I have six horrible internal doors that I want to replace.
> Unfortunately they are a mixture of sizes - the 30-odd quid
> internal doors you can get from the big sheds are nowhere
> near the correct sizes (e.g. one doorframe is 2.16m high).
> I investigated custom-made doors, was quoted 450 quid each.
> No way!
>
> So here's a possible solution, given that I'm looking for
> a traditional panelled door look, but have accepted that
> I'll have to paint them ... buy big door blanks, cut/plane
> to size, fit modest mouldings to approximate the look of
> panels. Anyone out there ever tried this?
Why are these doors "horrible"? Can't you salvage them?
I made doors for my current house - 4-panel ones + 1 bi-fold. It's just a matter of getting some 3/8" (9mm) ply, some 4x1 1/2 (metric whatnot) or similar timber, routing out (small electric router or hand tool OK) along one edge of framing, cutting lengths, mortice & tenon (poss. through pins), loose assemble, measure up ply panels, glue up and assemble (two cheap sash cramps needed), pin on mouldings (buy/make with router or plane), hang, paint.
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