Melamine board

[A500leroy]

Stupid question from a novice.

I could do with new kitchen doors, but they are an oddball size.

So would getting some white melamine board cut to size and glued to the fronts of the existing work?

[illmonkey]

It'll look pretty awful!

Before I done my kitchen I bought and installed a dishwasher (previouly it was just a void) so needed a new door. B&Q sold a plain white door and it looked crap for the few months I had it on.

Get yourself to Howdens and get some trade price doors, they are very cheap!

ETA: I forgot you said odd sizes. Odd how? Doors are sold as "500mm wide" but are actually 497mm, as shown here from Howdens

Edited by illmonkey on Sunday 1st June 10:32

[Slagathore]

Pretty sure you can get made to measure doors from several places online?

[OutInTheShed]

There are a few online suppliers who do kitchen doors in all sorts of sizes.

If you must DIY, then painting the existing can work, or solid wood doors might be trimmed to size?

Decent melamine/formica etc is quite expensive, if you can even find it, and not trivial to glue to things.

[Fatboy]

Slagathore said:

Pretty sure you can get made to measure doors from several places online?

https://www.savoytimber.com/replacement-kitchen-doors.html

As above, a much better option than trying to edge up some regular MFC...

I used to use 'Doors 2 Size', who were excellent, but they've closed down now

[Huzzah]

OutInTheShed said:

There are a few online suppliers who do kitchen doors in all sorts of sizes.

If you must DIY, then painting the existing can work, or solid wood doors might be trimmed to size?

Decent melamine/formica etc is quite expensive, if you can even find it, and not trivial to glue to things.

Agreed with painting can look decent, easy enough to re-touch too. Prep is tough, must be clean.

I've heard of wrapping too, but not tried or seen it.

[A500leroy]

Back to drawing board.

[98elise]

illmonkey said:

It'll look pretty awful!

Before I done my kitchen I bought and installed a dishwasher (previouly it was just a void) so needed a new door. B&Q sold a plain white door and it looked crap for the few months I had it on.

Get yourself to Howdens and get some trade price doors, they are very cheap!

ETA: I forgot you said odd sizes. Odd how? Doors are sold as "500mm wide" but are actually 497mm, as shown here from Howdens

Edited by illmonkey on Sunday 1st June 10:32

Isn't Howdens Trade only?

[scooby1994]

go to a joiners shop with your sizes.they will let you choose laminated mfc board's from a catalogue but make sure they have an edge bander,they will cut and edge them for you and drill of the hinges,or they can make some shaker style doors ( easy to make ) out of mdf that you can paint