How much to fit oak internal doors

[KyleFz6]

Been quoted about £150 a door in my property, is this steep or about right?

 

[Munroast]

at £150 it's not oak

 

[aveatry]

Been quoted about £150 a door in my property, is this steep or about right?

Is that supply and fit, or just fit.

 

[KyleFz6]

Just to fit

 

[Diver Fred]

How many doors?

 

[aveatry]

How many doors?

I suppose yes because it will be more expensive for 1 door than each of 10 doors, once they have got the kit set up

 

[KyleFz6]

5x doors total

 

[Munroast]

depends on the doors and the door surrounds, doors designed for specific pre made frames already hinged and morticed - easy quick job

if its an old victorinan house with no two door frames the same, (corners not exactly 90°)
each door needs to be cut and plane'd to fit, all door furniture and hinges need to be morticed in - a day a door

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

What do the other two quotes say?

 

[Diver Fred]

This link posted in the last week will give a good idea of the work involved.

Oak doors are heavy.

 

[aveatry]

depends on the doors and the door surrounds, doors designed for specific pre made frames already hinged and morticed - easy quick job

if its an old victorinan house with no two door frames the same, (corners not exactly 90°)
each door needs to be cut and plane'd to fit, all door furniture and hinges need to be morticed in - a day a door

My much much younger house was the same

 

[chirpychippy]

I would love to get away with £150 a door for oak veneer, but the reality is different. I quote £120 per door with a caveat that the upstairs doors get cut upstairs.

Carpenters hate the weight of them, the older you get the more they hurt you.

If I agreed £150 per door as a customer, I would want leading edges on the hinge and latch side of the door and the gap when closed would need to be between 1.5mm & 2mm and follow the contour of the lining near perfectly, The hinge, lock,latch keep rebates would have to be absolutely perfect. I would want my staircase to have roll and stroll put on it and dust sheets protecting my floors and I wouldnt be paying cash.

 

[Wayners]

The problem is finding someone decent to do a good job.
If you have a few around you willing to take work on you can pick the cheapest.
If the tradesmen is good and busy they can charge what they want

 

[chirpychippy]

The problem is finding someone decent to do a good job.
If you have a few around you willing to take work on you can pick the cheapest.
If the tradesmen is good and busy they can charge what they want

Ii think Carpenters should be regulated amongst other trades that should be regulated.

That aside, I think any customer is up against it selecting trades people. I'd probably go down the "can I see doors you've hung already route" or reviews or photos anyone that cant i wouldnt bother with.

 

[robinbanks]

Been quoted about £150 a door in my property, is this steep or about right?

Seems reasonable.

What do you earn, per day? How long would it take you to fit a door, as a noob, following YouTube tutorials, do you think? (Now double it.) How much would it cost you to buy the tools you don’t already own? (Hinge jig, router, mortiser, chisels, cordless drill, planer, level, door stands etc)

Paying a pro to do it will end up cheap when you factor in everything you’d need to do to do it for “free”, and we tend to forget the money aspect of anything because we always earn more of it, but if we botch a DIY job then the error stares us in the face every time we see it, forever..