Aluminum Doors

The single most flexible material for creating doors is aluminum. Combined with its light weight and weather resistant finish, aluminum's ability to be formed and extruded into multiple shapes without loss of strength, makes it the top choice for both private and industrial building uses. While aluminum doors are a bit expensive when compared to wood or fiberglass, they are much more durable and most come standard with fifteen to twenty year warranties and guarantees.

Starting with universal aluminum door frame extrusions, you can design modifications to enhance any building motif. An extra feature of aluminum is its ability to withstand drilling for custom connections without losing any of its inherent strength. Commercial aluminum windows and doors make it possible to hold large sheets of window glass or Plexiglas in a sturdy frame without fear of the material warping or splitting. With aluminum doors; whether you install the traditional swinging door, sliding aluminum doors or a row of stile doors in your establishment, you can have a sleek, professional look which can be easily repaired or replaced in case they do actually become damaged. As well as the doors and windows, you can customize your business look with the addition of aluminum door awnings to further protect your entranceway.

In your home, you can economize your energy bills with the use of aluminum screen doors to keep your internal environment balanced with the weather outside. Further protection from the elements can be had with the addition of aluminum storm doors. A touch of class can spice up your patio with the installation of satin finished aluminum French patio doors. Aluminum one piece garage doors are excellent for combining the strength of a solid door with the light weight needed by the door motor to open and close smoothly. Ply Gem Industries is a leader in the manufacturing of aluminum windows and doors for both commercial and residential construction.

There is a growing use of aluminum door panels in hot rod car rebuilding and customizing as well. The Ford Mustang especially is often revamped with aluminum door panels instead of fiberglass for the added strength of metal, without the heaviness of steel. This is a natural outgrowth from the increased use of aluminum parts in automobile construction. With wheels, engine block, door handles, window frames, mirrors and many more items increasingly being fabricated from aluminum, its use in the automobile industry is permanent.

One more advantage of aluminum over almost all other building materials is that, while it does take a bit of effort to refine aluminum from its ore, once you have created an aluminum product it is very easy and quite cheap to recycle. This ecologically friendly factor makes aluminum the one metal that never needs to go to waste.