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Fitting checks in Sussex

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

Salt and low cills on the coast. Inland village openings are simply out of square.

Getting the leaf there

Seafront doors are fitted from the pavement and closed up the same day. Bungalows have no stair to turn a leaf on.

What the quote is based on

In Sussex the price moves with this housing: salt and low cills on the coast. Inland village openings are simply out of square. Say how many doors, whether you have bought them, and whether the frame is rotten.

Questions in Sussex

How much does door fitting cost in Sussex?

Coastal bungalows, seafront houses and a few inland village 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.

Why do entrance doors in Sussex fail at the hinges and cill?

Coastal bungalows, seafront houses and a few inland village 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.

How do you get the door into the property?

Coastal bungalows, seafront houses and a few inland village houses. Seafront doors are fitted from the pavement and closed up the same day. Bungalows have no stair to turn a leaf on. Tell us about stairs, lifts and where a van can stop when you ask for the quote.

What door work do you not do in Sussex?

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 Sussex the job we do take is this one: coastal bungalows, seafront houses and a few inland village houses.

Quote in Sussex

Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.

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