Fitting checks in North Ayrshire
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
Cills, hinges and letterplates on the sea side. A racked frame puts the multi-point lock out.
Getting the leaf there
Street-front doors, sealed the same day so the opening is not left to the weather.
What the quote is based on
In North Ayrshire the price moves with this housing: cills, hinges and letterplates on the sea side. A racked frame puts the multi-point lock out. Say how many doors, whether you have bought them, and whether the frame is rotten.
Questions in North Ayrshire
Coastal town housing. 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.
Coastal town housing. 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.
Coastal town housing. Street-front doors, sealed the same day so the opening is not left to the weather. 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 North Ayrshire the job we do take is this one: coastal town housing.
Quote in North Ayrshire
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.



