You can paint your steel door. There are also
plenty of wood options. In addition to the prehung,
expensive, decorative options, nearly all lumber
yards can get standard wood doors. They just don't
keep them in stock. When I need something like that
I look at a catalog from Brosco. All lumber yards near
me can get all Brosco items in 2-3 days. They're the
standard for moldings, doors, windows, etc. If there
isn't Brosco near you there's probably another
company. any carpenter should be able to tell you
and should have a catalog.

"Julie Bove" wrote in message
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| Are these common any more? Looking online, it would seem not. Not that I
| want one but... I am getting new roofing soon and will have to have no
| soffit put in and that will require painting. Since I want the house to
be
| more of a yellow, rather than the bleh color it now is (too dark to be
| white, too light to be beige), I thought I might get a new door as well.
| Lowe's seems to sell mostly Fiberglass and steel. I currently have steel
| but it's old and crappy looking. I got a really nice white storm door
last
| year and was thinking that it might look good with a white door as well.
Or
| even a red one. Not sure the exact color I want the house but something
in
| a pale yellow tone. Perhaps with a hint of gold or peach. Depends on
what
| roofing I get. The roofer gave me a sample of Prairie Wood which is a
| lighter brown with copper flecks. I love it but it would appear that it
| isn't algae-proof and I for sure want that. I did check their website and
| unless they did not update it, it's not. Because I love the colors.
|
| Anyway... I was talking with someone about doors and she insisted that of
| course they still sell wood doors. I only saw interior ones or the kind
| that are mostly glass with wood surrounding. I did find real wood doors
for
| sale at various places but they appeared to be custom and were in the
| thousands of dollars.
|
| I suspect that what this person thinks are wood are really fiberglass made
| to look like wood.
|