John Andrews wrote:
I have six horrible internal doors that I want to replace.
Unfortunately they are a mixture of sizes - the 30-odd quid
internal doors you can get from the big sheds are nowhere
near the correct sizes (e.g. one doorframe is 2.16m high).
I investigated custom-made doors, was quoted 450 quid each.
No way!

So here's a possible solution, given that I'm looking for
a traditional panelled door look, but have accepted that
I'll have to paint them ... buy big door blanks, cut/plane
to size, fit modest mouldings to approximate the look of
panels. Anyone out there ever tried this?

Why are these doors "horrible"? Can't you salvage them?

I made doors for my current house - 4-panel ones + 1 bi-fold.
It's just a matter of getting some 3/8" (9mm) ply, some 4x1 1/2
(metric whatnot) or similar timber, routing out (small electric
router or hand tool OK) along one edge of framing, cutting
lengths, mortice & tenon (poss. through pins), loose assemble,
measure up ply panels, glue up and assemble (two cheap sash
cramps needed), pin on mouldings (buy/make with router or plane),
hang, paint.


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