Replacing rear-door of garage

[mointainwalker]

Since I had no replies in "Doors and Windows" on this, hopefully you guys will be more forthcoming

The rental-agents for my UK house have just sent me an estimate to replace the above which is a softwood, panel-door with four glazed panes. Believe it was likely Boulton and Paul rubbish to begin with so surprised it lasted so long - twenty-five years, although with regular re-painting .

What would be your suggestions as to suppliers of this type of door ? I only want to check out price/quality and whether they are normally supplied ready-primed .

Agent has quoted me GBP 465 for the above which is door only, replace using existing "ironmongery " and for priming/undercoating and gloss-coating. No agent's mark-up. Sounds rather high to me but maybe I am out of touch with UK costs.

From other work - i.e. tighten a door-handle GBP 15, replace a hinge on a cupboard GBP 30 - I'm guessing that they are working on GBP 60 or so/hour labour in SE England ( Cambridge )

Thanks for any reples

 

[noseall]

It would be silly to comment upon price unless you had a specific door to compare as there are hundreds of glazed 4 panel doors.

I am not aware of seeing any exterior doors ready primed.

I would be thinking along the lines of £150 for the door, £100 for fitting and similar for painting.

£60 per hour would be outrageous in today's market. However, the actual act of replacing the cupboard hinge (£30) is only part of the job, surely?