Where to buy non-standard door sizes for a reasonable price?

KeithP

Zither wrote: »

Also how would I typically fit the more narrow standard (838mm) size into my wider 850mm door?

By adding a 12mm strip of softwood to one side?

That assumes you are going to paint it.

Zither

KeithP wrote: »

By adding a 12mm strip of softwood to one side?

That assumes you are going to paint it.

I was kind of hoping for pre-made/painted but I could workaround that. I guess the handle would need to be brought forward as well?

KeithP

Zither wrote: »

I was kind of hoping for pre-made/painted but I could workaround that. I guess the handle would need to be brought forward as well?

Doors don't come with handles or hinges fitted.

Strider590

Are you saying that the recess is wider then any doors you can find?

Because doors rarely fit without cutting down..............

As for searching, don't use Google, you just get the first 7 pages full of results you don't want, from companies selling doors for £600 a piece......... One good place is Howdens, but they are trade only IIRC, got myself a nice external door from them for about £40, it was easily as good as the stuff some companies want £200+ for.

martinthebandit

KeithP wrote: »

By adding a 12mm strip of softwood to one side?

That assumes you are going to paint it.

....or a 12mm strip onto the hinge side of the frame (put longer screws through the hinges though)

DigForVictory

Work pal has a new front door from ebay - given the things can be cut down, worth looking for the oversize things & planning trimming down?

As given summer dry shrink & winter wet expansion, almost no door stays the same size all year round, so it's as well to know who has the kit to keep any external door cooperative in the winter months!

Zither

martinthebandit wrote: »

....or a 12mm strip onto the hinge side of the frame (put longer screws through the hinges though)

Hahaha can't believe I didn't pick up on that

Zither

Strider590 wrote: »

Are you saying that the recess is wider then any doors you can find?

Because doors rarely fit without cutting down..............

As for searching, don't use Google, you just get the first 7 pages full of results you don't want, from companies selling doors for £600 a piece......... One good place is Howdens, but they are trade only IIRC, got myself a nice external door from them for about £40, it was easily as good as the stuff some companies want £200+ for.

Yeah. One door is wider than the standard standard dimensions and one door is more narrow. Do you know how much (approx) it would cost to get a person in to hang/shave some wood/add some softwood beading to the door to make them fit?

Nice one on door for £40 - one of those things that I can't believe are so expensive! I do want to replace the back external door - guess I need to get to know someone at Howdens

Thanks!

Zither

DigForVictory wrote: »

Work pal has a new front door from ebay - given the things can be cut down, worth looking for the oversize things & planning trimming down?

As given summer dry shrink & winter wet expansion, almost no door stays the same size all year round, so it's as well to know who has the kit to keep any external door cooperative in the winter months!

Thanks! Did he search for anything special?

Strider590

Zither wrote: »

Yeah. One door is wider than the standard standard dimensions and one door is more narrow. Do you know how much (approx) it would cost to get a person in to hang/shave some wood/add some softwood beading to the door to make them fit?

Nice one on door for £40 - one of those things that I can't believe are so expensive! I do want to replace the back external door - guess I need to get to know someone at Howdens

Thanks!

I did my internal doors myself, they were a bit of a swine, 1970's house, I reckon everyone was stoned when they built this place, some door frames were as much as 1 inch narrower at the bottom than the top.

I don't know what it would cost in man hours, but it took upto 4 hours per door for the really bad ones, it took under an hour for the only door that didn't need much planing. The doors then hand to come down again for staining/painting (solid wood doors, not those eggbox things).