Fitting checks in Telford
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 Telford
Telford new-town houses use metric linings. Width and height are taken at the head, the middle and the cill before anything is cut.
What fails on these doors
Visits are dropped hinges, swollen hollow doors and garage-to-house fire doors. 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 Telford
The carry in Telford follows the street, not a generic drop-off. Town-centre access is tight. Village lanes need the external opening finished the same day. The opening itself is this one: telford new-town houses use metric linings.
What the quote is based on
The quote for Telford is based on this opening, not on a catalogue size: telford new-town houses use metric linings. Say whether the frame stays and whether the door is internal, an entrance door, or a fire-door set.
Questions in Telford
Telford new-town houses use metric linings. 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.
Telford new-town houses use metric linings. 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.
Telford new-town houses use metric linings. 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 Telford the job we do take is this one: telford new-town houses use metric linings.
Quote in Telford
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.



