Cheap internal doors

Goldust

Hi,

I've seen a good offer for some reasonable internal doors in Wickes (2 for £30) link - http://www.wickes.co.uk/woburn-grained-moulded-door-1981x762mm/invt/200604/ which I was hoping to buy however upon measuring my doors I need 1981x686mm sized doors!

Now I've searched most of the usual places I can think of and none of them have any offers for doors of the size I need and preferably in a similar style and finish to the ones above.

Can anyone help me or is my very limited budget out of the window?

Thanks

phill99

The size you quote is a 78" x 27" door. The vast majority of doors in this country are still asked on imperial sizes. Internal doors are generally 78" high and typically 30" or 27" wide.

So you need 30" x 27. Doors. Both Magnet Trade and Howdens do these at about £15 each.

noelphobic

phill99 wrote: »

So you need 30" x 27. Doors. Both Magnet Trade and Howdens do these at about £15 each.

I think you mean 78 x 27 Phil?

phill99

noelphobic wrote: »

I think you mean 78 x 27 Phil?

Yeah you're right!!!!

noelphobic

phill99 wrote: »

Yeah you're right!!!!

those three little words I love to hear :j

A.Penny.Saved

I would suggest that you take a look at those grained doors because they looked terrible to me when I looked at them. I wouldn't have them in my home.

The grain effect is the worst part about them IMO, although the build quality tends to be poor as well.

Leif

You can get smooth versions which I like. Build quality seems fine, although there is a limit to how much you can trim them. They will not take abuse as they are pressed hardboard glued to a pine frame, with a cardboard lattice inside. An advantage is that they are light and easily hung, unlike solid wood doors which are a pig. They will not last more than a few decades although some in my house were probably 40 years old, the main problem being the hardboard coming away from the frame.

grizzly1911

Leif wrote: »

You can get smooth versions which I like. Build quality seems fine, although there is a limit to how much you can trim them. They will not take abuse as they are pressed hardboard glued to a pine frame, with a cardboard lattice inside. An advantage is that they are light and easily hung, unlike solid wood doors which are a pig. They will not last more than a few decades although some in my house were probably 40 years old, the main problem being the hardboard coming away from the frame.

Another downside being if one of the panels gets punctured, like being bashed against a table edge, as they are fiddly to touch up..

Leif

grizzly1911 wrote: »

Another downside being if one of the panels gets punctured, like being bashed against a table edge, as they are fiddly to touch up..

Yes indeed. You can touch them up if the damage is small, but you are right, they do not take impacts well. A colleague hung solid oak doors, £300 each, about 17 of them in her home. They will wear well ...

A.Penny.Saved

Leif wrote: »

You can get smooth versions which I like. Build quality seems fine, although there is a limit to how much you can trim them. They will not take abuse as they are pressed hardboard glued to a pine frame, with a cardboard lattice inside. An advantage is that they are light and easily hung, unlike solid wood doors which are a pig. They will not last more than a few decades although some in my house were probably 40 years old, the main problem being the hardboard coming away from the frame.

Yes, I would prefer the smooth varieties any day over those horrible wood grain styles.

However they were in very short supply in the sheds such as Wickes. Most of the cheap doors were wood grain styles the last time that I looked and even Wickes online they were that variety.

Leif wrote: »

Yes indeed. You can touch them up if the damage is small, but you are right, they do not take impacts well. A colleague hung solid oak doors, £300 each, about 17 of them in her home. They will wear well ...

Nice to see that some people have some money to splash about, £5000 on doors. :eek: