Fitting checks in Somerset
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
Low bungalow cills hold water. Victorian front doors rack in the wind so the lock misses the keep.
Getting the leaf there
Seafront hanging is done from the pavement, and the opening is sealed the same day.
What the quote is based on
In Somerset the price moves with this housing: low bungalow cills hold water. Victorian front doors rack in the wind so the lock misses the keep. Say how many doors, whether you have bought them, and whether the frame is rotten.
Questions in Somerset
Coastal bungalows and Victorian houses. 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 bungalows and Victorian houses. 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 bungalows and Victorian houses. Seafront hanging is done from the pavement, and the opening is sealed 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 Somerset the job we do take is this one: coastal bungalows and Victorian houses.
Quote in Somerset
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.



