Wood doors for new villa

cedar, sapel, purple heart, cabilla, and many others.

dont insist on true mahogany, it costs twice as much, but other woods will look the same or even better with a good finish......

A decent hardwood door will be at least 10000 RD installed. Get a good installer, a bad one will destroy your door.

I bought nice doors at Ochoa (Santiago) for my house a couple of years ago at good prices. They come with the frame and everything. The catch is that they do need to be standard sizes (i.e. 36X80). I'm sure they have even better selection now.

ochoa doors are decent doors. most come without finish or installation. The price for a nice hardwood door is about 8K pesos. Pine doors are about 3.5K if i remember right. Neither are properly sanded for good finishing.

Buy decent door handles. I manufacture doors and windows here. anything under 600 RD tends to be broken very easily. Best Value hardware is about the worst. I have had about half of them broken right out of the sealed package

contact William at legendhomesnorthcoast.com he does wood work as well..... good and responsibale guy!
he is in sosua

tropical marine spar varnish works well for the price, also availible in ochoa. Adding some stain to the varnish will make it last longer.

pressure treated pine makes a decent door, but it will warp more easily than hardwoods. Additionally the panels will shrink more than mahogany. Be sure to use a triple panel door style not a double. Because you are near the ocean, as the finish wears out, you may have a complicated refinishing job on your hands.

You will need to purchase quality stainless steel hinges. Stock hinges wont last near the ocean. Yank is a good brand name at a good price. There are better hinges but the price rises very sharply. Grease your hinges and interior parts of the handles with vasoline or similar and they will last much much longer.

I don't know the current prices. I bought mine a couple of years ago and they cost me 8,000 each (Caobilla, I think). I also bought several metal doors for bedrooms (the ones that look like the real thing) for about 3500 pesos each if I recall correctly. Installation was nothing as I was building a house and the Maestro who was building it for me did the installation.