Fitting checks in Gloucestershire
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
Tall villa leaves drop on two hinges. Riverside and dock doors rot at the cill.
Getting the leaf there
Villa stairs are wide enough to turn a door. Terrace halls are not.
What the quote is based on
In Gloucestershire the price moves with this housing: tall villa leaves drop on two hinges. Riverside and dock doors rot at the cill. Say how many doors, whether you have bought them, and whether the frame is rotten.
Questions in Gloucestershire
Regency villas in Cheltenham and dockside plus terrace housing in Gloucester. 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.
Regency villas in Cheltenham and dockside plus terrace housing in Gloucester. A catalogue blank only fits after the head, the middle and the cill are measured, because these frames are out of square. Hung to a spirit level instead of to the rebate, the gap turns into a wedge. Some heads are too low for a taller fire door.
Regency villas in Cheltenham and dockside plus terrace housing in Gloucester. Villa stairs are wide enough to turn a door. Terrace halls are not. 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 Gloucestershire the job we do take is this one: regency villas in Cheltenham and dockside plus terrace housing in Gloucester.
Quote in Gloucestershire
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.



