Rapid Steel Doors and Jambs

Product detail:

There are many reasons why homeowners and developers should consider using Rapid’s Commercial Steel Doors and Jambs over the conventional Wooden Doors.

1) Fire resistant

Rapid Steel Doors can withstand a heat of up to 890 degree celcius and has tested to have passed the two hours fire resistant test. While on the other hand, a wooden doors can easily burn because it serves as fuel to the fire.

2) Sound and Heat Insulation

Rapid Steel Doors uses Paper Honeycomb, a building material known to be of high oxygen index (OI) and a low smoke density (SD), two indexes required for a fire retardant product. Thus, paper honeycomb provides favorable sound absorption and heat insulation value.

3) Moisture Resistant

Steel is ideal for unprotected exposure to sun and moisture, while wood tend to expand due to excessive humidity or moisture.

4) Light Weight

Rapid Steel Doors are considered light weight because of its honeycomb content inside. This is approximately 40% lighter than a solid wood. Even if Honeycomb weighs only 400 to 600grams per square meter, it can be used to displace concrete volume where reduction in weight is a consideration.

5) Termite Free – It does not rot

Unlike wooden doors, Rapid Steel Doors does not rot, expands, decays, stains, warp, bow, crook, cup, twist, swell, split. These are common problems that we can find with wooden doors after a given period of time.

6) Maintenance Free

Unlike wooden doors, Rapid’s Steel Doors does not require periodic repairs. Wooden doors needs periodic painting to maintain its wooden look. Because of its heaviness, the panel tends to sag over time, and eventually sticks and doesn’t close properly. Repairs may include the following :

 

* replacement of the panel door due to termites, carpenter ants, beetles
* replacement of rotted or broken sections with epoxy filler
* filling of gouges with wood putty
* sanding out of minor scratches
* filling the difference with some plastic weather stripping
* reapplying of wood stain or paint using paint removal tool

Rapid’s Steel Doors will undergo occasional repairs which includes retouching and repaintng. It uses high quality rust inhibiting primer on a cold rolled galvanized annealed steel, a material known to be a corrosion resistant steel, thicker enough to hold paint extremely well.

Rapid Steel Doors uses a heavy duty US stainless steel flag hinges that was tested to pass a 250,000 open and close cycle, or that is a n equivalent of 20 years.

7) Aesthetic Look

Rapid Forming Corporation has come up with the latest doors with wood grain finish, available with 6 designs that suits homeowners need. The embossed and grooved types will definitely brings beauty to your doors.

icon cool Why Use Rapid Steel Door? Environment Friendly

Steel is an alloy created from iron. The iron is mined and later refined. Both materials can be recycled, thus it has no impact to environment. Wood panel contribute to tree harvesting. Demand is often higher than supply causing poor harvesting.

For more information, you may visit Rapid Forming Corporation website http://www.rapidforming.com. You may visit our Cebu office at P. Remedio Street, Banilad, Mandaue City, Philippines. Tel. Nos. +6332-5057845 or +6332-2390540 .