It’s a common misconception that doors made with solid is superior to their veneered engineered core equivalents, possibly because of the price and implied quality difference between solid and veneered materials.

Whilst a solid door may hold a certain desirability factor to it, a like for like engineered door will have significant performance benefits that greatly improve upon that of a solid. Both solid hardwood and engineered wood are made of 100% real wood and both types are capable of delivering a beautiful visual.

While solid hardwood doors are created from a single wood, engineered hardwood is also made of genuine wood but has a core of hardwood with a layerof +- 2mm hardwood veneer applied to the top surface.

Solid doors are undeniably more attractive. They are, however susceptible to environmental factors such as heat and moisture. Exposure to these factors can cause a solid door to warp and bow, making it twist and gradually lose shape, Engineered doors on the other hand are far more structurally stable, are resistant to warping as they are made from multiple layers of solid wood, laminated and veneered and can evenly distribute any environmental stress. It is thus likely that an engineered door will out-perform your solid door if treated properly and installed under cover.

Solid wood and engineered veneered doors each have their advantages and disadvantages. Solid doors tend to be more expensive due to cost used to produce them and inherently stronger and holds a certain desirability factor to it, whist and engineered door might hold it’s shape better and perform better under constant climate changes.