White Internal doors help

isotonic_uk

Hi folks

I am looking for some internal doors, probably 4/6 panel white doors for the upstairs and 2 pane glass glazed white doors for downstairs.

Been looking around and just require some advice if that is possible.

Ideally i want to buy doors which i dont need to paint and are fully furnished.

I was in Wickes early this week and they seem to have many moulded grained doors but they need to be ideally painted to get that nice finish. now they did seem to have a door which was fully furnished and ready to go, it looked like it had already been painted and didnt need extra coats.

The door which didnt require painting was just made out of chip board and was hollow, the price was only £30 but ideally i am looking for a door which has a bit of weight to it and does feel solid, ideally i dont want to pay more than £70,

Would this budget be acceptable for the kind of door i am looking for? I believe a door with glass would probably set me back at least £120 but ideally i want doors just ready to go and dont need painting but are of decent quality and are weighty doors. So £70 for doors without glass and £120 with glass.

Any recomendations on thus would be most appreciated. I am from the midlands area so any recommended suppliers would be great.

Thanks

john.h

You won't find a door that does not need painting, most are just primed. Then the chances of it fitting in your frame without any planing or cutting is highly unlikely.
What do you mean by fully furnished? are you are looking for the handles and hinges pre fitted? if so thats impossible, they need to be fitted on site to match your frame.

john..

isotonic_uk

john.h wrote: »

You won't find a door that does not need painting, most are just primed. Then the chances of it fitting in your frame without any planing or cutting is highly unlikely.
What do you mean by fully furnished? are you are looking for the handles and hinges pre fitted? if so thats impossible, they need to be fitted on site to match your frame.

john..

Sorry i mean when furnished that it doesnt require painting, hinges and handles i know will be extra and need to be fitted on site to match the frames and other door heights etc.

mongeese

Look for FD30 fire doors - these are built to be heavier and more solid and to contain fire for 30 minutes.

Speakiing to our builder, we were originally going to get wooden doors, but on their advice, all wood is not the same. Beware of "cheaper" wooden doors as they are likely thin veener and the fixing areas can be minimal solid wood so any mistakes can be costly. We are going for white fire doors on their advice -we wanted painted anyway). expect to pay from £70 upwards.

isotonic_uk

One question on this, if we decide to go with varnishing them ourselves. I am assuming these need to be varnished before we get them attached to the frame.

How best would it be to do this? I am going to need to rest them on the garage wall but i am thinking how will i get around the whole door with varnish. Am i going to need to wait till they dry before doing them the other side? Would it be advised to use something like a workbench?
And lock the the door into it?

john.h

Paint or varnish them after they have been fitted, just remove the handles and put a wedge under the door.

John...

DirectDebacle

How best would it be to do this? I am going to need to rest them on the
garage wall but i am thinking how will i get around the whole door with varnish.

Fix a couple of lengths of battening to bottom door edge. The door will stand upright on these 'feet' and you can paint both sides and three edges without having to handle it. Better to paint it with door furniture removed.

isotonic_uk

DirectDebacle wrote: »

Fix a couple of lengths of battening to bottom door edge. The door will stand upright on these 'feet' and you can paint both sides and three edges without having to handle it. Better to paint it with door furniture removed.

Sorry I am not sure i have fully understand what you mean by this. If i just battoning on the floor it wont be able to hold the weight of the door and they will fly all over the place.

My intention is to use my garage as a place where i can varnish them.

isotonic_uk

Would a treastle work for me to balance a door, paint one side, wait till it dries and then paint the other side?

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