Door fitting · Oxfordshire
Door fitting in Oxford
Yes. We hang doors in Oxford, Oxfordshire. Oxford Victorian terraces and conversions have tight stairs. A fire door for the escape route is hung to the gap the certificate allows, and it is not trimmed past the maker’s limit. Send the door and whether the frame stays on the quote form or WhatsApp.
Fitting checks in Oxford
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 Oxford
Oxford Victorian terraces and conversions have tight stairs. Width and height are taken at the head, the middle and the cill before anything is cut.
What fails on these doors
A fire door for the escape route is hung to the gap the certificate allows, and it is not trimmed past the maker’s limit. 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 Oxford
The carry in Oxford 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: oxford Victorian terraces and conversions have tight stairs.
What the quote is based on
The quote for Oxford is based on this opening, not on a catalogue size: oxford Victorian terraces and conversions have tight stairs. Say whether the frame stays and whether the door is internal, an entrance door, or a fire-door set.
Questions in Oxford
Oxford Victorian terraces and conversions have tight stairs. 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.
Oxford Victorian terraces and conversions have tight stairs. 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.
Oxford Victorian terraces and conversions have tight stairs. 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 Oxford the job we do take is this one: oxford Victorian terraces and conversions have tight stairs.
Quote in Oxford
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.