Affordable Housing
Basic functionality backed by Madeflex experience
The Fortec Economy Door. Designed for budget-conscious projects without compromising structural quality, it offers a practical and reliable solution for interiors. Manufactured with 2.5 mm MDF or honeycomb-filled plywood faces and a solid wood perimeter frame, it provides a lightweight structure that performs well in moderately used residential or institutional spaces.
Thanks to its drum-shaped design, this door is easy to install, maintain, and adapt to different interior environments. It also includes wood reinforcement for the lock, ensuring security and basic functionality for daily use.
Structure
The hollow-core door from Fortec is built, as its structure shows, from two sides of 2.5 mm MDF (wood fiberboard), with Honeycomb as the internal filling, a 30 mm wooden perimeter frame, and solid wood reinforcement on one side for the lock. Fortec is the trademark of the doors manufactured by Madeflex S.A.
Frame
Hinges
Induma’s Omega hinge is a versatile and efficient solution, suitable for a variety of environments: from residential furniture to office doors or light construction projects. With multiple finishes that combine style and strength, they offer good durability, easy installation, and a polished aesthetic. Perfect if you’re looking for a solid, affordable, and domestically manufactured hinge.
Durability
The durability of a door is closely linked to its proper or improper use. Predicting its useful life is difficult given the countless variables involved, including installation method, environmental factors, maintenance, and more.
Use
Fortec hollow-core doors should not be exposed to water or excessive humidity. They should be cleaned with a dry or slightly damp cloth, without detergents or solvents. They must not be subjected to strong impacts caused by wind or heavy objects, and sharp objects should not be dragged across their surface.
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Planing and beveling
The allowable tolerance for making cuts is 5 mm on each side; otherwise, the door’s unique strength characteristics will be lost. It’s important to note that it’s recommended to make the cut on the side where the lock will be installed to prevent the door from sagging. When planing the door, it’s important to use a sharp tool (plane or router), chamfer again to prevent the edges from deteriorating, and paint the edges.
When cutting the door, it is necessary to immunize its frame, otherwise it is exposed to termite attack.
Tolerances in measurements
According to the Colombian Technical Standard NTC 2569, the length and width dimensions may have a tolerance of 2.5 mm on the dimension agreed between the buyer and producer and 1 mm on the thickness.
Lock plug
Our doors have an internal locking pin on one side only. This pin is made of wood and measures 40 cm long x 9 cm wide. It is located exactly in the center of the door for doors up to 2.10 m high. If the door exceeds this limit, the height of the pin must be specified to the Sales Representative. To determine which side the pin is located on, check the two horizontal frames (headers). At the end, you will find a low-relief X.
Storage
Fortec doors should be stored horizontally in stacks of up to 50 units on flat, smooth surfaces. They should be stored in a dry, clean location protected from water and sunlight.
Packing
These doors are packaged with expandable plastic to protect them from scratches and dirt, and painted and laminated doors are fitted with corrugated cardboard at all ends. It is recommended that if the door is unpacked and not used immediately, it should be repackaged in the same plastic to avoid the aforementioned inconveniences. It is important to keep in mind that when unloading a door, one should not slide over the other to avoid scratches.
Reception
All received doors must be inspected in front of the driver so that any broken or scratched items can be returned immediately, and a note indicating any defects can be placed on the invoice.
Installation
The recommendation is to carry out a good installation, ensuring the frame is parallel to the door, good quality hardware in adequate numbers, and keeping expansions and tolerances within standard limits.