Is solid wood door better or solid wood composite door? How to distinguish between solid wood door and solid wood composite door?

We all know that doors are an important part of decoration, and almost all people have doors in their homes. There are many types of doors on the market, and solid wood doors and solid wood composite doors are two very common types of doors. They each have their own advantages and disadvantages. So which is better, solid wood doors or solid wood composite doors? Let's take a closer look!

Is solid wood door better or solid wood composite door better?

There is actually no point in comparing whether solid wood doors or solid wood composite doors are better, because basically all the doors on the market are solid wood composite doors. If we must compare, we can compare from several angles.

1. Stability

Solid wood composite doors are better than solid wood doors, because solid wood doors will crack and deform according to the change of moisture content, while density board has stable moisture content and less after-sales problems. Nowadays, consumers frown when they mention density board, thinking that density board is not good. In fact, density board is a very good material. Here I want to correct the name of density board.

2. Environmental protection

Solid wood doors are better than solid wood composite doors, but in fact they are not much better, because both types of wooden doors are made by pressing technology, which uses a large amount of glue, and glue contains a lot of formaldehyde.

3. Price

The price of solid wood doors is generally more expensive than solid wood composite doors, because Chinese people have a love for wood. As long as it is solid wood, it is worth spending more money, as long as they don’t want density board.

The difference between solid wood doors and solid wood composite doors

Solid wood door

The common solid wood doors on the market can be roughly divided into three types: log doors, veneer solid wood doors and finger-jointed solid wood doors.

First: Log door: In fact, log door is the real solid wood door, that is, the door frame and door core are made of a whole piece of wood, and only the log is carved, painted and made into a wooden door.

Second: Veneer solid wood door: that is, the door core and the veneer are both made of solid wood. The difference is that this kind of solid wood door is "different inside and outside". The decorative surface of the door is one type of wood, and the internal core material of the door is another type of wood. Usually the veneer wood is better, and the door core wood is worse.

Third: Finger-jointed solid wood door: that is, the door core is made of scattered wood blocks glued together, and the outside is veneered. Usually the door core finger-jointed board is made of a variety of miscellaneous wood residues glued together. Some unscrupulous merchants will use the same kind of wood, that is, veneer, and the door core finger-jointed wood are all the same kind of wood to pretend to be a log door.

Among the three types of solid wood doors, veneer solid wood doors have the best cost-effectiveness. They use the best veneer wood materials. They have the texture of high-end original wood doors, but the price is much lower than that of original wood doors. Finger-jointed solid wood doors usually have excessive formaldehyde because the door core needs to use a lot of glue to bond small wood blocks. In addition, the price is often very high when you encounter unscrupulous merchants who use the same wood to make finger-jointed door cores and veneers to impersonate original wood doors as described above. Although original wood doors have a superior texture, I think they are not a wise choice because of their high prices and fatal shortcomings such as easy deformation and cracking. Of course, the rich can ignore these shortcomings.

Solid wood composite door

Solid wood composite door, that is, the veneer is solid wood panel, and the inner core is made of foam, cardboard, particle board, density board, multi-layer board and other materials (a few have solid wood keel frame structure). According to the different structures of the inner core manufacturing process, it can be divided into honeycomb frame, bridge hole mechanical frame and wooden keel frame.

Regardless of the type of material inside the door core and the structure of the frame it is made of, the biggest feature of solid wood composite doors is their low price. Also because they are made of various materials, environmental issues have always been a point of criticism. The concept of healthy and environmentally friendly home decoration has always been the focus of everyone's attention. Therefore, if the budget is not a problem, it is not recommended to buy composite doors.

How to distinguish between solid wood doors and solid wood composite doors

You can judge by the craftsmanship of the wooden door. If it is a mixed oil process, it is mostly composite doors. The shapes and patterns of composite doors are relatively simple, and you can feel that they are machine-polished and milled. Solid wood is generally carved with more delicate and difficult patterns. Usually composite doors are ground out of a whole piece of wood, and solid wood is mostly spliced ​​with several mortise and tenon joints. When we look at it, we have to look at the texture of the wooden door from the top and bottom. Generally, the top and bottom of the wooden door are rarely painted, so you can see the cross section. If the top and bottom are also covered, it depends on whether the texture is pasted along the surface. If the wood grain layer is very thin, it is veneer, and the cross section of several layers of wood is solid wood.

The easiest way to distinguish between solid wood doors and solid wood composite doors is to simply and roughly look at the cross section of the door and distinguish them according to the characteristics of the door. In addition, knocking on the door and listening to the sound is also a good method. Solid wood doors have a crisp sound when knocked, while composite doors filled with cardboard and foam have a hollow sound when knocked, while composite doors such as density board and particle board have a dull sound when knocked. For the same reason, lift the door to test its weight. Solid wood doors have a suitable weight, solid wood doors filled with cardboard and foam are light, and composite doors such as density board and particle board are abnormally heavy, and do not feel like lifting wood at all.

There is no doubt that all indicators of solid wood doors are better than those of solid wood composite doors. However, solid wood composite doors also occupy a large proportion in the home decoration market due to their low prices. As for whether to choose solid wood doors or solid wood composite doors, in short, it depends on our wallets!