Door fitting · West Lothian
Door fitting in Bathgate
Yes. We hang doors in Bathgate, West Lothian. Bathgate tenement entrance doors are a fire-door and closer job. Semis in the same town are a standard hang unless the door is from a garage into the house. Send the door and whether the frame stays on the quote form or WhatsApp.
Fitting checks in Bathgate
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 Bathgate
Bathgate tenement entrance doors are a fire-door and closer job. Width and height are taken at the head, the middle and the cill before anything is cut.
What fails on these doors
Semis in the same town are a standard hang unless the door is from a garage into the house. 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 Bathgate
The carry in Bathgate follows the street, not a generic drop-off. Stair carries for flats. Semis allow the van closer. The opening itself is this one: bathgate tenement entrance doors are a fire-door and closer job.
What the quote is based on
The quote for Bathgate is based on this opening, not on a catalogue size: bathgate tenement entrance doors are a fire-door and closer job. Say whether the frame stays and whether the door is internal, an entrance door, or a fire-door set.
Questions in Bathgate
Bathgate tenement entrance doors are a fire-door and closer job. 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.
Bathgate tenement entrance doors are a fire-door and closer job. 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.
Bathgate tenement entrance doors are a fire-door and closer job. Stair carries for flats. Semis allow the van closer. 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 Bathgate the job we do take is this one: bathgate tenement entrance doors are a fire-door and closer job.
Quote in Bathgate
Say which door you need hung and whether the frame is staying.