Getting new interior doors (custom)? Where to go?

[Mr. Clueless]

Our double doors that separate the living room & diner, as far as i am aware they are a strange size?
Exactly 78 inch in height
Exactly 59cm in width

Sorry for the format switch but those are the exactlies.

They're brown (previous owner seemed to LOVE anything & everything brown - we're currently looking at replacing our brown sink!!) so we want them gone. One side is battered from where their dog tried to chew through it.

Not quite sure what style door we want yet but i'd be happy with like-for-like.

Just, where to begin with in looking for such a door?

 

[dilalio]

I had an almost identical situation in my domicile
The previous owner had diy'ed them. A decent enough effort project wise, must have taken him some time, but I hated them... All unbalanced frame and door wise, and he'd used 'tulip' glass and didn't realise as some of the panes had tulips upside down or horizontal
I went to a local joinery company and had them make a bespoke set for me. Their price was surprisingly reasonable and the resulting look was excellent!
Worth getting an estimate or two...

 

[Mr. Clueless]

So it's looking out the yellow pages for a joiner then Thanks. Just didn't know who to turn to really.

Will have to see if any friends/family know of any good joiners.

 

[dilalio]

Google; him say...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=j...e=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari#istate=lrl:mlt

Try and find a small, local shop rather than something like Howdens. You'll get a craftsman with his own local reputation and likely some sample photos to look at, also, he'll make everything from scratch whereas a national firm will use stocked doors and fabricate a frame around them to take up any gaps left to fit it into the opening... This can give an unbalanced look with light framing to doors and heavy framing to door frame!

 

[foxhole]

Standard door size, though normally used for cupboards etc as they are narrow.
http://www.doorsworld.co/c/H_78in_x_W_24in.htm

 

[Mr. Clueless]

Standard door size, though normally used for cupboards etc as they are narrow.
http://www.doorsworld.co/c/H_78in_x_W_24in.htm

Looking at those measurements, would you reckon the existing doors were planed down a lot then? Since i specified the width as 590mm but that link gives 610mm?

 

[dilalio]

I'd say sawn down, then planed. 10mm off either side which will work if doors are solid timber, but could make them look unbalanced depending on style. Could also give you problems with door furniture (locks handles etc).
If a lightweight component/composite door, then lipping on lock and hinge edges is unlikely to allow 10mm removal each edge! That's why it may be worth having them made!

 

[foxhole]

They will be planed, no one in there right mind would attempt trimming a few mm with a saw.If I had openings that narrow then I would consider changing the split to a door and a half.

 

[dilalio]

Depends on the saw you have.
And the plane!

 

[Gerrydelasel]

Noticing you're in Lancashire, you could maybe use http://pineoakiofurniture.com/
They're in Keighly. They mostly make kitchens but they will also make doors or anything else to your spec. I recently had some panelled doors made the traditional way by them, and the price was the same as a (decent) off-the-shelf door!