Door fitting · Devon
Door fitting in Devon
Yes. Door fitting in Devon covers cob and stone cottages inland, coastal terraces and bungalows on the shore. Very little of the older stock is a stock door size. Send the door and whether the frame stays on the quote form or WhatsApp.
Fitting checks in Devon
Before the visit
- ✓ Measure head, middle and cill
- ✓ See if the frame is rotten or out of square
- ✓ Confirm fire door, entrance door or internal leaf
- ✓ Check stairs, lifts and where a van can stop
During the hang
- ✓ Protect the floor
- ✓ Pack the frame if it is being replaced
- ✓ Mortice hinges and set the latch or lock
- ✓ Keep an external opening closed the same day
After the hang
- ✓ Swing the door and move the keep
- ✓ Check seals on entrance and fire doors
- ✓ Clear shavings
- ✓ Tell you what not to paint or plane
What fails first
Cob and stone openings are out of square and often low. Salt and wind-driven rain destroy coastal cills and hinges.
Getting the leaf there
Lanes are narrow and seafront doors open off the pavement. An external opening is not left unfinished overnight.
What the quote is based on
In Devon the price moves with this housing: cob and stone openings are out of square and often low. Salt and wind-driven rain destroy coastal cills and hinges. Say how many doors, whether you have bought them, and whether the frame is rotten.
Questions in Devon
Cob and stone cottages inland, coastal terraces and bungalows on the shore. Labour to hang an internal door in a frame that stays is typically £70–£150, and supply and fit of a standard internal door is often £150–£400. An entrance door or an FD30 set costs more because of the lock, seals and closer. The written quote uses this opening, not a flat call-out fee.
Cob and stone cottages inland, coastal terraces and bungalows on the shore. Salt and wind-driven rain then attack the hinges, letterplate and threshold seal before the slab looks worn. The visit includes that ironmongery and the cill, not only a new leaf in a rotten frame.
Cob and stone cottages inland, coastal terraces and bungalows on the shore. Lanes are narrow and seafront doors open off the pavement. An external opening is not left unfinished overnight. Tell us about stairs, lifts and where a van can stop when you ask for the quote.
We hang and replace doors and frames. We do not fit windows, up-and-over garage doors, electric gates, or a lintel. A lock-only emergency on a sound door is locksmith work. In Devon the job we do take is this one: cob and stone cottages inland, coastal terraces and bungalows on the shore.
Quote in Devon
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.