Construction Details
When thinking about a door that will last a lifetime it is important to consider door shapes, door thickness, sturdy materials and finishing.
Construction Details
Every Captiva Wood Door starts exactly the same: with the highest quality material and construction. What makes a door unique are the choices you make. Each door is custom built to exact specifications. We offer interior and exterior panel doors, flush doors, doors with glass, fire-rated doors, barn and sliding doors, dutch doors, screen and storm doors.
Depending on the door style, door shape, and other details, the Captiva shop will construct your custom door with either beaded mortise and tenon joinery, or traditional mortise and tenon. In all cases, doors are constructed to the highest specifications to ensure they remain straight and true for years to come.
Beaded Mortise and Tenon
Tight fitting beaded mortise and tenon joinery is far superior to the doweled joints that most other door manufacturers use. Our beaded mortise and tenon provides more surface area for glue adhesion vastly increasing the strength of the joint.
Traditional Mortise and Tenon
Simple and strong, the mortise and tenon joint has been used for millennia by woodworkers around the world to join two pieces of wood.
Stave Core Stiles with 1/8″ Veneers
This environmentally friendly method of construction uses stable, wood core sandwiched between solid veneers and matching edges for a stile and rail construction that is superior at preventing warping or distortion.
Solid Rails
Beaded Mortise and Tenon
Traditional Mortise and Tenon
Stave Core Construction
Flush
With no stile or rail, Captiva Flush Series doors are constructed with a plywood core, hardwood edges and 1/8″ wood veneers. For crossbuck or other details, panels are inlayed to create a stronger bond, and make the door more resistant to water damage.
Grooved (Square, V-Grooved, or Beaded) or inlaid doors require 1/4″ veneers.
Door Thickness
To help you coordinate all of the doors in your home, Captiva doors are made for both interior and exterior use. Builders, architects, and designers often consider the interior and exterior doors as two different design elements. Captiva allows both the interior and exterior doors to be supplied by one manufacturer with matching details in panels, sticking, and species. As pictured above, matching the species of wood for all your doors, even if the individual designs of the door are not the same, will give you a unified look throughout the home while maintaining visual interest.
We offer three standard door thicknesses: 1-3/8″, 1-3/4″, and 2-1/4″. Our 1-3/8″ doors are recommended and warranted for interior use only. Custom sizes are available upon request.
Door Shapes
Taking into consideration the architectural style of your home or the look that you want to achieve, Captiva Wood Doors are available in our standard shapes of square, arched or round. We also make custom door top shapes which are often seen in churches, historical renovations, commercial applications or home that require a truly unique look.
To maximize architectural integrity, Captiva Wood Doors are also available with clipped corners for doors that meet an angled ceiling (such as in an attic or under a stair).
MDF Door Construction
Allow yourself to be captivated with our new line of custom interior MDF doors. Captiva Custom MDF combines traditional stile and rail construction with environmentally-friendly MDF to offer an alternative to all-wood interior doors. All door styles are available in MDF or any wood species so you can ensure a consistent design style throughout your project.
- True mortise & tenon joinery
- Solid wood core with MDF veneer
- Solid MDF panels
Both the stiles and rails have a solid wood core to provide greater strength and stability. The MDF veneers on the stiles and rails allow for a smooth and consistent paint finish. Panels are solid MDF. Utilizing traditional mortise and tenon joinery, all pieces are hand fit together with industry’s finest adhesives on all connections.
Door Thickness
We offer three standard door thicknesses: 1-3/8″, 1-3/4″ and 2-1/4″. Custom thicknesses also available.
Door Shapes
Taking into consideration the architectural style of your home or the look that you want to achieve, Captiva MDF Doors are available in our standard shapes of Square, Arched or Round. We also make Custom Door top shapes for homes requiring a truly unique look.
To maximize architectural integrity, Captiva Wood Doors are also available with clipped corners for doors that meet an angled ceiling (such as in an attic or under a stair).
Wood Door Species
Every Captiva Door begins with premium select grade lumber. We meticulously gather wood from around the globe to ensure that every door we make is of the highest quality. The boards and veneers that go into constructing each door are hand selected so that grain and color are consistent.
When your project requires a specific species not listed below, let us call on our lumber suppliers from all over the globe to find it.
Wood Species for Interior and Exterior Use
Sapele
Sapele is similar to Honduras Mahogany with a regular striped pattern and a dark red-brown color and finishes easily and smoothly.
Spanish Cedar
This hardwood varies from light to dark reddish brown. The texture is rather fine and uniform to coarse and uneven. Spanish Cedar is considered naturally decay resistant.
Fir
This is a dimensionally stable wood with a straight grain, uniform in color, pattern and texture. Its light warm hue will become more red with age. Fir stains easily and smoothly.
White Oak (Quarter Sawn/Rift Sawn/Plain Sawn)
White Oak is primarily warm in color with a hint of ash. It’s grain pattern varies from straight and tight to arched and dramatic. White Oak stains well for an excellent finish.
Reclaimed Wood
Reclaimed wood is seasoned lumber that has been salvaged from abandoned barns, factories and industrial buildings. Some common types are: pine, elm, cherry, chestnut, walnut, hickory, maple, and quartersawn oak.
Armorite Exterior Grade MDF
Treated to be moisture, rot, and insect-resistant, exterior grade MDF is ideal for painted applications. Paint-grade sapele is often combined with Armorite panels to contruct a stable door with split-proof panels.
Wood Species for Interior Use Only
Poplar
This hardwood is light in color and may feature dramatic dark color variations. Poplar is mostly painted or used with dark stains.
Red Oak
The texture of Red Oak features a very strong grain pattern which ranges from fine, straight, and close to spread and pronounced. Red Oak stains well for an excellent finish.
Maple
Maple is strong and hard with a uniform color, texture, and grain. It sometimes features areas with dark streaks and birds-eye or worm track patterns. If left clear, maple may yellow with age.
Cherry
Cherry is characterized by its warm color, smooth texture and straight, fine, and tight grain. Cherry may contain some sapwood and/or pin knots and will darken over time.
Ash
Ash ranges in color from brown to nearly white and may display a dramatic grain pattern. It is popular in woodworking because it is heavy, strong, hard, and stiff.
Walnut
Walnut is characterized by its beautiful grain lines running throughout and its dark brown color. Walnut veneers may be laminated for width and contain some sap grain and pin knots.
Eastern White Pine
This softwood is light brown in color, often with a reddish tinge and turns darker on exposure to air. Eastern White Pine features a comparatively uniform texture and is straight grained.
MDF
Medium Density Fiberboard is an engineered wood product made from wood fibers and other recyclable materials. MDF is ideal for painted applications.
About MDF
Medium Density Fiberboard is an engineered wood product made from wood fibers and other recyclable materials. Denser and stronger than particle board, MDF is considered an environmentally-friendly material that is priced less than wood.
√ Locally sourced
√ Resists mold
√ Easy to paint and holds paint finish well
√ Recyclable
Why Choose Captiva MDF?
- We source, build and ship locally, which helps minimize our carbon footprint
- We utilize a wood core which provides greater stability and allows for lighter weight than doors made with an MDF core
- We use solid wood edges so there is no need for wood wedge filler blocks
- We use solid wood mouldings for designs that use a raised moulding (like Bolection sticking) for durability
- Matching designs and profiles are available in your choice of wood species
- All door shapes and sizes are available up to 4’x10′ in thickness of 1-3/8″, 1-3/4″, and 2-1/4″
- Matching fire-rated doors and door frames are available in 20, 45, 60, or 90-minute ratings
- A wide range of sticking and panel design options are available
- Doors are available primed or factory-painted with your choice of stock or custom colors
