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Maple/DFir/Mahogany for south facing front door

okpokesfan
10 years ago

Our front door will be south facing. It is solid wood except for the top 3rd, which will be divided light. We do have an 8 foot wide porch but the bottom part of the door at the very least will probably be exposed to sunlight. I live in NW Oklahoma so we get very hot summers (temps the in the 90's to 100's). Winters vary from mild to blizzard conditions. It's also very windy and dry here.

We can get our door in maple, vertical grain douglas fir, or mahogany. Our interiors doors and trim are poplar. The door will be stained.

Any suggestions? Our door rep is advocating for maple but we're not sure about it's weather-resistant ability.

Thanks for the help!

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