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Functional Closet Doors

Having a closet is functional and provides storage for your personal needs. But sometimes the door can be very frail and unappealing. Here at Singcore we make customizable door panels that are lightweight, high strength and fully insulated.

 

 

No matter what type of door you may need, architects, door companies, and custom manufacturers may see it as a challenge to accomplish your perfect door. They may not be able to make a door for you to do it being outside of their normal capacities. Here at Singcore we have been a reinforcement for the difficult, challenging, and large oversized doors that aren’t part of their usual operations. You may still do business with the door manufacturer who’s providing for your other doors. But to have a fully insulated patent-pending panel all you need to do is specify your doors by saying “Singcore inside.”

A hinged door with Sing Core inside can be any size. The greatest majority of Sing doors sizes are 4×8 hinged doors and larger, up to 50 ft tall large oversized doors or more. The main reason why only the best architects specify having Sing Core inside their large doors is due to the unique characteristics of patented Sing Core, which helps to create the only Eco-friendly, lightweight, high strength hinged doors that can be guaranteed to remain warp-free for 50 years.

Here is an example of Singcore hinged doors that are functioning as closet doors. These door panels are 94.23’’x20.5’’x 4’’. The customer asked for MDF skin which is a fine surface material made of recycled wood products. This is an excellent option for responsible use of wood fiber and sustainability for concerned architects and builders. They also asked for an edge that is not trimmed and one of the customers notes was that they would paint it themselves. So not only did the customer receive their desired doors but that were able to completely decide the finishing touch.

The main reason is designers, architects. and door manufacturers look out to Sing Core for their architectural hinge doors is because their clients are not interested in an all ready standard pre-hung hinge doors that you can buy off the shelf. These are the most critical clients who know what they want. They want the best of the best. A high end door that is created according to their needs, wants and desires, in whatever size they want, that incorporates only the best materials and craftsmanship possible.

The best doors have Sing Core inside and are finished by highly skilled craftsmen who put all the attention, skill and love into the fine details. The craft is matched with the best hardware which results in the most exquisite high-end one of a kind hinged door that is a functional work of art. An Eco-friendly, sustainable, fully insulated hinged door which is lightweight, high strength and can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist, or otherwise fail for 50 years.  Only hinge doors with Sing Core inside are lightweight, high strength, fully insulated, available in a vast array of skin types or metals.

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Sing Core at the University of Utah

The University of Utah is the state’s flagship institution of higher education, with 18 schools and colleges, more than 100 undergraduate and 90 graduate degree programs, and an enrollment of more than 32,000 students. Recently the university has taken a step forward in spiritual care at the University of Utah Hospital, with an Infinity Chapel and Reflection Room.

 

The Infinity Chapel and Reflection Room features Sing Core panels at the back of the room opposite of the pulpit. These doors offer excellent soundproofing qualities and are customized to fit the size and style that’s required for the Chapel. Sing Core doors provide durability, energy efficiency, and aesthetic appeal. This is due to a few factors, the top of which being our patented honeycomb core that we use in almost all of our products. This wood and insulated core is designed in such a way that is incredibly strong, despite weighing a fraction of the other options. The interwoven lengths of wood provide a rigid structure that won’t bend, warp, or break. Plus, our doors are stronger pound-for-pound than steel. While our honeycomb core is where the magic happens, we also laminate our panels with high quality wood to seal the core and add additional rigidity. By sandwiching our core between two high quality hardwood boards, we add another dimension of strength to our product. In addition, this provides impact resistance, as we don’t use just any lumber lumber like some of the  mainstream options. Overall, this provides a door or wall panel that can withstand tremendous force while still being lightweight. 

For this particular project these large doors measure 113 inches in height by 64’’ inches in length, and 1.75 inches thick. And there are 7 panels The UOU or University of Utah’s purpose for their Infinity Chapel and Reflection Room was to have places set apart to offer solace and serenity, and to allow you to connect with the Sacred. People of all backgrounds and spiritual paths are welcome to enter these spaces for personal prayer and reflection, or to gather for spiritual wellness events. The Reflection Room is an intimate circular space that evokes the sky at sunrise or sunset. They invite everyone to write prayers and deposit them in the secure prayer wall. The prayers are honored by the Spiritual Care Team and ritually released. In this space you are offered to sit quietly, or make use of one of the prayer rugs provided by the staff and university. 

Each product is backed up by a 50 Year Sing Core Warranty as a promise that our panels will never warp. Warping presents a huge concern for doors and walls, and particularly large doors are at higher risk of warping just due to their size. A warped door can lead to all kinds of issues, such as sealing problems, difficulty opening and closing, and even up to full failure of the structure or function. Sing Core panels are built using our patented and patent-pending designs that guarantee they will never warp. In addition to never warping, our panels also come with a structural guarantee. This means that if the door fails in a way related to the manufacturing process, we will make it right. 

 

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Customizable Doors for Your Next Project

Customizing something gives you the freedom to add or take away certain aspects of an item. At Sing Core we offer the ability to do just that, by making custom doors for all your structures. We provide doors for any purpose, such as oversized cabinet doors, large doors, garage doors, pivoting doors.  The list goes on.  If you can’t seem to find those perfect doors, whether new construction or a home remodel, here at Sing Core, we can make it happen. Or if you are looking for a pivoting door for your entrance, we have you covered. No matter the task, we can service your door needs.

If you can think it, we can do it. The picture above is an example of a customized large cabinet doors. It could be a pivoting cabinet door. Now, no job is too big for the best cabinetry shops, custom cabinet builders, or millworks, if their work features “Sing Core inside.” We offer a large range of customization options which will help you suit your customers’ needs better, for example, sizes and locations of internal wood blocking, implants for lock blocks, hardware, or fastening points for added siding on the face of your Sing panel, even custom stiles and rails or premium hardwood edges on all 4 sides of the Sing panel. 

 

 

Below are some of the many options Sing Core offers as a skin choice or in other words the surface material. 

 

Paint Grade

Metal

Wood Grain

Wood Stave

FRP Fiberglass

Galvanized Steel

Aluminum

Metal

.20 in to.125 inch aluminum

HPL Formica

Masonite

Cold Rolled Steel

Hot Rolled Steel

Magnesium Board

Marine Grade Plywood

MDF

Plastic

Stainless Steel

Fiberglass

Concrete

Ceramic

Some other options we have here at Sing Core are window and light cutoffs. Sing Core provides Sing panels with window and door pre-cut and ready for installation. We will cut 1/8 larger in width and 3/16 inch wider in length to fit your window glass. We build a frame using 1.25 inch solid wood to your specifications.  The standard ready-to-ship panel condition is, “untrimmed.” All untrimmed edges are 1/2 inch over width and 1/2 inch over length. After trimming, your Sing Panel will be 1/2 inch less.

When customizing, the concern most often brought up is the weight. Though many leading competitors try to work with the design of the customer, they have trouble keeping it light and movable. At Sing Core our door panels are up to 80% less in weight allowing for a beautiful door without the hassle of being too heavy. 

Once these doors are complete the next choice is having a pivoting door or a hinged door. For a hinged door the hinges attach to both the wall and the door itself, allowing the door to swing open and shut. Hinged doors can usually be installed rather easily, are simple to operate, and most maintenance can be done by the home or business owner. For many small to standard sized doors, hinges work great. Pivot doors usually are mounted from the top and bottom near one side of the door, as opposed to the side. This attachment can be imagined as a pole running through the door, and the door rotates around said pole. Pivot doors are much more stable choices when it comes to large and heavy doors, and standard sized doors as well. Because they are not attached and completely suspended from one side, they have far less impact on their hardware. In addition, pivot doors are usually made with more resilient hardware to begin with, so your door will remain beautiful and functional for a very long time. Every Sing Core Door comes with our 50 year structural guarantee.

 

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Large Hinged Doors

There has been a rise in having oversized hinged doors. These doors can be used as interior doors and exterior doors of buildings and homes. Hinged doors are one of the most common doors built in the industry. Sometimes, you need a big door. If you want to make an impression with your business, home, or other entry way, you may want to go with a large, eye-catching door.

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With traditional building methods, this could be unreasonable or even impossible. The weight of large doors alone leads to pricey installation and hardware, and they can still break, warp, and be otherwise ruined due to their size. It’s well known that pivot doors fail more often than hinged doors because there’s only two points of contact on a pivot door. On a hinged door there are three or more anchor points on one side of the door to help keep the door straight. If a pivot door warps, bends, twists, or cups, the operation of the door can be severely compromised or fail altogether. At Sing Core we have the solution to the major issues with both hinged and pivot doors. This is why having Sing Core inside your door, as it is the only way to build a lightweight hinged door. Their lightweight nature means that even the largest doors are still easy to operate and install, plus they don’t have nearly as much wear on the hardware. Sing Core Pivot Doors, like all Sing Core products, come with a 50 year structural and warp-free guarantee. You won’t find this common in the industry, as few products can hold up to it. Your door will last for 50 years without structural or warping issues, guaranteed.

 

In addition, our doors are strong enough to protect whatever is behind your massive door. Regardless of size each and every quality of a Sing Core door is present. The assembly is also a breeze thanks to our modular system, meaning you can connect the panels to form a door of virtually any size with ease. At Sing Core we make large, custom, and unique pivot doors a possibility with our lightweight and strong core. This advanced technique allows pivoting doors to be integrated anywhere with the absolute certainty that it will enhance any area. We also have a vast selection of skin types such as paint grade, wood, metal, ceramic, fiberglass, and high pressure laminate. These skins can be applied to any door of any size. As previously stated the Sing Core doors come with a 50 year guarantee. Each and every quality of a Sing Core door is present, regardless of size. The assembly is also a breeze thanks to our modular system, meaning you can connect the panels to form a door of virtually any size with ease. When looking for an exceptional large modern door for your entrance for that contemporary front door appearance, metal pivot doors, pivot closet doors, pivot garage door, utilizing commercial door pivots, Sing Core is your preeminent resource. 

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MEDIA

Sing Core has been renowned time and time again, please feel free to see a few examples below!

https://youtu.be/ZoQfHjTRYBc

All luxury houses have one thing in common. They all have Oversized doors. The video above is an example of the oversized doors we have made for these luxury homes.

Check out these articles showcasing a little of what we do!

https://www.woodworkingnetwork.com/news/woodworking-industry-news/large-lightweight-pivot-door-centerpiece-office-design

https://www.dwell.com/article/a-washington-horse-stable-becomes-a-flexible-artists-studio-2a410c76

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Paint Grade Doors

There are 2 of the most popular types of paintgrade options available for your architectural door specs from Sing Core, and each includes patented Sing technologies to maximize the potential of these formats, ensuring you can enjoy the only

50-year Warp-free Guarantee

Sing Core Paintgrade Door Blanks

 

WARP-FREE MDF (INTERIOR) WARP-FREE MARINE PLYWOOD (EXTERIOR)
  • Warp-free MDF is lighter in weight and stronger than other MDF.
  • Average 1.5-inch to 3-inch thick MDF paintable door blank weighs approximately 1.5 to 3 lbs.
  • The surface of MDF is very smooth which makes it great surface for painting.
  • MDF is very consistent throughout, so cut edges appear smooth and won’t have voids or splinters.
  • Because of the smooth edges, you can use a router to create decorative edges.
  • Warp-free MDF is excellent substrate for applying .020-inch wood veneer or other thin laminates. (see below)
  • Made from multiple layers of wood veneer, marine plywood is a strong wood fiber material.
  • Marine plywood is water resistant and good for use in exterior door applications.
  • Marine plywood face grain can be easily stained.
  • Marine plywood holds screws very tightly since the varying grains of wood on each layer give the screws something to hold onto.
  • Marine plywood is an excellent substrate for applying natural wood stave, wood planks, or other materials. (see below)
.020 Walnut Veneer over extremely smooth Warp-free MDF

The most popular and least expensive is marine plywood.

Warp-free patented and patent pending Sing Core marine ply door substrate

Our marine ply is used in oversized exterior door applications and is constructed using water resistant adhesive using an A-grade veneer face, C-grade inner plies, and a B-grade back which is used for securing patented Sing Core. Marine plywood is a better grade of plywood, commonly used in cabinetry, where the backside need not be presentation quality.

16 ft Tall Billionaire’s Teak plank front Door on Warp-free marine plywood

The 16 ft tall door (above) is teak wood stave door for a mansion in Beverly Hills with Sing Core inside and can be guaranteed not to warp, bend, twist, or otherwise fail for 50 years.

The A-grade is the highest quality veneer and most sheets will be free of flaws resulting in a plywood surface that is smooth and can be prepped and painted easily.

Warp-free MDF Guaranteed True Flat for 50 Years

The above picture shows MDF substrate ready for paint grade or laminating thin veneer. We work with millwork companies and high end door manufacturers to provide the most strong, lightweight, non-warping door with best guarantee in the USA.

Large barn sliding door with paint-grade 1/4″ marine ply skin.

Warp-free MDF

Sing Core’s MDF is not your father’s MDF. Inventor Peter Sing has developed a method or creating a perfectly smooth surface, which is a well-known characteristic of MDF, which is lightweight MDF and will not warp. Moving due to lack of strength, especially amidst long spans, is also a well-known characteristic of MDF.

Sing uses a combination of patented and patent-pending technologies which result in the only large warp-free MDF door blanks in the door industry. That’s why Sing Core is known for creating the highest grade MDF in the door industry.

When making big doors, like the large oversized doors which Sing Core is famous for, to try to use MDF without Sing Core inside would be like building a door with a giant noodle, granted the surface would still be smooth as can be.

Because MDF is not water resistant it is not recommended for exterior applications, so avoid specifying MDF for large entry doors due to its inherit weakness, instead spec marine plywood as your base material instead.

Due to the smoothest surface area material, MDF can easily be painted, or used as underlayment for thin veneers, vinyl, or other laminations.

16 ft tall White Oak veneer pivot doors on warp-free MDF top floor World Trade Center

The above doors are 16 ft. tall feature .o20 white oak veneer. Door substrate made of patented Sing core with MDF substrate for the tallest building in North America, on the 86th floor’s Sky Club atop the New York World Trade Center.

In fact, all the most high-end veneer-work done by Sing Core uses this warp-free MDF solution as underlayment for the perfect veneering for which they are known. See: How to Make the Best High-end Veneer Doors. Likewise, their high-end millworks and door companies who apply their own laminates, they order this material as their gold standard.

On the other hand, if your intention is to add natural wood planks, then marine plywood is preferred substrate, especially for exterior doors.

While marine plywood and MDF are the most popular there are many other skin types for plywood, paintgrade, and others.

Now, maybe you have a better idea about why architects spec Sing Core

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Custom Sliding Garage Doors

SingCore specializes in producing the highest quality sliding garage doors on the market. Our patented and patent pending core material is ultra-light weight yet super strong. Choose any style of door, skin material, or hardware arrangement that you desire. We building custom door panels to match your specs exactly.

How to Build Sliding Garage Doors

Our sliding garage door blanks come “unfinished” but made to your exact specifications in terms of size, hardware blocking, and surface material. SingCore surfaces include the possibility of —

  • Wood stave – white oak, walnut, cedar, teak, cherry, and more
  • Wood Veneer – white oak, walnut, cedar, teak, cherry, and more
  • Metal – aluminum, hot rolled steel, cold rolled steel, and more
  • Paint grade
  • High tech laminate or fiberglass skins

Bypass Sliding Garage Doors

Bypass doors are just one of the many specialty sliding garage door types available for production by SingCore’s crack team of door manufacturing experts. Bypass sliding door, sliding door with man door, accordion doors, and so much more is possible with our state of the art door production technology.

There is no door too small or too large for SingCore’s aerospace inspired “honeycomb” wood and foam core construction. We guarantee your panel will be perfectly straight (to AWI standards) for 50 years or more! This makes SingCore the perfect companion for your high insulation value sliding doors, where exact straightness is the key to a great seal for a sliding door.

Side Sliding Garage Door Cost

Our custom production line is capable of making custom doors in any quantity. Whether you need a one off door for a remodel project or custom high end home, or you need 1000 doors for your development, SingCore can be you supplier.

Because we make every door to order, the cost varies quite a bit based on quantity. The best way to get an idea of price is to submit a quote request with your project details.

Our estimating team, with decades of experience in custom sliding door design and manufacture, is standing by to answer your questions and to help you design and custom door that meets your needs and fits in to your budget.

DIY Side Sliding Garage Door

For the DIY or home gamer, SingCore may just be the perfect fit. We are not a finished door provider, and we do not provide pre-hung or similar products. Our bread and butter is the production of unfinished door “blanks” designed and built to your specifications.

Because of this, we only sell to individuals with the skills and equipment to properly finish and hang our doors. If you are a homeowner without construction skills, we recommend that you contact a millwork or finish carpenter in your area, and tell them you want “SingCore inside”!

Manual Sliding Garage Door

Because SingCore is exceptionally light, less than 1/3rd similar solid wood doors, they make great manual sliding garage doors. Easy to operate, highly insulated, and perfectly straight for your lifetime, SingCore siding doors are practically unparalleled on the custom garage door market.

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Eco Friendly Qualities of SingCore

 

SingCore’s patented core material is one of the most environmentally friendly materials on the market, combining state of the art strength and flatness with Earthly friendly materials and manufacturing practices.

Build from Sustainably Harvested Renewable and Recycled Materials

The primary components of SingCore’s system are a wooden vertical grain torsion box infilled with recyclable foam cells. SingCore uses all locally sourced wooden components in the core material. Wood from sustainably managed forests is an eco-friendly resource, with no VOAs, formaldehyde, or other potentially toxic chemical components added.

SingCore uses recyclable EPS foam that includes post-consumer or post-industrial content. The foam components are free of HCFCs, dyes, and formaldehyde and include the following environmental credentials:

  • LEED certification credit
  • Compliant with the NAHB/ANS National Green Building Standard
  • Energy Star approved
  • Compliant with ASHRAE standards
  • Title 24 (California’s Stringent Standards) compliant

Our patented and patent pending material uses only a fraction of the wood and the total resources of standard wooden construction. This makes our core both light as well as efficient.

Earth Friendly End of Life

At SingCore, we take product end of life seriously, which is why our core is built to impact the Earth in a healthy way.

The main wooden structural components of the core material are all biodegradable materials which form a natural part of the environmental cycle. We abstain from the use of chemical preservatives and other chemical processes which might taint the wood and pollute the environment.

Foam components of the core are 100% recyclable, themselves being made with post-consumer and post-industrial content.

With proper end of life management, SingCore components need not contribute to landfill bloat.

Energy Efficient, Low Green House Gas Producing Production Process

SingCore products are built in the United States using low energy processes. Our highly efficient cold-presses and streamlined hand production methodology ensures that very little electricity or fuel is consumed during manufacturing of SingCore.

Further, SingCore is placed in rainy Washington State, and so has access to clean hydroelectric power. Washington State produces the most green power in the country and accounts for more than 1/4 of all hydro power nationally.

SingCore locally sources the majority of our manufacturing inputs, to reduce overall transportation related greenhouse gas production, and ships directly to your factory or job site using LTL freight to further decrease environmental costs.

Highly Insulated

Because of the foam cell construction of SingCore panels, we are able to boost greater than R-3 / inch of core material, with and optional boost to R-6.5 / inch of core when upgrading to Urethane foam in the core. Combined with our perfect flat construction, which leads to superior weather sealing, our panels are saving energy every day in high efficiency construction projects.

Built for Longevity

The hallmark of SingCore is that we build for longevity. SingCore doors are the only doors on the market that come with a full 50-year structural guarantee.

Products with long life spans means there is less overall waste and fewer products making their way in to the waste stream. Our SingCore is made to stand the test of time, and to last a lifetime if not more.

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Architectural Sliding Doors for 2020

In the new decade, large over-size sliding doors are landing large amount architects and design professionals all over the United States. Whether a man door type for convertible office spaces or a movable wall design for that open concept in to private meeting space ascetic, large sliding doors are set to be the hallmark of the coming decade of design. Architects, millworks, interior designers, and high end contractors all best be aware of this coming trend.

What are the best sliding doors?

SingCore makes the best sliding doors. SingCore doors are exceptionally strong, straight, and lightweight, which makes them ideal candidates for architectural projects in 2020 that push the boundaries of creative design. Tight tolerance pocket doors, 30′ or greater sliding walls, all in exotic or unusual materials can all be realized in a cost effective manner with SingCore’s core inside.

Our patented and patent pending core material is guaranteed to maintain perfect flatness over its lifetime, and comes with an unparalleled 50 year guarantee. This means when you install SingCore in your large sliding door project, you have the certainty of mind that your client will come to enjoy the use of their SingCore door for many decades. And that 2070 will arrive with your SingCore panel in fine structural shape.

New Trends in Large Sliding Door Design

In this decade of 2020, new trends are emerging in architectural design of large sliding doors.

Man Door Sliding Door Trends

Increasingly, the use of man doors, smaller 3’0 x 7’0 or similar doors built within a massive sliding door are becoming increasingly prevalent in large interior sliding doors. Man doors allows for one opening to be used for three different uses:

  1. Entrance and exit of personnel while in a privacy configuration
  2. Reconfiguration of the space for an open concept or large space for special use cases / events
  3. Movement of larger equipment or groups of people between spaces

Moveable Wall

The use of movable walls is also finding increasing use in office space design where the tenants desire the capability of an open combined use space that can be reconfigured in to smaller meeting spaces when the need arrises.

SingCore is particularly adept in large movable wall uses because our material is extremely light for it’s size, making it easy to install, easy to operate, and cheaper to install based on hardware costs. Our patented core material also boosts insulating foam material which provide excellent noise suppression and well as thermal properties.

Curved Door

In the effort to move beyond the ordinary, oversized curved doors are starting to find place in the bespoke construction industry. Curved doors offer a distinctive look that can better utilize space in many situations.

SingCore offers curved doors built to your specifications. They can be built to any size and any profile, without compromising strength or rigidity. While we can’t promise that your curved door will be “true flat,” we can promise that they will have just the right curvature for you needs, and stay that way for the duration.

Contact SingCore Today

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