Internal door quality

[endecotp]

How much difference in quality do you think there is between e.g. a £75 pine internal door from Wickes and a £120 one from Climadoor?

The Wickes doors in particular have some terrible reviews, not all from people who have used oil-based paint causing them to delaminate.

Are these doors all equally rubbish, or do they improve a bit if you spend more?

I am specifically looking at 4-panel pine; they don’t need to be fire-rated.

 

[foxhole]

There is no laminate on a pine door?

 

[endecotp]

There is no laminate on a pine door?

There is pine laminate on a “pine” door….

 

[foxhole]

There is pine laminate on a “pine” door….

Pine doors are solid pine . Link to your pine laminate?

 

[aveatry]

pine is pine and if you are painting it white then there is no point in buying pine - just get ready finished white gloss wood grain faux

 

[aveatry]

de laminate pine sounds a bit odd - i would understand it if it was veneered oak de laminating but who makes a door with pine veneer

 

[mrrusty]

I used the panelled clear pine wickes doors throughout my house and they are absolutely fine after 6 years. Most unglazed, two with the edwardian etched glass panels. I recommend them https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Ski...e-4-Panel-Internal-Door---1981mm/p/9000281479

I see there are a handful of bad reviews. I guess there are always a few rogues, but probably the majority of people who use them don't bother writing reviews. Like me.

but who makes a door with pine veneer

Wickes doors are engineered timber i.e. laminated over a core. Personally, knowing how ordinary red/white wood these days is renowned for it's stability (not) I would rather have engineered than solid.

 

[johnny2007]

Wickes doors are fine, as long as you pick them in store yourself because they sell a lot of banana shaped doors (and woods in general).
I used to have them before fire doors and they were perfect.
Although, I varnished them with water based (ronseal diamond hard) not oil based.

 

[endecotp]

Pine doors are solid pine . Link to your pine laminate?

Choose any “pine” internal door from any DIY shed or any online door supplier. Example:

Islington Clear Pine 4 Panel Fire Door At Climadoor

Buy Islington Clear Pine 4 Panel Fire Door, part of our range of Internal Doors at Climadoor. Available to order online or by telephone at fantastic prices.

www.climadoor.co.uk

Quote: “Constructed with a durable particleboard core wrapped in a beautiful radiata pine veneer”.

 

[endecotp]

I used the panelled clear pine wickes doors throughout my house and they are absolutely fine after 6 years.

Thanks. How did you finish them?

 

[foxhole]

Choose any “pine” internal door from any DIY shed or any online door supplier. Example:

Islington Clear Pine 4 Panel Fire Door At Climadoor

Buy Islington Clear Pine 4 Panel Fire Door, part of our range of Internal Doors at Climadoor. Available to order online or by telephone at fantastic prices.

www.climadoor.co.uk

Quote: “Constructed with a durable particleboard core wrapped in a beautiful radiata pine veneer”.

Thats veneer not laminate. DOOH

 

[endecotp]

used oil-based paint causing them to delaminate.

There is no laminate on a pine door?

Thats veneer not laminate. DOOH

Do you have a different word than “delaminate” for when a veneer peels off?

 

[foxhole]

Cracking, Bowing, Failure, Peeling, take your pick.

 

[mrrusty]

Thanks. How did you finish them?

Leyland water based undercoat/primer + satin top coat.

 

[endecotp]

Well I should have listened to the reviews. I’ve spent the afternoon hanging it and giving it a first coat of varnish, and 2 hours later it is starting to crack, bow, fail or peel. The pine veneer has raised in a hard blister in a few places:

The varnish is a Ronseal water-based satin product.

See the terrible reviews here:

Wickes Skipton Clear Pine 4 Panel Internal Door - 1981 x 838mm | Wickes.co.uk

Wickes Skipton Clear Pine 4 Panel Internal Door - 1981 x 838mm

www.wickes.co.uk

What a disaster. I could certainly return it, but then I have to choose an alternative door (back to my original question, are the more expensive ones any better?), and then spend another day fitting and finishing it. Or, I could try to flatten the blisters!