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Timber Interior Doors. Information for the clients and colleagues of Mitchell Toews.
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“Recovery Through Retrofit Program” Aims to Build on Recovery Act | DWM Magazine
“Recovery Through Retrofit Program” Aims to Build on Recovery Act DWM Magazine
Lynden Door in Heart of Doha
Lynden Door has been specified for two large LEED projects in Qatar, through the Qatar Foundation. The first is the Heart of Doha project in Doha where 35 hectares are being targeted for reconstruction. The project comprises 300+ buildings, many seeking LEED certification. This is a 5.5 billion USD$ undertaking.
The second is the Male & Female Student Housing project in Education City, aiming for LEED Platinum (eight buildings).
In both cases, Lynden Door's proprietary GreenDor products are specified for interior wood doors.
We are also currently working on a small project in Doha for Georgetown University and have bid on projects such as the Salalah and Muscat airports in Oman.
Speakers at Construction Outlook Conference Say Future Housing Outlook is Positive | DWM Magazine
Speakers at Construction Outlook Conference Say Future Housing Outlook is Positive DWM Magazine
Which Craftsman Are YOU?
 So you are buying Crossmore doors (from Lynden Door, see below) for your new Craftsman home and you are excited about finding a door that is such an authentic addition to your decor. But, as much as you are confident that your interior doors will be within the aesthetic, you aren't exactly sure which category of Craftsman or Arts & Craft architecture and design your home falls into.
Arts & Crafts and the Revival magazine has a terrific resource for this. See their online article at: http://artsandcraftshomes.com/category/house-styles/ This excellent piece has descriptions and photos that will help you nail down your precise architectural heritage.
Crossmore
Then you can decide what color to finish your Crossmore doors or perhaps opt to go with a rift sliced white oak flush veneer door instead, with a dark wipe-coat stain and a matte gloss finish for that patinaed look.
These doors and many other appropriate styles and finishes are available through your Lynden Door representative.
ClearLine
A Brilliant Choice!
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When my wife and I moved to the west coast a few years ago, we looked at about 40 houses and townhomes in our price range. We're in our 50's and have an empty nest so we wanted a nice place, but small and easy to care for. One of the things that struck us (yes, "us" - not just me, the door guy) was the fact that every home had the same interior doors. The brands varied a little; most were Lynden Door [he grins] but the 6-panel molded look was predominant. Furthermore, every door in every place, save one, was painted white, as were the frames, the casings, the baseboards the railings and fireplace surrounds, etc. Rather monochromatic - too much so, even for a staid pair of baby boomers like us.
We liked the molded doors just fine, however the overwhelming presence of "builder's beige" was a little much. Furthermore, our tastes run a little to the contemporary side, and the molded doors are more suited to a traditional aesthetic.
The ONE house that did have a different door look simply had the same 6-panel molded door, but painted brown. It was amazing what an impact those brown doors had - they elevated the decor from "blah" to a mild, "Oh, my." Still not haute couture for doors but enough of a difference to catch our attention.
So, to cut to the chase, when our company President started to talk about a new look for popularly priced residential doors - my ears perked up!
The end result is our brilliant new product grouping of residential (and some architectural grade) natural wood veneer doors. See pictures below. The trick is that we have superb in-house capability to provide an architectural grade clear coat finish on a high quality wood door, AND we can deliver this for a surprisingly low price.
In fact, our pricing is aimed to deliver doors that compare favorably with painted, molded doors. And by choosing the hardest veneers we offer a robust collection that stands up to rough job site conditions. Plus, our factory clear coat finish seals and protects the hardwood veneers.
"ClearLine looks terrific when paired with painted millwork - adding sparkle, contrast and visual interest."
So, if you are suffering from a case of the "same old thing" when it comes to your interior doors - or those of your customers - take a look at ClearLine and see if it isn 't the way to add a little drama to the decor, without busting the budget.
Rotary White Maple, Uniform Light Birch, Rotary Natural Birch
 
Plain Sliced Red Oak, Quarter Sliced Sapele
 
"Rhytmus" Quarter Sliced Jatoba (Brazilian Cherry), "Tableau" Quarter Sliced Walnut
The brochure contains information and imagery on the new Cashal molded door as well as the Rediscovery Collection, "Doors in a Modernist State of Mind"
Factory Finishing Primer
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GreenDor
Lynden Door is pleased to announce the addition of an FSC* particleboard core to our GreenDor offering. Check out Lynden’s full line-up of LEED-compliant sustainable doors, including the new FSC-certified wood particleboard core, by clicking on the following link.
www.lyndendoor.com/resources/environment
*Forest Stewardship Council (FSC). Lynden Door's 400,000 square foot facility is FSC Chain of Custody certified.
Additionally, Lynden Door can now offer FSC-certified reconstituted veneers in the following faux species:
- Cherry
- Ebony
- Fir
- Mahogany
- Maple
- White oak
- Teak
- Walnut
- Wenge
- Zebrawood
 Created using abundant species (or plantation-grown timber) reconstituted veneers are prized by designers for their uniformity. "Recon" pricing is especially strong in varieties that replace exotic tropicals like Wenge, Zebrawood, Ebony and Teak.
Image: Reconstituted teak (click image to enlarge)
LDI doors can be perfectly matched with cabinetry or casegoods clad with identical reconstituted veneers.
Allfornow,
Mitchell
Rediscover Doors
Here's an ad Lynden Door is running in Green Space BC magazine, an annual green publication produced by Business In Vancouver for the BC marketplace.
A Gloss on Gloss
According to Wikipedia, a gloss is: a brief summary of a word's meaning, equivalent to the dictionary entry of that word, but only a word or two in length.
 Well this gloss is about gloss, as it pertains to factory finished timber veneer doors. Gloss is also defined here as a measurement of the light reflected from a surface.
Image: Light reflection intensity measured at set angles of incidence
While gloss in veneer finishes is a complex subject and one that would outstrip the capacity of this humble blog, perhaps a recent customer experience can help to bring gloss into focus for designers, spec writers and architects faced with veneer finishing specification.
Our corporate customer - the design leader at an international hotel chain - had a specific door design in mind and had signed off on the stain variants she wished to use for the doors. But the gloss was still undefined. We agreed to bring the gloss down, "about 20 per cent," from the sample we had submitted. I went back to my finishing contact and expressed the customer's desire, and some real concern for the way in which we could zero-in on her needs. Our finishing man suggested that the sample was at a reading of around 38 on the gloss meter and if we brought that down by 20 per cent we'd be in the Satin range.
 Highest Gloss Reading
Semi-gloss: 35-50
Satin: 20-35
Matte: 10-20
Lowest Gloss Reading
Graphic: higher (High-gloss) and lower (Flat) are available, but these (S-G, Satin and Matte) are the most common gloss levels for architectural doors.
Our finishing expert went on to say that, "sheen differences of 10 points or less are almost impossible to see with the naked eye." We concluded that to help our customer make an informed and confident decision, we should produce their stain sample in the veneer species of their choice with both a Satin and a Matte finish. This would bring the gloss down to the level she sought and give her assurance that the finished product would be in the same gloss range as the sample she selected.
The process allowed us to help to quantify the aesthetic she had in her designer mind's eye - a tricky proposition.
It's rewarding to be able to have tools and expert advice needed to make some of the nebulous aspects of design more empirical. This is another reason why we believe that factory machining and finishing are the "crown jewels" of the architectural door business. The control and precision afforded manufacturers who run modern CAD systems is a way to deliver on customer requirements, particularly for multi-key properties where uniformity is at a premium.
That's it - I'm finished for now. - MJT
Designing the Rediscovery Collection A Case Study
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