Replacement External Door Panel

Gambler

Our back door is wooden with a frosted glass top half and a wooden panel bottom half.

Within the wooden panel there is a cat flap, installed by the preivous owners.

Our 1 yr old son has managed to break the plastic but we want to replace the door anyway as we don't have cats!

Gonna price up a new UPVC door but we don;t really want to spend a lot as we are contemplating moving in the near future.

My question is how easy is it to replace the whole of the wooden panel and what i would need to do etc.


Thanks

McAzrael

If the panel is held in with beads - very easy. If the panel is built in to the door - very difficult. A joinery manufacturers can make you a moulded panel, but they are expensive. Plywood is cheap.

Gambler

McAzrael wrote: »

If the panel is held in with beads - very easy. If the panel is built in to the door - very difficult. A joinery manufacturers can make you a moulded panel, but they are expensive. Plywood is cheap.

Yes it's beading, I'm guessing it must be glued in as can't see any pins.

McAzrael

I would hope that they are deep drive pins - you shouldn't be able to see them. You may do a little damage trying to get them out, but if you want to go for it lever them out with a claw hammer.

ailuro2

Similar door to ours- we bought a new flap for the catflap no long ago for about £7.

Then new owners might want a catflap!