Internal oak veneer door match

[richie967]

Hi Forum, I am trying to match a damaged door with a replacement. It is a 2'6" Internal oak veneer flush door with an unusual inlay.

These were probably produced at least 8-10 years ago, and I am struggling to find a match. Ive just been to Howdens and they have a flush oak door, but the wood is quite bit lighter, and the inlay is just a dark brown colour. Has anyone seen an inlay like this before...?

Picture attached to this post.... If anyone has any idea of where I can source one i'd be extremely grateful!!!!

Cheers, rich

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• richie967
• 19 Jun 2013
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[Dave54]

I'd have thought you'd have a job finding an 8-10 y/o door type like this. Could be wrong of course. I hope I am.
Assuming you have to replace (or repair?) First question is what's the damage to the existing door? Could it be re- veneered, or even (possibly) have a piece of veneer let in as a repair? The pieces of inlay are known as (cross) bandings. You can get veneer, and bandings from Aaronson http://www.veneers.org.uk/html/bandings.html. When I've dealt with them in the past they seemed pretty knowledgable and the service was good.
It occurs to me that if you can get a similar door, it might be possible to let in pieces of banding to match the others, but a repair or adding banding to an existing door would require a certain amount of experience and skill.

 

[richie967]

Hi Dave, cheers for the reply, I assumed that the door would just need to be replaced, as i'm not sure I have the skill to be able to repair it. I guess with a good bit of skill the centre panel of veneer could be removed and replaced with a new panel, the damage is a small hole in the centre panel to one side.

How much do you think a reputable carpenter would charge to get this done? based in south wales

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• richie967
• 19 Jun 2013
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[Dave54]

The only way I can see to do a job like that would be to replace the panel on that side of the door. That is I assume the whole side of the door, the "frame" being veneer?

New veneer would have to be made up with the "frame", bandings and panel to match the other side of the door and applied onto a ply or similar ground with a balancing veneer on the other side. You need someone used to doing that sort of work, and who has a large enough veneer press to do it. When you take in the chance of damaging the other side of the door, refinishing etc. etc. it may be more economical to get a matching door made.

In either case I can't see it being a cheap job although I can't say exactly how much. Try asking local furniture restorers and makers to see if they are interested, and can actually do the work. I doubt if the average jobbing chippy would want to do this sort of work.