- How to check a Chinese door factory is real before you pay a depositFour checks that take about an hour and protect a deposit on custom doors from China, the red flags that should stop you, and how to start small.
- Pivot front doors: pros, cons and when they make senseHow a pivot entrance door works, what it does better than a hinged door, what it asks of the floor, the seals and the installer, and when to choose something else.
- Do pivot doors leak or let in drafts? How pivot entrance doors are sealedWhere air and water get past a pivot door, the seals that stop them on each side, why shelter matters, and which tests prove the performance if your project needs it.
- Ordering custom entrance doors from China: the process and lead time, step by stepWhat happens between your first message and a door in your opening, who does each step, how long each takes, and what EXW means for you.
- How large doors are crated and shipped, and what to do if one arrives damagedHow a large entrance door is packed for sea freight, what the ISPM 15 mark on a wooden crate means, who carries the risk under EXW, FOB and CIF, and the steps to take if a door arrives damaged.
- What to send a door manufacturer for a quote: opening sizes, drawings and rough openingsThe information a custom door factory needs to quote accurately, the difference between the structural opening, the frame and the clear opening, and the details that are easy to forget.
Guides
Plain answers to the questions architects, builders and door dealers ask us about large entrance doors, written at our factory in Wuyi.