Entrance door replacement

Pingu1

The entrance door to my block of flats needs replacing and I would be interested in knowing how much it might roughly cost? The door handle was ripped off by the tenant in one of the ground floor properties a few years ago, after locking himself out. Unfortunately he won't admit it was his fault, despite at the time owning up.

Slinky

Going to be expensive I suspect, an ordinary domestic single composite front door can be £2K, so you've got to be thinking maybe £4-5K I would have thought.

ThisIsWeird

That looks as tho' it can be glued, clamped, and screwed to as-new strength with no great difficulty.
Either sink and fill the screw heads and repaint the whole door (Zinsser AllCoat 15-year), or cover the heads with a long metal 'push' plate.

Emmia

ThisIsWeird said:

That looks as tho' it can be glued, clamped, and screwed to as-new strength with no great difficulty.
Either sink and fill the screw heads and repaint the whole door (Zinsser AllCoat 15-year), or cover the heads with a long metal 'push' plate.

That's for the management company/freeholder to do though, not the OP as I expect they're a leaseholder.

They could suggest this as a remedy though.

Pingu1

Thanks for the responses. I am a leaseholder so I can assume it will be a new door. Not happy at potentially having to pay for someone else's damage.

Pingu1

Update. The management company has replaced the lock as they noticed the door didn't shut properly. The new lock and handle is as bad as before, as the wood is damaged. What glue might be best to use if I was to suggest the repair route?

FreeBear

The Gorilla Polyurethane glue is currently my "go to" for sticking stuff. It isn't cheap, but it does stick wood very, very well. Once applied, the join needs to be firmly clamped and left for a few hours. This give time for the glue to foam up, fill any gaps, and set hard.

The lock should be removed before using any glue. Once the glue has done its thing, the lock recess will need cleaning out with a sharp chisel. Whilst the repair won't be as good as new, the door should be serviceable and secure.

ThisIsWeird

Your ManCo sounds like a bunch of incompetents. Who on earth would replace a lock on a still-broken door?! Lawdie.
As FreeBear says, GorPoly is very strong when used correctly; it's gap-filling, but you ideally don't want any significant gaps.
So, test-clamp to ensure the crack can be closed. Then squeeze in the Gor, and use something like a piece of thin, strong wire to get the glue as far in to the cracks as possible. Then clamp firmly with timber battens to spread the pressure.
Screw through if necessary - say if you didn't want to leave the doors clamped for any time; once screwed, the clamps can come off. Wipe away any excess glue.
Strong as a strong thing.

Emmia

ThisIsWeird said:

Your ManCo sounds like a bunch of incompetents. Who on earth would replace a lock on a still-broken door?! Lawdie.
As FreeBear says, GorPoly is very strong when used correctly; it's gap-filling, but you ideally don't want any significant gaps.
So, test-clamp to ensure the crack can be closed. Then squeeze in the Gor, and use something like a piece of thin, strong wire to get the glue as far in to the cracks as possible. Then clamp firmly with timber battens to spread the pressure.
Screw through if necessary - say if you didn't want to leave the doors clamped for any time; once screwdriver, the clamps can come off. Wipe away any excess glue.
Strong as a strong thing.

As frustrating as it is, this work is still for the management company to do, not the OP.

ThisIsWeird

Emmia said:

ThisIsWeird said:

Your ManCo sounds like a bunch of incompetents. Who on earth would replace a lock on a still-broken door?! Lawdie.
As FreeBear says, GorPoly is very strong when used correctly; it's gap-filling, but you ideally don't want any significant gaps.
So, test-clamp to ensure the crack can be closed. Then squeeze in the Gor, and use something like a piece of thin, strong wire to get the glue as far in to the cracks as possible. Then clamp firmly with timber battens to spread the pressure.
Screw through if necessary - say if you didn't want to leave the doors clamped for any time; once screwdriver, the clamps can come off. Wipe away any excess glue.
Strong as a strong thing.

As frustrating as it is, this work is still for the management company to do, not the OP.

Yes - but the OP can 'guide' them :-)

HampshireH

Unless you report it to the man Co they won't necessarily know. They likely employed a contractor to do the lock and the contractor wouldn't be instructed to just do as they please.

If you are concerned about the broken door then report it.

A new aluminium door that size is about £3-4k inclusive of VAT. 

If you start gluing the door you could be held responsible for the damage