Sapelia/mahogany front door

iplogger1

The company who I expect will supply and fit our windows and
external doors have quoted for a front door which is made using
sapelia (which I understand is what passes for mahogany nowadays).

I asked about iroko (teak) but they told me that they had a good
deal of trouble with that timber (warpage, etc).

Does anyone know much about this sapelia timber.
My assumption is that the door is engineered and has a softwood
interior core.

~ipl

Mellor

iplogger1 wrote:

The company who I expect will supply and fit our windows and
external doors have quoted for a front door which is made using
sapelia (which I understand is what passes for mahogany nowadays).

I asked about iroko (teak) but they told me that they had a good
deal of trouble with that timber (warpage, etc).

Does anyone know much about this sapelia timber.
My assumption is that the door is engineered and has a softwood
interior core.

~ipl

Strange that they stopped using teak, its quite popular with the public. But thought i'd point out that iroko is close to but not the same timber as teak.
As for sapelia, i've never heard of it before, is it an actual timber or an engineered product?


Edit: Just done a quick search and got this.

"Sapeli or Sapelia is a member of the Mahogany family and is used in the UK for window frames, door casements and internal work in buildings, nowhere near as good as 'real' Mahoganies it is softer and more open grained"

Are you paying a similar price for this as you would for mahogany? Sounds a little less robust.