2 Panel solid internal doors & UFH

BoozyBabe

I quite like the look of these doors:

If we go with these, we'll be getting them made. They'll be solid doors.
We also have ufh in the house.

I'm afraid that because they're 2 panel instead of 4 panel, they don't have the strengthening middle section that a 4 panel has (i.e. between the top & bottom panels).

Do you therefore think these doors would be liable to twisting & warping from the rising heat?

Thanks for all opinions.

antiskeptic

BoozyBabe wrote: »

I quite like the look of these doors:

If we go with these, we'll be getting them made. They'll be solid doors.
We also have ufh in the house.

I'm afraid that because they're 2 panel instead of 4 panel, they don't have the strengthening middle section that a 4 panel has (i.e. between the top & bottom panels).

Do you therefore think these doors would be liable to twisting & warping from the rising heat?

Thanks for all opinions.

The heat from ufh won't cause you a problem. Nor would the fact that the are missing the cross piece.

Your main worry will be the timber from which they are constructed: long pieces of solid timber have a tendency to bow over time which is why modern door sections are made from 'engineered' wood - which involves multiple, slender lengths of wood glued together with a veneer finish to form what looks like a solid length of wood. The multiple lengths bow just as a single solid piece but because the bowing is in all different directions, the effect is that all the bowing is cancelled out - and the wood remains straight.

Clever .. but true.

It might be that harder woods which have been well seasoned wood(sic) perform better - you'd need advise (and a 5 year guarantee) from your joiner