If the company that is installing door says that, look elsewhere to buy a door. This line of bull is a great sign of this company looking to get out of the warranty.

The coloring on a fiberglass door will fade depending on sun exposure, but they don't melt. If they did, many many homes would have melting front doors and fiberglass doors would be long off the market.

I second Gammy, we traded in our steel door for a better fiberglass one. Guaranteed not to warp, rot or melt in the sun. We even got a full glass storm door from the dealer to match the beveled glass in our sidelights.

There are a couple manufacturers out there doing this. It is a common problem in the industry with heat build up between the two doors. It's not a line of BS at all. The entire industry had to revamp the window kit material that was used around door glass. It was melting and falling out. Southern exposure homes have the most difficult issues. Most installers will tell you to keep your screen open when the temperature goes over fifty degrees. This lets the heat escape and not build up between the doors. There are many better companies to deal with that offer a more superior product. I'd search around some more.

We actually just installed a Provia fiberglass door on our corner house which gets full sunlight. After the (Provia) glass storm door is closed during the hot sunny times, the door emits a strong chemical smell. The smell comes into the house after the door is opened, and we have to open the windows to air it out. My husband and I are VERY sure that the strong heat from the sun caught between the glassdoor and fiberglass door is creating this smell.

My husband called Provia and they said their doors should NOT smell. The installation company suggested the door might be a defected one, and maybe the problem could be solved by replacing it.

I don't know how this can be solved, besides letting the door offgas, and only using the screendoor. It is very frustrating because both Provia and the door intallation company came to smell the door. The first time, they didn't smell anything as it wasn't sunny and hot. The 2nd time, they DID smell it, but didn't offer a solution. "I smell a little something...is it the screendoor? Or the front door?" Really?! The smell actually went upstairs! So they said they will put in a temporary replacement door to see if that will smell.

Has anyone else had this issue with Provia, or their fiberglass door? And if so, how did the door manufacturer resolve the problem?