Fitting checks in Didcot
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 Didcot
Didcot railway terraces are imperial; the newer estates are metric. Width and height are taken at the head, the middle and the cill before anything is cut.
What fails on these doors
A door that fits one will not drop into the other without cutting. 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 Didcot
The carry in Didcot follows the street, not a generic drop-off. Terrace stairs are too tight to turn a door on the landing, so the leaf is walked up on edge. The opening itself is this one: didcot railway terraces are imperial; the newer estates are metric.
What the quote is based on
The quote for Didcot is based on this opening, not on a catalogue size: didcot railway terraces are imperial; the newer estates are metric. Say whether the frame stays and whether the door is internal, an entrance door, or a fire-door set.
Questions in Didcot
Didcot railway terraces are imperial; the newer estates are metric. 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.
Didcot railway terraces are imperial; the newer estates are metric. A door that only sticks in winter has usually swollen on the lock edge and can be eased. Replace it if the skin is holed, the door is twisted, or a hollow leaf has been forced.
Didcot railway terraces are imperial; the newer estates are metric. Terrace stairs are too tight to turn a door on the landing, so the leaf is walked up on edge. 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 Didcot the job we do take is this one: didcot railway terraces are imperial; the newer estates are metric.
Quote in Didcot
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.



