors. Pocket doors are an interesting addition to many homes because they slide into the wall, hiding the door when open. Most of you already probably know this, but for those who don’t, pocket doors are interior doors that “disappear” into a shallow slot inside a wall.

When it comes to saving space, pocket doors are loved by designers, builders and homeowners alike. A pocket door is a great way to pick up usable space that’s normally occupied by a swinging door. Sing Core creates sliding doors and pocket doors for stylish, intuitive, and space-saving solutions.

These pocket door frames are made of sturdy wood, with a skin of your choice. We can provide veneer, wood stave, aluminum, hot or cold rolled steel, and much more!

Here at Sing Core we specialize in custom doors, so if you can think of it, then we can do it! Let us help you with your next project. Sing Core produces the most accurate door panels on the market.

Sing Core is the only company to produce over-sized doors that are structurally guaranteed for 50 years. No other door company can structurally guarantee their doors for 50 years, even their standard sized doors.

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Wood Pocket Doors

Wood pocket doors are similar to wood sliding doors in that they use similar sliding door hardware only a sliding pocket door disappears as it vanishes into an adjoining cavity within a wall (a pocket) and is therefore invisible when in the opened position.

 

Even though most wood pocket doors are interior pocket doors and not exposed to the weather, they do tend to warp due to changes in the environment which may render wood pocket doors useless and inoperable as they are not freely sliding in and out of the pocket for which they were designed.

By definition, sliding pocket doors should smoothly glide in and out of the cavity provided for storing or hiding them when not in use. Signs of malfunctioning wood pocket door would include not freely gliding, sticking, rubbing against the frame (damaging the finish), or getting stuck altogether either inside or outside the pocket.

The AIA and industry standards in the pocket door hardware manufacturers channel allow for a certain degree of warping to accommodate a wood pocket door’s potential to move according to changes in the environment. For instance, a 3-0 7-0 wood pocket door is considered straight and not warped, if it has a 1/4-inch variance in it. Anything over 1/4-inch is considered a warped pocket door.

That is to say that your pocket door contractor, builder, installer, and the hardware provider have taken all of this in account, and everything is built to accommodate this quarter-inch variance. These would not be considered high precision wood pocket sliding doors.

If you want high precision wood pocket doors, there is hope for you thanks to new patent and patent pending pocket door building technologies introduced by inventor and founder of Sing Core, the revolutionary Eco-friendly lightweight, high strength, pocket door building material that enables the biggest door manufacturers and best millworks in the world to create pocket doors of any style, shape, or size that can be

Guaranteed Warp-free for 50 Years

The only way to build an Eco-friendly, lightweight, high strength wood pocket door that can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist, or otherwise fail for 50 years, is if it has Sing Core inside. In fact, the biggest door companies in the world know this, and are already doing it, thanks to Sing’s core.

Wood Pocket Door Problems

It’s all about overcoming all the various challenges associated with wood pocket doors, especially if they are large oversized wood pocket doors.

We’ve already determined that keeping your pocket doors straight and true is a huge concern. In the past, the insertion of heavy material, such as a steel frame, could be built into the door to help keep it straight, or it has been assumed that heaviness was associated with strength.

Not he case with Sing’s core, which is both lightweight and stronger than steel pound for pound (independently tested at 660+ PSI). Next up you have the relatively low precision of other heavier materials, and the more you work with them the more compromised the precision is. Not so with Sing Core.

Sing Core is one of the highest precision lightweight high strength building materials in the world, sporting .006 in. tolerances.

This is how to make high precision wood pocket doors.

This is the perfect way to approach a double pocket door project, which, as you may have guessed, could present twice as many potential problems as a single prehung pocket door.

As you can see, Sing Core is an integral part of high-end pocket door construction and now you know how to build the best pocket door in the world.

Keep in mind that while Sing Core helps to build the best sliding pocket doors which provide added safety, security, privacy and superior function, your classic custom pocket door project would not be complete without utilizing an entire team to yield the best results.

High-end pocket doors are used for architectural effect, and to pull off the kinds of results exemplified by the best wood pocket doors with Sing Core inside, you will need to have the other artisans in place as well.

10×12 ft 3″ thick warp-free 1/8″ oak 520 lbs

Sing Core does not actually make doors. What they do is to provide the biggest door companies in the world, the finest millworks, and top manufacturers of custom wood pocket doors with the best patented lightweight, high strength, fully insulated, and warp-free base doors which are used to create the one of a kind masterpieces that Sing Core is known for.

“We could not do it alone,”

says inventor, Peter Sing, whose factory only supplies the basics to others who turn his substrate into art. And likewise, the door companies, millworks, and custom wood pocket door manufacturers admit,

“We could not do it without Sing Core.”

Because there’s no other way to build a fully sustainable lightweight, insulated, and warp-free wood pocket door, unless it has Sing Core inside.