Door hanging

[lewyboy]

I'm planning on using a carpenter to hang 7 doors in the house. What would be a reasonable price?

I've been quoted £35 per door which is more than the doors cost!

I know this is regional but I could really do with a ball park figure.

Cheers
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[wedge69]

Where do you live?

The guy who did ours charged £15 a door if you didn't buy the doors off him.

 

[Ukwoody]

Wedge, £15 is a pretty good rate. It does depend on where you are, around here I charge between £20 and £30 depending on exactly how many, and what is involved. (If it's only one, I charge at least £30 due to the time, effort travelling etc.). But I know quite a lot of chippies around the country do charge about £35 per door.


However, For 7 doors you could possibly get him to go abit lower, if he can hang all 7 in one day thats £255, which aint a bad wack.

Woody

 

[I do this for a living]

I think 35 a door is reasonable, I am paying £45 a door on my own site.

I am paying London rates though

 

[The Baker]

A question lewyboy,
are these new doors in new frames, old doors in old frames, old doors in new frames, or new doors in old frames and if you do want existing frames to be utilised are you expecting the chippy to use the old hinge recessess?
Also is the door furniture to be rebated or surface mounted?
The Baker

 

[WoodYouLike]

Hi Baker

Sounds like a quote
But your right, these money questions can't be answered without knowing the specs.

 

[Thermo]

if theyre going into old frames 7 in a day is pushing it somewhat

 

[chappers]

It would totaly depend I would normally charge £50 for one door and £35 for a second or £35 a door for 3 or more provided they are straight forward.
as Thermo says a lot depends on the state of the frames etc .

Bare in mind that 3 doors could be a nightmare to do and could in a worst case scenario take most of a day and £110 a day is at least a day short of my day rate.
Fire doors are a bit slower to do as are front doors.
I think £35 is a fair price.

 

[lewyboy]

Thanks for the response guys,
These are new doors in old frames, the hinges can go back ik where the old ones were and the furniture looks straightforward.
The price is for 2 blokes and they come reccomended, they reckon on a day and a half.
I've loads of other work to be done and if they're any good and fair with me they'll get lots more work from me.

 

[biffvernon]

There's a price for doing a job and there's a price for knowing how to do a job. How much do you pay your hairdresser, car mechanic and solicitor?