Front door replacement

Nuninge

Hello there,

We have the ugliest front door known to man! It is white UPVC but has become badly scuffed over the years as my other half has brought his bike through the house after work every day. It also has a crack, the lip bit missing and also the frame itself is chipped now. We had someone come today to look at it and give us a quote. I like the look of the composite doors as you can get these in colours (won't show the scuffs so badly) and they have a wood effect so look a world away from UPVC. We have been quoted about £850-900 with fitting, all door furniture and making good which I think is about right as my sister in law had similar fitted for similar last year. Now this is the big question...I have seen a second hand door on Ebay.....this is the info about it:

This is a homesafe front door green outside white inside

see photos the inside white side shows the door when it was hung in my house

Queen anne style lead double glazed glass

Has chrome letter box cover to front & back of door

Chrome door knocker

Can be hung on a wooden or plastic frame

you need to get your own hinges and lock and door handle and a weather strip. The mark is where the old weather strip was just needs a cloth over it was doing this in a hurry before we moved it to the cartlodge for storage before it rained

Good used condition has a tinge of silver spray where I hung a Christmas decoration on outside

could get it off with some kind of cleaner

very nice door 77" tall x 34.75" wide

depth of door 1.75"

It is a good price so.....

If the dimensions were correct, would it be a good buy (£40 with only 15 hours to go no bids yet but a 45 minute drive) and if so, how much would I expect to be charged to have it fitted?

THanks,

Nuninge

Furts

I may have misunderstood

Composite doors come pre hung, in a correctly made pvcu profiled frame. How do you intend getting over this?

Nuninge

Furts wrote: »

I may have misunderstood

Composite doors come pre hung, in a correctly made pvcu profiled frame. How do you intend getting over this?

Oh I had no idea about this. The door I was looking at didn't have a frame and I just assumed that my door fitter could order a frame to for the door that I was going to get?

Furts

Your fitter might get you a frame - my guess is he would charge a good sum for it. But how can he confirm/order the dimensions without you having the door?