Door fitting · Staffordshire
Door fitting in Shenstone
Yes. We hang doors in Shenstone, Staffordshire. Shenstone cottages have irregular openings and low heads. A standard blank will not sit in them without cutting, and some heads are too low for a fire door. Send the door and whether the frame stays on the quote form or WhatsApp.
Fitting checks in Shenstone
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 Shenstone
Shenstone cottages have irregular openings and low heads. Width and height are taken at the head, the middle and the cill before anything is cut.
What fails on these doors
A standard blank will not sit in them without cutting, and some heads are too low for a fire door. 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 Shenstone
The carry in Shenstone follows the street, not a generic drop-off. On-street terraces: the leaf comes in through the front door and the old one goes out the same way. The opening itself is this one: shenstone cottages have irregular openings and low heads.
What the quote is based on
The quote for Shenstone is based on this opening, not on a catalogue size: shenstone cottages have irregular openings and low heads. Say whether the frame stays and whether the door is internal, an entrance door, or a fire-door set.
Questions in Shenstone
Shenstone cottages have irregular openings and low heads. 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.
Shenstone cottages have irregular openings and low heads. 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.
Shenstone cottages have irregular openings and low heads. On-street terraces: the leaf comes in through the front door and the old one goes out the same way. 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 Shenstone the job we do take is this one: shenstone cottages have irregular openings and low heads.
Quote in Shenstone
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.