DoorSmart - Commitment to Quality

Exterior French Doors and Leaded Glass Doors are our specialty. We have been in business for over twenty-five years and created unique designs. We have not comprimised our manufacturing and sell high-grade furniture quality mahogany doors. We only use the classic materials - solid mahogany, true-divided glass, lead caming, quarter inch up to three quarter inch beveled glass. Our doors are hand-crafted by artisans with generations of experience in their fine craft of bringing together these esquisite materials.

Hand Cutting Glass Basic Door Construction

Our doors are constructed of solid wood. Cuts in the wood to accomodate the mortisse and tenon joints are machined from the solid wood as well. By utilizing solid construction, our doors breathe and swell naturally.

 


Cut Glass Awaiting Beveling Mortisse and Tenon Joints

Our mahogany is milled, kiln dried, and crafted into solid components that are hand-assembled. We utilize age-old construction techniques, considered today as a lost art in today's world of mass production. Our consutruction methods are classic, we will not compromise your expectations.


Hand Beveling Cut Glass Fitting and Glueing

Our tolerance for fitting is 99.9% and utilizes warm glues to saturate the wood and ensure a solid fitting and setting between the mortisse and tenon. Upon finishing, these seams will last for years without concern for splitting or separation.

 


Hand Polishing Beveled Glass Solid Panels

Our materials are solid - we will not use veneered lumber. There is not attempt to compromise on the weakest part of the door to save money. Our doors are solid through and through. Have confidence that large door panels are as solid as the styles and rails of your door.


Finished Beveled Glass Completed Assembly

Final assembly of all the pieces using our classic construction principles ensure the door that adorns your front entryway is solid, elegant and made to last for a life time.

 

 

 

 

Assembling Glass Panel Solid Construction

See our solid construction here with penetrating panels, mortisse and tenon joints. Every door is built to exacting standards to ensure your total satisfaction. Be confident that the door you purchase is of the highest quality materials and construction. You could spend less, but.....


Soldering Lead Caming

Raised Moulding

Our raised moulding is constructed in the same manner as our other doors. Again, we will not compromise and use inferior products. You demand quality, we promise you quality.

Solid Luan Mahogany and Leaded Glass
Leaded Glass Elegance

We only use lead caming because of the beauty of the glass that is exposed when surrounded by lead. Lead also provides the strongest bond between glass and caming because of its maleability. Red Luann Mahogany

Mahogany is grown along the equator across the globe. For generations, we resisted the Brazilian mahoganies because of their detrimental environmental practices. Today, we continue to use solid wood from renewable forests. more Q&A about materials