Door is a moving structure that allows access or blocks entrance to a room, office or building. There are several types of doors including revolving doors, sliding doors, swing doors, collapsible doors, flush doors, louvered doors, fiber reinforced doors, laminated doors and aluminum doors. Each door type has its own advantages such as providing energy savings, security, soundproofing, aesthetic appeal, low maintenance and resistance to weather effects. Door costs vary depending on material and size, ranging from Rs. 35 to Rs. 2000 per square foot.

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2. Door: Door is a moving structure, barrier that allows access or block at the
entrance of room, offices, buildings.

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6. Doors:

7. Revolving doors: A revolving door typically consists of three or four doors that
hang on a central shaft and rotate around a vertical axis within a cylindrical
enclosure.
Advantage:
Provide energy and saves money
Aesthetic look/appeal
One way of operation(maintains more security at the entrances) Eg: Airports

8. Revolving Doors:

9. Sliding Doors: Sliding doors provide a beautiful, space-saving alternative to
traditional swing doors in office lobbies, small private offices, and any place
where space is tight. Sliding doors can be automatic and manual.
Advantages:
More Security
Soundproofing
Occupies less space
Traffic flow (Many people can leave or get inside)
Low maintenance
Cost: 550 – 1500/- per SFT

10. Sliding doors:

11. Sliding doors:

12. Swing Doors: Swing doors may be either manual or automatic. These doors are
majorly used. Automatic doors provides convenience, safety at places where
there is frequent in use, low maintenance. These may both single and double
swing doors.
Cost: 350 – 11,000 per SFT

13. Collapsible Door: The collapsible steel door is one which can be opened or
closed by slight pull or push. These doors are used where the width of the
door is large and space is insufficient to provide two-leafed hinged shutters.
This door is fabricated from thin mild steel sections.
Cost: 40 – 550/- per SFT

14. Collapsible steel doors:

15. Flush doors: Flush doors is a name given to doors that are made by using a
timber frame which is covered by plywood or MDF or similar board on both
the sides of the door. The hollow portion inside the door is usually filled with
cardboard or board. These doors are then finished by putting veneer on top or
teak ply on top to give it a finishing. These doors have a perfectly flush and
joint less surface. Two types: Solid, Hollow flush doors
Advantages
• Simple design and are less expensive.
• Come in attractive colors and have rich and warm appearance.
• More durable.
• Can’t split, peel or rot, and don’t require periodic refinishing.
• Resistant to stains, scratches and crash.
• Easy to clean.
Cost: 65 – 850/- per SFT

16. • Flush doors: Flush doors with complete flat surface on both sides, light in
weight compared to timber wood, less cost, manufactured in standard
thickness of 25, 30, 35 and 40mm.
Solid Flush Doors:

17. Flush Doors:

18. Louvered Doors: The louvers permit natural ventilation when the door is closed
and also provide privacy in the room.
Louvers are made up of timber or glass or plywood and these may be either
fixed or movable

19. Louvered Doors:
Louvers

20. Louvered Doors:

21. Wire gaged doors: Wire gaged doors permits natural ventilation and restrict
the entry of flies, mosquitoes, insects etc.. These doors are commonly used
in hotels, restaurants and for cup boards containing eatables.

22. Fiber Reinforced Doors(FRP): Fiber Tech Composite Doors are manufactured on
high press & polyurethane foam injection machines. It is an Ideal Replacement
for wood / flush and plastic door. It has lot of advantages.
Materials: FIber Tech FRP Doors Manufactured with Raw Materials Like
Fiberglass, Polyester Resin, Filters, Pigments And Thickening Agents.
Advantages
No weather effect
In-Built colors
Light weight
Total water proof, easy to clean
High Aesthetic value
Water proof
Wide range of designs and textures
Termite proof

23. FRP doors:

24. FRP Doors:

25. FRP Doors:

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27. Laminated doors: These are made up of resins, offers wide variety of exotic
designs at affordable price, easy to clean and disinfect. If there are scratches or
chips in the laminate then it is difficult to aesthetically repair.
Constructed by uniting two or more layers of materials together

28. Laminate Doors: Materials

29. Aluminum doors: Cost 200 – 2000/- SFT

30. Aluminum doors:
Advantages
Provides stability
Good for houses for houses with modern designs
Do not rust
Maintenance is easy
Disadvantages
Can corrode quickly
Welding of aluminum requires specialized equipment and training compared to
standard welding of steel
Aluminum doors will oxidate and this oxidation appears as white residue and
pitting(cavity)

31. Aluminum doors:

32. Battened & Ledged Door: Battens are vertical and Ledge is horizontal. Simplest
and cheapest
Dimensions: Batten: Width: 100 – 150mm, Thick: 20 – 30 mm
Ledge: Width: 100 – 200mm, Thick: 25 – 30mm