Design & construction features , advantages & disadvantages 2

• Suitable for internal and external use.
• panelled doors consist of stiles and rails framed around a panel or panels of timber or plywood.
• The stiles and rails are cut from timbers of the same thickness.
• The panels could be of solid wood , manufactured boards , glass or their combination.
• Three-ply wood 5 or 6.5mm thick is generally used for panels .
• The traditional method of fixing and securing panels in doors is to set them into the grooves cut in the edges of the stiles and rails.
• Panelled doors usually described by the number of panels that they contain .
• Because the door is hinges on the side to open , it tends to sink on the lock stile.
• The stiles and rails have to be joined to resist the tendency of the door to sink and the two types of joint used are: