Burgled - need front door advice pls

[-DT-]

I was burgled this week (Live in South London) and they totally smashed the front door as per the pics. I live in an Edwardian house I want a door that is in-keeping. I also want to get it sorted in the next week or so, but all the places that sell what I am told are decent doors have long lead times. I have a carpenter who will do the work and recommended a couple of places, but they either can't deliver within a week or are asking for silly prices for something bespoke.

I've looked at:

- B&Q (utter rubbish!)
- Wickes (Better but can't see the full range in store)
- Travis Perkins (Not open again til Monday but I believe they do better quality)

Where else should I try that will be able to do it quickly?


Another option is that I went to a reclamation place that specialises in doors. They had a few 44mm 'old' pine front doors they could sell me for the £150-£200 range but they also said what they normally do is take old doors, and replace the panels with 18mm ply (integrated into the main part of the door so they rout the inside out around the panel to take the thicker MDF) and add some decorative beading which creates a very secure door that is in-keeping with the building.

They showed me a 12mm one they were part way through and it seemed pretty solid but they said they will do 18mm for my one.

They quoted £750 to do this by Friday. The base door was pine but seems pretty solid from what I could see.

The final door would look like below.

I wonder if this is a good option??

Thanks for all and any advice!

 

[KenGMac]

-DT-, good evening.

Surely this is an insurance claim??

Make a claim and it is up to the Insurer to make your property safe both on the short and long term.

If it were me and looking for a bespoke 4 Panel replacement.

The cheap option is that there are companies who manufacture [so called] solid core "blank" doors to which you can then add beads that make the flat blank appear like a 4 panel door

Ken

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Another point - you say 44mm whereas most exterior doors these days are 50mm.

 

[Bosswhite]

Get the Insurance Company to sort it out.
If you do it yourself and have another problem your Insurance Company could wash its hands over the future claim .

 

[JohnD]

@HautGammeFenetres you are mistaken.

I don't know what country you are familiar with, but it is not UK.

 

[JohnD]

Internal doors here are usually 35mm and external doors are usually 44mm

Both sizes are traditional from planing down stock Imperial (inch) sizes of sawn timber.
44mm (1 3/4") is from planing two-inch stock
35mm (1 3/8") is from planning one-and-a-half-inch stock

Examples:
http://www.premdor.co.uk/external-doors

http://www.premdor.co.uk/internal-doors?top=timber

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Internal doors here are usually 35mm and external doors are usually 44mm

Both sizes are traditional from planing down stock Imperial (inch) sizes of sawn timber.
44mm (1 3/4") is from planing two-inch stock
35mm (1 3/8") is from planning one-and-a-half-inch stock

I haven't installed a sub-44mm door anywhere in over 35 years. On most new builds these days 44mm is the standard for interior doors with exterior doors at 50mm or thicker. The problem of going to thicker doors is that you then need to replace the door frame if you want to retain any level of security

 

[JohnD]

I haven't installed a sub-44mm door anywhere in over 35 years.

I wonder who's buying all these 35mm internals, then.

mine are 44 because they're FD30.

My externals are 44mm M&T hardwood (not "engineered"). Not usually seen any more.

 

[Deleted member 174758]

My externals are 44mm M&T hardwood (not "engineered"). Not usually seen any more.

A lot are now 50mm I think partly because you can get FD60 standard more readily in 50mm.