May 5, 2023 Ian Sage No Comments

Improving a Home with Sing Core

As an architect, it’s important to stay up to date on the latest building materials and techniques to ensure that your customers get the best possible results from their home improvement projects. One material that has been gaining popularity is Sing Core, a lightweight and durable building material that can be used in a variety of applications. Here’s how using Sing Core can help you improve your customer’s home:

What is Sing Core?

Sing Core is a patented door and wall panel that is made by sandwiching a lightweight core material between two layers of high-grade hardwood, then optionally finishing it with a beautiful and functional skin. This unique construction method gives Sing Core its signature lightweight and durable properties, while also guaranteeing it will never warp, which is something few panel manufacturers can claim. This makes it an excellent choice for numerous applications across the construction and design field.

Incorporating Sing Core into Home Improvement Projects

One of the primary benefits of using Sing Core is that it can be used in a wide range of home improvement projects. For example, Sing Core doors are an excellent choice for customers who want to improve the insulation and energy efficiency of their home, among many other features. Sing Core panels can also be used for walls and ceilings, providing a lightweight and durable alternative to traditional materials.

Designing with Sing Core

Another advantage of Sing Core is its versatility in design. Because Sing Core is available in a variety of sizes and thicknesses, it can be used in a variety of architectural styles and for endless projects. Additionally, Sing Core can be easily ordered to fit custom shapes and designs, making it an excellent choice for unique or complex projects.

Sing Core is mainly used for doors, as that is where its features really shine. The versatility of the panels allows for nearly any custom door shape or size, and the strong-yet-lightweight nature allows them to replace traditional materials to retain a durable and rugged result, yet still remain unbelievably light.

Maximizing the Benefits of Sing Core

To get the most value from Sing Core, it’s best to know what features apply and where. We’ve already discussed strength and weight, as well as the warp-free nature of Sing Core panels, but there are many other benefits to discuss. For one, each panel comes with a 50 Year Warp-Free and Structural Guarantee, which ensures you never have to worry about your door failing or warping on you. Additionally, Sing Core panels have a variety of perks that either come standard or can be upgraded by request. For example, due to the high quality insulation and patented honeycomb design, Sing Core panels are naturally sound reducing. This makes them great additions to projects where sound comes into play, like in a recording studio, or in a house near a busy street. For a more detailed breakdown of the amazing features of Sing Core panels, read this article.

Conclusion

Using Sing Core as an architect can help you improve your customer’s home in a variety of ways, from improving insulation to increasing durability and value. By understanding the unique properties of Sing Core and how to incorporate it into your designs, you can provide your customers with a high-quality, long-lasting solution for their home improvement needs.

December 21, 2022 Kate Miller No Comments

Sliding door room partition

Sing Core is honored to be a part of creating an intimate space inside restaurant Osteria Mornini in Miami, FL.

Nusla Design helped imagine this space and spearheaded the design. Following Nusla’s design, Sing Core fabricated four stunning door panels to be used in the Osteria Morini restaurant.

Watch the video below and hear the difference Sing Core’s true flat doors make.

These Sing Core sliding doors are used as a temporary room partition for private parties or meetings.

Sing Core doors naturally dampen the noise of the bustling restaurant. These doors were designed without the addition of acoustic skin layers or acoustic seals. Miami crowds can be lively, and this sliding door room divider creates a separate space to break up that sound transference.

The doors stack up flat parallel against one wall when not in use. Then each of three doors slides independently to the far wall to line up in a perpendicular position. And finally, the fourth door is a fixed pivot door that can swing in or out to completely close off the space. When completely closed the sliding doors and pivot door create a completely flat wall that is camouflaged to blend into the background of the restaurant. And with the use of the pivot door can still be used to serve the guests in a private setting while maintaining the look of a flat wall.

Notice how flat and straight Sing Core’s sliding doors are, even after two years of heavy use in a commercial space. Sing Core doors are created specifically to remain flat for 50 years using our patented and patent pending door technology.

These look like one single panel, but are actually to perfectly straight flush panels next to each other

This sliding door and temporary wall system was made using four Sing Core professional door panels. The panels are each 38.875” wide by 108” tall and only 1.75” thick. Each door was hot pressed with .020 vertical grain oak veneer. A professional millwork then received the true flat door slabs and stained the veneer to match the various other wood details throughout the restaurant and installed the sliding door hardware. Sing Core is able to provide solid wood blocking in our customers’ specified locations to suit their hardware requirements. As in this case where no blocking is needed for door pulls to keep the illusion of a flat wall when in use.

Each panel can be slid on the track with only one finger. Sing Core’s lightweight door technology keeps the weight of each panel down to less than 150lbs.

Sing Core is proud to be a part of the continued evolution of door technology to make our customers’ lives more enjoyable. Whether that be in pivot doors, sliding doors, hinge doors, pocket doors, or any oversize door. We enjoy the challenge. We invite you to GET AN ESTIMATE and see for yourself how Sing Core’s true flat door cores can help you make the doors that your customers are asking for. Here’s to a Happy holiday for you and yours from the entire Sing Core family.

It was a pleasure to visit this breathtaking restaurant in Miami Beach, FL. And we encourage you to have a meal at this New York Times voted best Italian restaurant in Miami, FL.

April 9, 2020 Ian Sage No Comments

Custom Wood Door Skins

Choosing the Right Custom Wood Door Skin for Sing Core Door Panels

Choosing the best custom door skin for your Sing Core door panel is key. The right finish balances beauty, budget, and function. Here’s a simple guide to five options: Wood Stave, Hot Press Veneer, Cold Press Paperback Veneer, HPL, and Wood Siding/Flooring.

Summary: Best Custom Door Skin for Your Sing Core Door

Pick based on your needs, budget, and style. Here’s a quick comparison:

Custom Door Skin Type	Best For	Key Benefits	Considerations
Wood Stave	Interior & Exterior Doors	Stable, durable, repairable, great for large doors	Slightly higher cost; best with staves under 6 inches wide
Hot Press Veneer	High-end Interior Doors	Seamless, beautiful appearance	Expensive and delicate; not for exterior use
Cold Press Paperback	Budget Interior Applications	Affordable, natural wood look	Hard to repair; not ideal for high-impact areas
HPL	High-traffic & commercial use	Durable, moisture-resistant, cost-effective	Less natural texture than real wood
Wood Siding/Flooring	Thick, solid wood look	Strong, stylish, customizable	Needs floating fasteners to prevent warping

For best results, pair your custom door skin with Sing Core’s patented core technology. This ensures strength, stability, and precision. Whether you need a luxury pivot door, sliding barn door, or oversized feature, Sing Core delivers lasting value with low maintenance.

Need help choosing the best custom door skin? Contact Sing Core today!

Wood Stave Custom Door Skin

Wood stave uses solid wood strips glued together. This method highlights natural wood grain and works well for premium exterior doors.

Our 1/8″ (.125 inch) wood stave is better than 1/4″ (.25 inch). The thinner option is more stable but looks the same. Sing Core recommends 1/8″ for precision and less distortion.

For best results, keep each stave under 6 inches wide. Narrower staves reduce movement from moisture. Unlike solid wood, stave construction is stable and easy to fix. Repair with a handheld router or CNC shaper. Even forklift damage is repairable with Sing Core.

Wood stave suits interior and exterior doors. It works for pivot, hinge, and sliding doors. There’s no size limit, making it great for large doors. Costs are similar to or slightly higher than hot press veneer doors.

Custom Door made with a Custom Door Skin

Hot Press Veneer Custom Door Skin

Hot press veneer bonds thin wood veneer (.020 to .032 inches) to a panel with heat and pressure. It creates a seamless, smooth finish with book-matched or slip-matched patterns.

It looks stunning but is delicate. Thin veneer scratches easily and damages from minor impacts. It’s best for interior use and not for exterior doors.

Hot press veneer doors are expensive, especially large ones over 5 feet by 10 feet. They offer a high-end look but need careful handling.

Cold Press Paperback Veneer Custom Door Skins

Cold press paperback veneer is a budget-friendly choice with a natural wood look. This method uses adhesive instead of heat. Pressure holds the veneer in place until the glue sets. It works with vacuum presses, contact cement, or cold press systems.

“Paperback” means the veneer has a paper backing for stability. Cold press veneer is the most affordable custom door skin.

However, it’s hard to repair if damaged. It’s best for low-impact interior use.

High-Pressure Laminate (HPL) Custom Door Skins

Wood grain-look High-Pressure Laminate (HPL) is tough and budget-friendly. It’s a great alternative to real wood.

HPL resists moisture, scratches, and wear better than wood. Its wood grain texture gives warmth and elegance without warping or fading. HPL doors are easy to clean, making them ideal for homes, offices, and commercial spaces.

HPL comes in many finishes, offering plenty of design options. It’s a durable, affordable custom door skin.

Wood Siding or Flooring (3/8″ – 3/4″) Custom Door Skins

Wood siding or flooring panels give a thick, solid wood look. These custom door skins add durability and a natural wood feel. They come in various hardwoods and softwoods for different designs.

Only use floating mechanical fasteners for this Custom Door skin, such as:

Keyhole fasteners
French cleats
Furring strips

Floating fasteners allow wood movement and prevent warping or cracking.

Custom Door Skin

If you’re ready, order your Custom Sing Core Door Today! (Click HERE) to get started.

If you’d like to learn more about Custom Frameless Doors, visit https://customframelessdoors.com/

January 22, 2016 Ian Sage No Comments

How to Build a Sing Door

There is no doubt that Sing Core is responsible for the best doors in the world that can be built in any size for any functional purpose that can be guaranteed to not warp, bend, twist or otherwise fail for a full fifty years of regular use, even though Sing Core does not build doors.

Some individuals can be confused when they visit Sing Core and expect to just buy a pre-hung door that is the best door in the world, only to find that Sing Core does not actually make the door. Sing Doors are made of Sing Core, although we only supply the pre-configured base door material to achieve the results sought by the most demanding clients in the world.

Standard Size Sing Door Blanks

By popular demand SingCore introduces patented door core in economical and easy-to-use standard door width door blanks.

How does it Work?

In the real world, an architect, engineer, designer or the client conceives of the concept of their desired door. In many cases the high concept doors are problematic; some of them are large doors, which tend to fail due to their enormous size, while others may feature exotic materials that are susceptible to warp. Sing Core has the technology to create a lightweight substructure that is stronger than steel pound-for-pound and can be structurally guaranteed for 50 years under normal designed and manufactured use.

It might be helpful, for you to follow us on a journey through the making of a Sing Door.

A Day in the Life of a Sing Door

1 STARTS WITH THE DESIGN

The first step is the idea of the door, that beyond conceptual design is reduced to its most simplest form: The height, width, thickness of the door and the exterior material that is to be featured on the exposed surface(s) of the door.

2 SUBMIT TO SING CORE

The idea is then submitted via trade professional (possessing wholesale privileges) via our online quote request. The doors’ specifications are reviewed by our Non-warp True Flat Specialists, who can help determine what materials will be used inside the door to achieve the results expected by the end user.

If the client’s expectations include trouble-free high performance over a long life, the resulting design will be given special treatment resulting in a professional door base.

3 CREATION OF BASE DOOR

The resulting specifications are sent to Sing Core’s factory to custom assemble all the substructure components and composite materials necessary to achieve the results sought by the client.

This includes interior framing, insertion of Sing’s patented torsion box core material, solid inserts, lock blocks, fusion of other inner and surface materials plus any specified lite cutouts for installation of glass windows.

4 DOOR FINISHING

After the Sing Core factory has created the base door (door blank) it is sent to the door finisher; this could be a door manufacturer, custom millwork, industrial engineers or high end craftsperson specializing in ornate doors for elite consumers.

The door finisher applies the final finish to the door (trimming, edge routing, painting or other finish treatment), drilling, preparing the finished door for hardware and will likely install the glass (if specified, though sometimes this is done on site depending on the project).

The door finisher may (or may not) pre-hang the door (install all hardware and attach frame).

5 DOOR INSTALLATIONS

Then the door is packed up and sent to the job site, where the attending licensed contractor installs the final door.

Sing Crowd Manufacturing

In this sense, each and every Sing Door is a crowd manufactured project; it is a cooperative effort of many individuals from concept-to-installation, without whom no Sing Door would ever be made.

So, How Can I Get a Sing Door?

The process is simple; if you are a door company or qualify for a wholesale account, you deal directly with us, otherwise, you must seek out a professional anywhere within the Sing chain who will contact us and deal with us directly and they will partner with us by submitting your request to make sure you get the best door in the world custom-designed for the high performance that you demand.

If you are seeking out a Sing Door, we know who you are; you desire only the very best and will not settle for less and we are proud to be the only door partner in the world who can help to make you a door of any size using any material and meeting or exceeding your expectations, guaranteed.

Sing door blanks are created at our factory

: Door blanks

: Pre cut French doors

: Custom lite cut outs

Then they go to the door shop

: Drill and prep non warp door blank

: Holes drilled for hardware

: Router for hardware intallation

: Hardware installed

: Installing more hardware

: Preparation for glass install

Delivery to job site for installation

: Paint ready with lite cut outs

: Finish and/or paint doors to specs

: Framing and hanging doors

: Installed non warp French doors

: Double custom lite doors

: Custom door lite cut outs

You could be one of the best door builders by outsourcing your OEM non warping door blanks.

Sing Core has served the building industry by providing the only Eco-friendly, insulated non-warp high-strength, lightweight door. Contractors who build Sing Homes (entire homes built of Sing products) want the added strength, stability, insulation and non-warping doors in all egress points for added safety and security.

First, we have to talk about what makes the best door in the world; it has to be:

1 Non Warp

Even the very challenging doors, large doors, sliding doors, pivot doors, all can be professional SingCore warp-free guaranteed for 50 years. The secret of the best door makers in the world is that they can use the Sing solution as their door’s base material to create a warp-free door, which is the best solution to the problem of warping doors, especially large doors which would otherwise be extremely prone to warp.

2 Lightweight, high strength, insulated and Eco friendly

The strongest lightweight door in the world is made with Sing Core inside. This revolutionary Eco-friendly building material is based on patented technology that is the best of old wood craftsmen’s technology (torsion box) and new composite technology (recycled rigid foam insulation) fused with advanced adhesives and enhanced with patent pending non-warp stiffeners. The result is an extremely lightweight panel that can span distances without deflection that has not been accomplished before in any affordable manner.

3 Easy to Install

Even the largest strongest sound deadening door can be installed in half an hour. This 500 pound Sing pivot door panel measures 10 ft. tall x 12 ft. wide x 3.5 inch thick and took less than half an hour to install in the Seattle Center for Architecture and Design.

Then, we will explain how to build the perfect door, step-by-step, showing the pictures of the entire process (even the most complicated French door, sliding door, pivot door, exterior door, etc…) with all types of skins/surface material.

How to build a patented Sing French door

Here’s how it’s done: Purchase a Sing door panel decide on custom lite cutout design and hire a pre-hung door company or millwork to install lite, hardware, sand and finish, then deliver the resulting door to your job site or customer.

Photo Tutorial

How to create lite openings for glass installation

: Pick a lite cutout design or create your own

: Install glass in non warp door opening

: Finish and/or paint doors to specs

: Pre-hung large French doors ready to install

How to Get Sing Core to Build Your Best Door

Know what you want

Have at least an idea or drawing of what you want your best door to look like

Determine how many and what size of panels you will need for your door project

Know what exterior material you want on your door panels

Decide how you will manufacture your project

Seek out a professional

Door Manufacturer, Architect, Designer, Design/Build, General Contractor, Mill Work, etc…

Give them your drawing, specifying Sing Core inside

They will deal directly with us

Congratulations!

You are the proud owner of the most advanced door in the world that is

Eco-friendly

Lightweight

High-strength

Insulated

High-performance (non-warping true flat doors, walls, furniture, etc…)

Will last longer than anything made with any other material with these benefits