Disadvantages
- Bends slightly with age, as in Bnagar.
- Not as secure as steel.
Cost comparison 2020
Doors
- Pine wood is cheaper.
- Burma teak Rs 3.5k / sqft - Rs 72k. Burma teak doors are 50k plus. Burma border teak is cheaper.
- Ghana teak is cheapest teak - big grains. 15k for door.
- birch .8x teak - Rs 2.75k/ sqft - ~ Rs 53k
- Honne door - Rs 13500 (used in bnagar home)
Frame
- Matti - very hard to drill, bends slightly with age - Rs 2500/ piece.