Odd-sized internal doors solution?
 

"John Andrews" wrote in message
om...
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?

Cheers

Make your own from scratch. 18 mm Plywood sheets are quite reasonably
priced, and when you use one as the door size and cut the rest to give you
the look of cross beams and uprights, they look like solid doors. Fill the
panel effect with some moulding timbers and you have made to measure doors.

Just a suggestions, but it looks good on our bathroom door which is a very
unusual size.


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Odd-sized internal doors solution?
 

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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Odd-sized internal doors solution?
 

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

Had that problem here, but the frames were in poor condition as well, so
I replaced all the internal door frames and doors with standard size
ones :-)

Lee


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Odd-sized internal doors solution?
 

"John Andrews" wrote in message
om...
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?



As Lee says, it might be easier to pull out the frames and put new ones in -
at least they'll be square and you should be able to slot a new door
straight in, more or less.

Si

Odd-sized internal doors solution?
 

Thanks very much for replies so far.

I like the idea of making the doors up from scratch.
However, I'd be concerned about warping with the
"big sheet of plywood" approach, so I'd probably
prefer doing it properly. Hmmmm. I must admit
that time is a real issue for me at the moment
too, so the flat door + mouldings approach is
still looking attractive, even though the end
result would be less than ideal.

I won't be taking the door frames out - the
101-year-old original architraves, skirtings etc.
are the best things about my flat.

Someone asked what was so wrong with the present doors -
imagine the worst frosted-glass, cheapo early 70's
efforts in shocking condition and you're there.
Every fibre of my being (and I've put on weight recently)
is offended at the sight of them.

Odd-sized internal doors solution?
 

On 29 Aug 2003 04:43:05 -0700, (John Andrews)
wrote:

In case anyone's interested ...
I went for the original approach mentioned in the
first post. I am happy with the results. The blank doors
which I used as the starting point, 7x3 feet, cost about
60 quid each.

Thanks for everyone's help, you're a swell bunch :)

Good stuff, you probably got enough left over for serving hatch door
and letter box flap too! ;O)

Bye now!
Slowbloke