Door fitting · Greater London
Door fitting in Greater London
Yes. Door fitting in Greater London covers most London work is mansion blocks, converted houses and purpose-built flats, with a house semi further out. Stair landings are narrow and many entrance doors sit on an escape route. Send the door and whether the frame stays on the quote form or WhatsApp.
Fitting checks in Greater London
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
Flat entrance doors and doors onto a common stair are the jobs that get refused by managing agents when the leaf, seals and closer are not a matched set. House linings further out are often still imperial and out of square.
Getting the leaf there
A 2040mm slab rarely fits in a lift and a van cannot always wait on a red route, so the leaf is carried in and the old door is taken out the same way.
What the quote is based on
In Greater London the price moves with this housing: flat entrance doors and doors onto a common stair are the jobs that get refused by managing agents when the leaf, seals and closer are not a matched set. House linings further out are often still imperial and out of square. Say how many doors, whether you have bought them, and whether the frame is rotten.
Questions in Greater London
Most London work is mansion blocks, converted houses and purpose-built flats, with a house semi further out. 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.
Most London work is mansion blocks, converted houses and purpose-built flats, with a house semi further out. Where that door opens onto a common stair, it has to be a fire-door set: leaf, frame, intumescent seals, hinges and closer together. A normal internal door in the old lining is not a fire door, and a certified leaf is not trimmed past the maker’s limit.
Most London work is mansion blocks, converted houses and purpose-built flats, with a house semi further out. A 2040mm slab rarely fits in a lift and a van cannot always wait on a red route, so the leaf is carried in and the old door is taken out the same way. 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 Greater London the job we do take is this one: most London work is mansion blocks, converted houses and purpose-built flats, with a house semi further out.
Quote in Greater London
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.