Magnet stable door?

shirlgirl2004

I'm looking for a wooden stable door. The quote from my builder is £1500 which includes the door frame, fitting and furniture. It is to be fitted in a door opening not yet built so size is flexible. This seems steep. I've been told he will fit for about £150. I have found a magnet trade door for £314.03 which would need a lining which looking elsewhere is about £70. Obviously traditional black door furniture is a few ££. It is engineered wood which I believe to avoid warping is good and is mortice and tennon construction from looking at the Magnet trade website. Is this door likely to be any good?

Ideally I would have liked a 4 pane door (as per the original quote) but I'm not that fussy and the glass is very expensive. Also I would rather (but not essential) the door to open out as it is to be used as a back door.

Can anyone recommend anything better? Am I missing something? Can anyone offer advice?

Russe11

bespoke is often more expensive than a mass produced solution, quality varies so much its hard to tell from descriptions what you get for your money.

Hintza

We have just had one made or our new build by a local joinery firm which as about £800 (ex VAT) they also did all our windows.

The benefit of this is you can have them build exactly what you want.

shirlgirl2004

Thanks Hinza the quote I got for £1500 was for a bespoke one made by the same people as our windows. It seems more expensive than yours though. The problem is, if my understanding is correct, that the joinery firm's doors will be solid timber which is more likely to warp. I don't want to spend that amount of money to end up with a door where the top and bottom don't close securely.

leveller2911

shirlgirl2004 wrote: »

Thanks Hinza the quote I got for £1500 was for a bespoke one made by the same people as our windows. It seems more expensive than yours though. The problem is, if my understanding is correct, that the joinery firm's doors will be solid timber which is more likely to warp. I don't want to spend that amount of money to end up with a door where the top and bottom don't close securely.

No really correct because different timbers act differently for instance Scandanavian Redwood (Pine) can tend to warp,twist and bow as can certain hardwoods Like Iroko and Idigbo.There are hardwoods that are more stable and I never have any trouble with and these include Sapele and Brazilian Cedar.
Its a common mis-conception that engineered doors don't twist,warp and bow they do and as many of them have a thin vaneer of Hardwood this is the only barrier between the weather and the central core which is generally either pine laminates or cheap hardoods that are not durable.

Try popping down to Wickes,B&Q or Homebase ,pull out a few doors and look down lower the top of the door down and look along the door stiles(edges) and see how many are bowed, this can be external doors and even worse internal doors.Many of the pine doors are now engineered with thin vaneers and they commonly warp.

Lastly don't forget that Magnet doors etc have a warranty but the warranty doesn't cover the labour for fitting.I had a customer a couple of years back who had to employ me 3 times to hang doors that twisted. You pays your money you takes your choice.......:D

If the doors Joinery workshops make twist and warp how are they still in business and why would they bother making doors if they always warped? timber is a natural material and it will always move to a certain extent.Without wishing to tempt fate Ive made literally hundreds of doors and never had to re-make one sometimes have to ease them if they swell up but even thats rare.