Solid core internal door brand/seller recommendations?

delmonta

Hi

I'm looking to replace all my terrible internal doors for solid core ones. I've been looking at Deanta as a brand as someone years ago mentioned them and it stuck with me

I'm looking to get fairly simple looking shaker ones, in natural wood finish

Any recommendations on food beans or sellers? 

Thanks

silvercar

We’ve been happy with Todd doors

travis-powers

Travis Perkins stock Deanta, I hung some pre finished 4 panel oak doors loads of oak on the stiles for shooting in and I was taking off 20mm+ off bottom and was still solid oak, I was impressed with the quality, I believe they was £150 each.
 You can get similar cheaper from Howdens but the quality isn’t there less oak on the stiles, and you tend to expose the chipboard core should you have to cut the bottom which then really needs to be sealed.

delmonta

travis-powers said:

Travis Perkins stock Deanta, I hung some pre finished 4 panel oak doors loads of oak on the stiles for shooting in and I was taking off 20mm+ off bottom and was still solid oak, I was impressed with the quality, I believe they was £150 each.
 You can get similar cheaper from Howdens but the quality isn’t there less oak on the stiles, and you tend to expose the chipboard core should you have to cut the bottom which then really needs to be sealed.

Thanks, did you get the Deanta ones?

It turns out only 2 of my 5 doors would work with their standard sizes. The other need about 60mm taken off the height which is way too much, but I don't mind cutting into the solid core and putting the wood back in and sealing the end. But they also need to be cut down on the sides beyond the maximum killing amount, and I don't want to try and do the same on the sides

So I'm a bit stuck as I have weird door sizes! I'll get a quote for custom ones but it's going to be expensive 

travis-powers

delmonta said:

travis-powers said:

Travis Perkins stock Deanta, I hung some pre finished 4 panel oak doors loads of oak on the stiles for shooting in and I was taking off 20mm+ off bottom and was still solid oak, I was impressed with the quality, I believe they was £150 each.
 You can get similar cheaper from Howdens but the quality isn’t there less oak on the stiles, and you tend to expose the chipboard core should you have to cut the bottom which then really needs to be sealed.

Thanks, did you get the Deanta ones?

It turns out only 2 of my 5 doors would work with their standard sizes. The other need about 60mm taken off the height which is way too much, but I don't mind cutting into the solid core and putting the wood back in and sealing the end. But they also need to be cut down on the sides beyond the maximum killing amount, and I don't want to try and do the same on the sides

So I'm a bit stuck as I have weird door sizes! I'll get a quote for custom ones but it's going to be expensive 

Yes but client supplied, how much do you need to take off the stiles as there was a good 30mm of oak on each stile taking into consideration you need some meat for the hinge to bite into you could push the limit!
 I worked on an old Victorian house with odd sized linings and the builder sourced doors from Todd doors as Silvercar suggested, which was non standard size and I was able to make them fit.
 Another possible option you could cut and lip doors however I like to see stiles and head the same width for balance and this would greatly increase your fitting costs, obviously you couldn’t do that to a pre finished door.

delmonta

travis-powers said:

delmonta said:

travis-powers said:

Travis Perkins stock Deanta, I hung some pre finished 4 panel oak doors loads of oak on the stiles for shooting in and I was taking off 20mm+ off bottom and was still solid oak, I was impressed with the quality, I believe they was £150 each.
 You can get similar cheaper from Howdens but the quality isn’t there less oak on the stiles, and you tend to expose the chipboard core should you have to cut the bottom which then really needs to be sealed.

Thanks, did you get the Deanta ones?

It turns out only 2 of my 5 doors would work with their standard sizes. The other need about 60mm taken off the height which is way too much, but I don't mind cutting into the solid core and putting the wood back in and sealing the end. But they also need to be cut down on the sides beyond the maximum killing amount, and I don't want to try and do the same on the sides

So I'm a bit stuck as I have weird door sizes! I'll get a quote for custom ones but it's going to be expensive 

Yes but client supplied, how much do you need to take off the stiles as there was a good 30mm of oak on each stile taking into consideration you need some meat for the hinge to bite into you could push the limit!
 I worked on an old Victorian house with odd sized linings and the builder sourced doors from Todd doors as Silvercar suggested, which was non standard size and I was able to make them fit.
 Another possible option you could cut and lip doors however I like to see stiles and head the same width for balance and this would greatly increase your fitting costs, obviously you couldn’t do that to a pre finished door.

Thanks, yeah I need to take off about 50mm on the height on some of them, and the max is 32 mm. I don't mind cutting the height down more and then re lipping them on the bottom. But the issue is with the width, as some of them also need beyond the maximum amount taken off the width, and as you said I don't want to make the doors look uneven, I don't mind on the vertical length so much, but side to side it should be symmetrical. 

The doors I was looking at are Prenifished with a satin lacquer, why could you not re lip them? Or maybe it would just be ok on the bottom, not the sides

delmonta

travis-powers said:

delmonta said:

travis-powers said:

Travis Perkins stock Deanta, I hung some pre finished 4 panel oak doors loads of oak on the stiles for shooting in and I was taking off 20mm+ off bottom and was still solid oak, I was impressed with the quality, I believe they was £150 each.
 You can get similar cheaper from Howdens but the quality isn’t there less oak on the stiles, and you tend to expose the chipboard core should you have to cut the bottom which then really needs to be sealed.

Thanks, did you get the Deanta ones?

It turns out only 2 of my 5 doors would work with their standard sizes. The other need about 60mm taken off the height which is way too much, but I don't mind cutting into the solid core and putting the wood back in and sealing the end. But they also need to be cut down on the sides beyond the maximum killing amount, and I don't want to try and do the same on the sides

So I'm a bit stuck as I have weird door sizes! I'll get a quote for custom ones but it's going to be expensive 

Yes but client supplied, how much do you need to take off the stiles as there was a good 30mm of oak on each stile taking into consideration you need some meat for the hinge to bite into you could push the limit!
 I worked on an old Victorian house with odd sized linings and the builder sourced doors from Todd doors as Silvercar suggested, which was non standard size and I was able to make them fit.
 Another possible option you could cut and lip doors however I like to see stiles and head the same width for balance and this would greatly increase your fitting costs, obviously you couldn’t do that to a pre finished door.

Thanks for the tip on Todds doors, they have a size nowhere else seems to have which would make it possible to do most of my doors. I'm looking at the Trent 4 panel : https://www.todd-doors.co.uk/trent-4-panel-oak

I'm just a bit confused about the specs. It says : 

Trimming Allowance	To maintain the integrity of this door you may trim up to 6mm off each edge, up to 6mm off the top* and up to 50mm off the bottom*.
Trimming Note	In trimming any part of this door you will need to re-seal the exposed edges. In trimming the height the core may become exposed.

What does it mean 'In trimming the height the core may become exposed'? It states above that you can take 50mm off the bottom, does that mean 50mm on the bottom of the door is solid wood? These statements appear to be conflicting

I've tried calling them multiple times, no answer! Did you work this out? thanks again

travis-powers

What they mean is you can take a lot off the bottom of the door but the chipboard core will be exposed which is fine as it’s not seen but should be sealed I use waterproof pva, some don’t bother but can lead to problems in the future.
 You may be able to take a little more than the recommended amount of each side but would need to see door before hand.
 The trouble with putting lippings on a pre finished door is that it would be nearly impossible to hide.

delmonta

travis-powers said:

What they mean is you can take a lot off the bottom of the door but the chipboard core will be exposed which is fine as it’s not seen but should be sealed I use waterproof pva, some don’t bother but can lead to problems in the future.
 You may be able to take a little more than the recommended amount of each side but would need to see door before hand.
 The trouble with putting lippings on a pre finished door is that it would be nearly impossible to hide.

Ok thanks. I was thinking if I take a large amount of the bottom, I would just chisel out some of the core and then put the wood I'd cut off back in and glue it, rather than just sealing the bottom. Just for more strentgh