Accoya vs Sapele wood for front door?

[indus]

Hi
I'm looking to have a timber entrance door made. A lot of the high end companies are pushing Accoya due to its dimensional stability, durability against rot and ease of painting.

I'm using a local joiner for the job rather than one of the high end (re over priced) companies.

He is happy to make it out of Accoya but has suggested Sapele. He says though Accoya does have all the attributes mentioned its a treated soft wood and so is far more likely to pick up dings and dents in a high traffic area.

My entrance door is shielded from the worst of the weather by a porch and the original 100 year old door hasn't rotted.

So should I go for Accoya or Sapele?

Thanks very much

 

[chappers]

The choice is yours but Accoya is very stable whereas sapele will be susceptible to some environmental effect

 

[indus]

The choice is yours but Accoya is very stable whereas sapele will be susceptible to some environmental effect

Thanks.

Is Accoya 'softer' than Sapele? As a result will an Accoya pick up dents easier than Sapele?

Cheers

 

[chappers]

probably yes, accoya is made from radiate pine which has a janka hardness of 3150 N whereas sapele is 6280N so even allowing for the 50% increase due to the process, the sapele will be much harder

 

[indus]

probably yes, accoya is made from radiate pine which has a janka hardness of 3150 N whereas sapele is 6280N so even allowing for the 50% increase due to the process, the sapele will be much harder

Thanks, very helpful.

Out of curiosity, if you were having a timber entrance door made would you go for the dimensional stability of accoya or the 'hardness' of sapele?

Cheers

 

[chappers]

interesting question, hadn't given it much thought, but coincidently have just had a patio set made from Accoya, not for any particular reason other than my mates joinery shop are using a lot of Accoya at the moment and he did them for me at a super price. Haven't fitted them yet so can't comment on their durability. If it's going to be painted I wouldn't worry too much a) the paint will take the brunt of the bashes and b) you can always fill any dints when you redecorate

 

[indus]

interesting question, hadn't given it much thought, but coincidently have just had a patio set made from Accoya, not for any particular reason other than my mates joinery shop are using a lot of Accoya at the moment and he did them for me at a super price. Haven't fitted them yet so can't comment on their durability. If it's going to be painted I wouldn't worry too much a) the paint will take the brunt of the bashes and b) you can always fill any dints when you redecorate

Thanks. I'll go with the Accoya then.

 

[chappers]

In theory should give you a more stable door, and I don't mean cut in half

 

[indus]

In theory should give you a more stable door, and I don't mean cut in half

 

[RichA]

What difference would using Engineered Redwood or Meranti have?

 

[chappers]

meranti would be similar to sapele whereas engineered redwood is just bits of softwood finger jointed together to make larger pieces, it does by and large exclude nots and imperfections though so can be more stable than a raw softwood product