Fitting checks in Tynemouth
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 Tynemouth
Tynemouth stone and brick houses take wind-driven rain at the front door. Width and height are taken at the head, the middle and the cill before anything is cut.
What fails on these doors
The frame racks and the multi-point lock stops lining up. 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 Tynemouth
The carry in Tynemouth follows the street, not a generic drop-off. Terrace doors open straight off the pavement. There is no side path; the leaf is swapped from the street. The opening itself is this one: tynemouth stone and brick houses take wind-driven rain at the front door.
What the quote is based on
The quote for Tynemouth is based on this opening, not on a catalogue size: tynemouth stone and brick houses take wind-driven rain at the front door. Say whether the frame stays and whether the door is internal, an entrance door, or a fire-door set.
Questions in Tynemouth
Tynemouth stone and brick houses take wind-driven rain at the front door. 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.
Tynemouth stone and brick houses take wind-driven rain at the front door. Where that door opens onto a common stair, it has to be a fire-door set: leaf, frame, intumescent seals, hinges and closer together. A normal internal door in the old lining is not a fire door, and a certified leaf is not trimmed past the maker’s limit.
Tynemouth stone and brick houses take wind-driven rain at the front door. Terrace doors open straight off the pavement. There is no side path; the leaf is swapped from the street. 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 Tynemouth the job we do take is this one: tynemouth stone and brick houses take wind-driven rain at the front door.
Quote in Tynemouth
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.



