Door fitting · Devon
Door fitting in Exeter
Yes. We hang doors in Exeter, Devon. Exeter terraces are workable imperial sizes; cob cottages on the edge are not. Those openings are measured before a leaf is cut. Send the door and whether the frame stays on the quote form or WhatsApp.
Fitting checks in Exeter
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
The opening in Exeter
Exeter terraces are workable imperial sizes; cob cottages on the edge are not. Width and height are taken at the head, the middle and the cill before anything is cut.
What fails on these doors
Those openings are measured before a leaf is cut. A leaf that only binds on that edge is eased. A twisted door, or a hollow skin that is split, is replaced.
Getting the leaf to Exeter
The carry in Exeter follows the street, not a generic drop-off. Lanes are narrow and seafront doors open off the pavement. An external opening is not left unfinished overnight. The opening itself is this one: exeter terraces are workable imperial sizes; cob cottages on the edge are not.
What the quote is based on
The quote for Exeter is based on this opening, not on a catalogue size: exeter terraces are workable imperial sizes; cob cottages on the edge are not. Say whether the frame stays and whether the door is internal, an entrance door, or a fire-door set.
Questions in Exeter
Exeter terraces are workable imperial sizes; cob cottages on the edge are not. 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.
Exeter terraces are workable imperial sizes; cob cottages on the edge are not. 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.
Exeter terraces are workable imperial sizes; cob cottages on the edge are not. 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 Exeter the job we do take is this one: exeter terraces are workable imperial sizes; cob cottages on the edge are not.
Quote in Exeter
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.