Internal door sizes and thickness - imperial

[Chris Kirkman]

I am trying to find internal doors to replace some which were originally fitted when the house was built in 1954.
These are 6'6" x 2'6" and 2'3" but the difficulty I am having is getting the right thickness, 40mm or 1 5/8".
What I would ideally like is exactly the same size in 4 panel moulded with a grained finish. The only thing I have located is at Jeld-Wen but these are ridiculously expensive.
Of course I could put in a filler piece around the frame and use thinner doors but this makes it a much bigger job.

Anyone know where I might be able to find doors of the right size?

Thanks for any help or suggestions.

Chris K

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

I just googled '40mm thick door' and got loads of results!

 

[Chris Kirkman]

I also found lots of sites when doing a search for 40mm doors but every one I looked at only did 40mm in metric sized doors. Been round all the buliders merchants, DIY stores and a local branch of door company. Everyone seems to say the same, they don't do imperial sized doors in 40mm thickness.

Chris K

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

http://www.lawsons.co.uk/04doors/white_oak_raised.htm Tunis for example!

This one was the 6th one down on google so I'm sure there'll be plenty of choice if you have a good look. Builders merchants don't ususlly stock items that are not very popular for obvious reasons. Try door specialists or joiners.

 

[Chris Kirkman]

Thanks for that. Unfortunately that's solid oak not a moulded door and at prices they quoted of around £150 it's over the top for a bedroom door which I want to paint white.
They told me that doors I want can be manufactured and he thought about £150 to £200 which is a bit higher than from door specialist Jeld-Wen. Every other door company I've tried doesn't do anything the right size, not even special order

Still looking but haven't found the right ones yet.

Chris K

 

[big-all]

can you not just move the door stops!!!

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

Well you didnt say you were a cheapskate! You've not much choice, best to follow big-all's advice or get down the Salvage yard? http://www.salvo.co.uk/directory.html

 

[doorgirl]

hi

an idea would be outsize traditional pine door - come 7 ft high - they will be 35 ml thick but this is fine fitting into 40ml opening-its standard now. You can find them at www.thedoorworld.com under traditional doors - hope this helps

 

[squowse]

on an internal door frame, chances are the door stops are planted on with a few panel pins. get a chisel behind them in the middle and lever them off. you can then put them back after your door is hung in exactly the right place.

 

[gregers]

have you asked in the sheds or merchants if they do any other doors to the thickness you require,just because it isnt in stock doesnt mean they cant get them.
oh and howdens do doors but i think you need to open a trade account(unless you know someone).