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Hanging doors!

kittentamer
kittentamer Posts: 5 Forumite
edited 17 October 2014 at 1:55PM in Is this quote fair?
Hi looking for some help with a per door price for hanging a hallway of doors please.


6 rooms, 1 cupboard (pull knobs, not spindles, shorter 24" door with small cupboard above too). All ground floor. Plenty of space. Other than cupboard all standard sizes. I glazed, 5 solid Pine 4 panel.


Given what I've read on here and building sheriff I think quotes so far have been steep to say the least .. What's the going rate to hang a door these days please?


TIA


Edit - Forgot to add, I live on the very edge of greater London.
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  • 6 doors, outer London? probably £500, be cheaper to buy yourself an electric plane and diy them.
  • 6 doors, outer London? probably £500, be cheaper to buy yourself an electric plane and diy them.



    No doubt, but I'm a bit short to hang doors ;)


    Just wanting to know what the fair price to pay is because I'm told a good chippy can do a basic door fit (there's nothing complicated here) in 1 - 1.5 hours. The doors are here, there's no disposal. I'm failing to see why this is more than 1-1.5 days work.


    I would be expecting to pay a chippy 200, maybe 250 a day out here.


    I've not had a price of less than 75 quid a door and if it really is going to cost that much I'll kick the plan into touch.
  • wallbash
    wallbash Posts: 17,775 Forumite
    Last year I had 11 doors installed , approx cost was £40 a door, but then I had the doors varnished , took the best part of a week , paid about £600 in total
  • jellie
    jellie Posts: 884 Forumite
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    I paid a joiner £200 for 7 doors last year. Nowhere near London though.
  • Ive just had 4 internal doors fitted in the SE area for £30 per door
  • No doubt, but I'm a bit short to hang doors ;)


    Just wanting to know what the fair price to pay is because I'm told a good chippy can do a basic door fit (there's nothing complicated here) in 1 - 1.5 hours. The doors are here, there's no disposal. I'm failing to see why this is more than 1-1.5 days work.


    I would be expecting to pay a chippy 200, maybe 250 a day out here.


    I've not had a price of less than 75 quid a door and if it really is going to cost that much I'll kick the plan into touch.


    £75 a door for 6 doors is £450, seems there or thereabouts for what could be 2 days work, or am I missing something?
  • phill99
    phill99 Posts: 9,093 Forumite
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    It depends on who you are hiring.

    A handyman will do them for £30 a door. The finish will be ok.

    A timeserved carpenter will charge twice that but the finish will be to a much higher standard.
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  • phill99 wrote: »
    It depends on who you are hiring.

    A handyman will do them for £30 a door. The finish will be ok.

    A timeserved carpenter will charge twice that but the finish will be to a much higher standard.

    Our man was a carpenter (joiner). Just not a greedy one.
  • £75 a door for 6 doors is £450, seems there or thereabouts for what could be 2 days work, or am I missing something?



    That's the point.


    I don't see that 1 - 1.5 x 6 = 16, sorry even at 2 hours per door which is way overkill but allows for anything unforeseen it only = 12 hours.


    Therefore 3-350 quid seems perfectly reasonable. I guess its about can they utilise the rest of day 2 given they should only really be here for a couple hours in the morning max (if at all!).


    Does that mean I have to pay for them for a whole day?


    Is that how it works?


    Even 50-60 quid for a 'proper' joiner would not have irked me, 75 has made me feel like I'm being taken for a mug.


    Reminds me of that feeling I used to get about garages before I found my favourite ever mechanic :)
  • That's the point.


    I don't see that 1 - 1.5 x 6 = 16, sorry even at 2 hours per door which is way overkill but allows for anything unforeseen it only = 12 hours.


    Therefore 3-350 quid seems perfectly reasonable. I guess its about can they utilise the rest of day 2 given they should only really be here for a couple hours in the morning max (if at all!).


    Does that mean I have to pay for them for a whole day?


    Is that how it works?


    Even 50-60 quid for a 'proper' joiner would not have irked me, 75 has made me feel like I'm being taken for a mug.


    Reminds me of that feeling I used to get about garages before I found my favourite ever mechanic :)


    Usually trades people work on full days although some may work on half days, your '12 hours max' is one and a half days minimum plus travelling time.

    In reality it's not so much what your job is worth but rather the worth of the job he would be doing it he wasn't doing yours, if you see what I mean.

    You may be better off looking for a 'handyman' type person, although you run the risk of ending up with a 'handyman' type finished job.
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