Hi all,
In a long story cut short, I was scammed out of the £1500 I had set aside to replace my uPVC front door by a sophisticated invoice hacker scam. Anger has turned to a miserable acceptance.
To get over it, I am going to replace the front door and side window myself with the help of my father-in-law, who is a handy amateur joiner and very good DIYer, and i would say I am an assured DIYer. I have built and hung internal walls and doors before, but never tackled a front door. It doesn't seem like a huge leap forward in skills. Have attached pics of door at the moment. Have bought and had stripped a reclaimed 1930s door that I am having reglazed with stained glass and have commissioned a stained glass side window so that both match the original features on display in other 1930 houses in my street. My questions are:
1) Am I crazy doing this myself?
2) Am I likely to fall foul of building regs?
3) Before deep research, I am assuming I build a complete frame for window and door first, then insert the window, install and hang door. Is this a good back-of-napkin workflow?
4) I have never fitted a window before. Could someone point me towards some good advice or guides for this?
Any other tips, advise or warnings (even if it is - don't do it!) would be hugely appreciated. Determined to claw back this £1500 through my own hard work and learn some new skills along the way.
Tom
In a long story cut short, I was scammed out of the £1500 I had set aside to replace my uPVC front door by a sophisticated invoice hacker scam. Anger has turned to a miserable acceptance.
To get over it, I am going to replace the front door and side window myself with the help of my father-in-law, who is a handy amateur joiner and very good DIYer, and i would say I am an assured DIYer. I have built and hung internal walls and doors before, but never tackled a front door. It doesn't seem like a huge leap forward in skills. Have attached pics of door at the moment. Have bought and had stripped a reclaimed 1930s door that I am having reglazed with stained glass and have commissioned a stained glass side window so that both match the original features on display in other 1930 houses in my street. My questions are:
1) Am I crazy doing this myself?
2) Am I likely to fall foul of building regs?
3) Before deep research, I am assuming I build a complete frame for window and door first, then insert the window, install and hang door. Is this a good back-of-napkin workflow?
4) I have never fitted a window before. Could someone point me towards some good advice or guides for this?
Any other tips, advise or warnings (even if it is - don't do it!) would be hugely appreciated. Determined to claw back this £1500 through my own hard work and learn some new skills along the way.
Tom
