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Interior Doors - So confusing..Insight?

16 years ago

I'm reading solid wood doors are the way to go, but why are hollow doors with ProCore more expensive than the pine solid wood doors?

They are both Jeld-Wen

Only difference is we would order the ProCore while the solid pine is in stock. We are going to paint the interior doors white. I don't mind painted pine as this is a cottage.

So why are solid doors 50-80 less, depending on size? TY!

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worthy
16 years ago
ProCore doors are solid core, not hollow. Pine doors are not particularly dense so I would think they would not reduce sound transfer as much as solid core engineered doors.
creek_side
16 years ago
We have solid pine doors. They are fairly effective at sound control. We have no complaints.

Natural wood, as opposed to engineered composites that are not specifically designed to dampen sound, does a poor job of sound transmission.
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chisue
16 years ago
If you plan to paint them anyway, you could save by using composite doors. Ours are 10 years old and perfect. (You may need extra hinges; they're *heavy*!)
shoelvr
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks everyone!

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