What's Different About An
ART GLASS ETC., INC. DOOR?
And How We Make Them

MORTISE & TENON CONSTRUCTION

Have you ever admired a historic house, wondered how it could stand strong and square after hundreds of years? It's all in the construction. "Mortise and Tenon" construction is a time-tested method of locking wood joints together. The method involves cutting a mortise, or hole in one piece of wood and forming a tenon, or projecting part on another, and fitting them together tightly to form a secure bond between the two components.

ART GLASS ETC., INC.

Constructs every entry door with this centuries-old method, and takes it one step further, by applying waterproof bonding agents inside the joint to permanently join together the stiles and rails, which are the vertical and horizontal structural components.

SUPERIOR STRENGTH

All stiles and rails in our oak entry doors are laminated-not to be confused with veneer. We take two boards of superior quality four-quarter (1" thick) Northern American Red Oak and bond them together to form a sort of sandwich around the glue. This method creates stress balanced components of solid wood with maximum resistance to warping. ART GLASS ETC., INC. doors are solid wood, not veneered.

SOLID PANEL CONSTRUCTION

Even the raised panels in our oval doors are safeguarded against cracking. A full 1 5/8" thick, each panel is bonded by finger-locking glue joints. Floating panel assembly insures further resistance to cracking and splitting.

HIGHEST QUALITY WOOD & SELECTION METHODS

We choose only the highest grades of Northern American Red Oak, Genuine Mahogany from Honduras, clear Poplar, and hard, stain grade Cherry, and other woods are available by quote. We carefully match each piece by wood specie, grade, density, color, texture and compatible grain patterns.

E-Z SET PREHUNG ENTRY SYSTEMS: NO PIECEWORK. NO GUESSWORK.

It's a complete prehung entry door system. Your door(s) come sized, hinged, weather stripped and of course with a complete hinged frame read), to be set into the opening and secured. Choose from a variety of sills, moldings and other features. Complete prefinishing is also available.