Door fitting · Shropshire
Door fitting in Shropshire
Yes. Door fitting in Shropshire covers timber-framed town houses and rural cottages, plus new-town metric housing in Telford. Send the door and whether the frame stays on the quote form or WhatsApp.
Fitting checks in Shropshire
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
Timber frames are far out of square. Cottage heads are low. Telford linings are a different, squarer job.
Getting the leaf there
Town-centre access is tight. Village lanes need the external opening finished the same day.
What the quote is based on
In Shropshire the price moves with this housing: timber frames are far out of square. Cottage heads are low. Telford linings are a different, squarer job. Say how many doors, whether you have bought them, and whether the frame is rotten.
Questions in Shropshire
Timber-framed town houses and rural cottages, plus new-town metric housing in Telford. 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.
Timber-framed town houses and rural cottages, plus new-town metric housing in Telford. 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.
Timber-framed town houses and rural cottages, plus new-town metric housing in Telford. Town-centre access is tight. Village lanes need the external opening finished the same day. 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 Shropshire the job we do take is this one: timber-framed town houses and rural cottages, plus new-town metric housing in Telford.
Quote in Shropshire
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.