West Midlands oak front door

[PositronicRay]

Any recommendations for a West Midlands based fitter/supplier?

[V8RX7]

My carpenter (based in Henley) would fit one - but he'd charge £200.

[PositronicRay]

V8RX7 said:

My carpenter (based in Henley) would fit one - but he'd charge £200.

Thanks, good to know. I'm after a supplier as well.

[V8RX7]

Depends what you want really - they vary in quality - when I bought my first one I hadn't realised that the vast majority are veneered and the potential pitfalls of that.

Dave buys most of his timber from here - I expect they are middle of the range

https://www.daviestimber.co.uk/products/External-D...

[FuzzyLogic]

I can highly recommend these guys:

http://doormaker.co.uk/ (same company here: http://www.jonathanelwellinteriors.co.uk/)

We had ours done last year (Oxford) and they cover all areas.

Not cheap but the finish and end result is fantastic

[PositronicRay]

FuzzyLogic said:

I can highly recommend these guys:

http://doormaker.co.uk/ (same company here: http://www.jonathanelwellinteriors.co.uk/)

We had ours done last year (Oxford) and they cover all areas.

Not cheap but the finish and end result is fantastic

Quite liking the look of this one but in a lighter colour, any views of iroko v European oak? Iroko does sound hardwearing and stable


doormaker.co.uk/iroko-door-gfl16/

[dmsims]

FuzzyLogic said:

I can highly recommend these guys:

http://doormaker.co.uk/ (same company here: http://www.jonathanelwellinteriors.co.uk/)

We had ours done last year (Oxford) and they cover all areas.

Not cheap but the finish and end result is fantastic

Thanks, bookmarked and will be a canned response whenever someone ethuses about those stty plastic doors!

[Wozy68]

PositronicRay said:

Quite liking the look of this one but in a lighter colour, any views of iroko v European oak? Iroko does sound hardwearing and stable


doormaker.co.uk/iroko-door-gfl16/

If old Blighty could have grown iroko back in the day, we'd still have oak forests as the Navy would have used iroko.

Its extremely stable, doesn't really shrink and is naturally oily. It's one of the finest timbers available for joinery imo .

[PositronicRay]

Wozy68 said:

PositronicRay said:

Quite liking the look of this one but in a lighter colour, any views of iroko v European oak? Iroko does sound hardwearing and stable


doormaker.co.uk/iroko-door-gfl16/

If old Blighty could have grown iroko back in the day, we'd still have oak forests as the Navy would have used iroko.

Its extremely stable, doesn't really shrink and is naturally oily. It's one of the finest timbers available for joinery imo .

It appears it's also available for kitchen worktops, any experience?

[PositronicRay]

Anyone used engineered timber for doors?

https://www.timberwindows.com/app/uploads/2017/10/...

[pterodroma]

PositronicRay said:

Anyone used engineered timber for doors?

https://www.timberwindows.com/app/uploads/2017/10/...

We installed a couple of their windows and I had a quote for the front door too. Silly money (as were the windows to be fair). I can dig it out to check but think it was getting on for £4k.

My folks put one of the doors in their clifftop property on the south coast, and it is withstanding the associated weather, salt etc very well 5-6 years later.

[PositronicRay]

Thanks, sounds pricey.

[PositronicRay]

pterodroma said:

PositronicRay said:

Anyone used engineered timber for doors?

https://www.timberwindows.com/app/uploads/2017/10/...

We installed a couple of their windows and I had a quote for the front door too. Silly money (as were the windows to be fair). I can dig it out to check but think it was getting on for £4k.

My folks put one of the doors in their clifftop property on the south coast, and it is withstanding the associated weather, salt etc very well 5-6 years later.

Yup had the guy out £4k seems to be the going rate.

[V8RX7]

PositronicRay said:

Yup had the guy out £4k seems to be the going rate.

Jesus - I've fitted a houseful of Upvc windows and doors for less - I've got to change my market.