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Staying In Shape During Summer Sizzle
ODL Europe says more fabricators and installers are choosing its Capstone-engineered GRP door slabs for their proven resistance against the summer nuisance of bowing, twisting and distorting.
Suzanne Nicholl, the head of sales and marketing at ODL Europe, says: “As soon as the summer heat hits, we hear installers showing their frustration with alternative composite doors that become ‘bent like a banana’. The callbacks and reputational damage that follows is costly. With ODL Europe’s door slabs, those concerns are eliminated thanks to our product’s inherent structural stability.”
Love the skin you’re in
Nicholl continues: “Some assume LVL thickness alone determines whether a door will stay flat, however that’s only part of the equation. The real difference lives in the door skin. Doors that warp often have a similar internal construction but inferior GRP skin composition. Ours are manufactured using high-glass-content GRP SMC skins, pressed to exacting standards for superior performance.”
ODL Europe’s composite door slabs feature 2mm thick impact-resistant GRP skins available in both TrueGrain woodgrain and smooth finishes. These skins are bonded to a high specification subframe made from water-resistant pure PVC polymer and reinforced with high-density LVL (minimum 570 kg/m³). The entire structure is assembled with advanced urethane resin adhesives to ensure complete stability and product longevity.
Each slab is manufactured by Capstone Engineering Ltd, one of the world’s largest GRP door producers and exclusively supplied in the UK through ODL Europe. With over 750,000 doors installed annually worldwide, Capstone sets the standard for GRP durability and performance.
300 styles
The range includes over 30 door styles, both glazed and unglazed, with several designs unique to ODL Europe. Whether fabricators and installers need traditional, contemporary or modern doors, the collection is developed to reflect current design trends and give customers a clear point of differentiation.
Every slab meets PAS24 security standards, is manufactured under BM Trada Q-Mark certification and benefits from ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified processes. Capstone timbers are FSC-certified, ensuring full chain-of-custody sustainability.
Picture: ODL Europe says its slabs will resist bowing and twisting in the summer heat.
Article written by Cathryn Ellis
23rd July 2025