Everybody loves a wood exterior door
but are they covered under
Warranty!!!
Not always!!!
The method of installation determines whether or not they
are covered
under the manufacturer’s warranty. How they are finished and how they are protected from the elements all come
into play. And the requirements can differ from one manufacturer to the next.
But….they all seem to share some common ground.
First
finishing the door…
Clean and sand the door first. Whether you are
staining or painting, they
seem to want at least three coats of finish. One
coat of sealer stain or primer
… then two coats of top coat and it has to be
on all six surfaces.
Some mention sealing the cut outs for hardware as well.
And Second
installing the door…
They all want the door to be protected by an
overhang or porch meeting
the minimum requirements shown below.
X = 1/2 Y
Figure 1: Where X is the length of the overhang required and Y is the
distance from the bottom of the door to the base of the overhang
Do storm doors qualify as adequate protection in place of the
overhang?
I don’t know for sure, but I think not. In the warranties I’ve read
it doesn’t really say “No” but it doesn’t really say “Yes “either.
I’ve provided three links below you can go to and see for yourself.
You’ll also see that some manufacturers are quite in depth on what is required
in order for their doors to be covered under their warranty.
In a nut shell…Wood doors need three coats of finish all six sides and
an
overhang or porch to be covered under warranty.
Anyway……..
Bottom line…..Wood doors look great. They offer a lot of different
designs
and species to choose from and Yes……No doubt about it ….They require
routine maintenance to keep them working properly.
Here are the links I mentioned:
Hope this has
been helpful to you.
Have a good
one,
Rich Vincent
