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Fiberglass Entry Door rmorton 10-07-2008
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Posted by Art on October 10, 2008, 6:25 pm


By the way, fiberglass doors require a gel stain if you are going to stain
it. Forget minwax gel stain on a Pella door. It works poorly. Use google
to search for fiberglass door stain and you will find all kinds of comments
from this and other groups. But stay away from minwax on a Pella door.
Also I used a water based exterior polyurethane and so far it is holding up
well.


> rmorton wrote:
>> SWMBO has decreed that front door must be replaced with a fiberglass one.
>> After I don't know how many hours shopping for one she has narrowed it
>> down to 3 different brands and styles. Knowing absolutely nothing about
>> these doors and finding very little of any use on the web except
>> manufacturers/vendors ramblings and a few bitter homeowners comments, I
>> decided to place the question to you. Are there any known problems or
>> support issues with the following: Pella, Therma-Tru or Benchmark by
>> Thermatru? The price of all are very similar and to my untrained eye the
>> doors appear very similar. I would appreciate any and all constructive
>> comments.
> Thanks to everyone the replied. Now off to the stores to let the boss
> pick out which one she wants. Thanks again for the insight.



Posted by Art on October 10, 2008, 6:20 pm


One word, Pella.

I have a therma tru. The glass started leaking after a couple of years.
Yes they will replace the door but what a pain in the but. My Pella is not
leaking and if it did the glass is removable.

Pay attention to the weatherstripping and threshold. Aluminum thresholds
dent easily. My Pella uses a composition material.

> SWMBO has decreed that front door must be replaced with a fiberglass one.
> After I don't know how many hours shopping for one she has narrowed it
> down to 3 different brands and styles. Knowing absolutely nothing about
> these doors and finding very little of any use on the web except
> manufacturers/vendors ramblings and a few bitter homeowners comments, I
> decided to place the question to you. Are there any known problems or
> support issues with the following: Pella, Therma-Tru or Benchmark by
> Thermatru? The price of all are very similar and to my untrained eye the
> doors appear very similar. I would appreciate any and all constructive
> comments.



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