UPVC back door cost.

[Levo-Lon]

I'd definitely get composite door, stronger and look nicer
Would hate to be going through the new door/windows thing again.
We used a local firm with an excellent reputation and it was a nightmare from beginning till end (2 years later) when they had finally sorted all the botches. Very stressful and cost us £8600. They did give us £200 off though as a gesture of goodwill!!!!
One of their guys told me they'd got too greedy, couldn't keep up with demand so we're employing people who couldn't do the job.
Payback time came saw their salesman across the road at two of the neighbours, after they'd gone I went across and told them of our experience, Thistle Windows didn't get the jobs

That must have been a bloody nightmare.. i had similar with the roof letting my joined neighbour sort it..
after the building surveyor stopped the muppets working , he see reason and let my mate do the roof.
4 weeks later we had a nice new roof and only 2 k more for a perfect job.

if you use local traders they need to be good not full of crap masters of nothing..

 

[ianrauk]

Get a quote from a local window door fitter.

This... in spades.
We have had experiences with one of the big players and a local company. Silly why we didn't go local in the first place (we used a national when we replaced a front door), when we got new patio doors we went local and they were a joy to deal with compared with the national. (who, 10 years down the line still phone now and again to try to sell us new double glazing)

 

[Pale Rider]

This contractor refused to fit a upvc front door as it is against the health and safety laws (for a close), the previous one did not tell me this.

This sounds curious to me.

Can anyone explain it?

 

[Moodyman]

A neighbour recently paid £1000 fitted - he says.

 

[fossyant]

Use a local company, and not one of the big ones. We had all our doors and windows done, including a 7ft arched window, and the local company was half the price of the national. They came, measured up and popped a quote in the post - no mithering for a sale.The national company were a right pain, and like others took ages to get rid. Then pestered us on the phone.

The local company even came out on a saturday evening when one of the pains cracked a few weeks after installation. Popped back to their factory and brought out a new unit.

 

[Bonefish Blues]

Apropos of this, no matter how often I see them quoted the prices of basic doors always surprise, especially front doors.

When we were refurbing I bought a good quality door blank and the fittings and our chippy fitted it, which was nice, and at a fraction of the cost of the pre-fabricated items.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

Less than a thousand, how much less depends on features.

and go local. We've had our new triple glazing for "the project", plus the existing bathroom done by an excellent local firm. No hard sell, no hassle, they keep their promises, and the work is done to a very high standard.

 

[GrumpyGregry]

This sounds curious to me.

Can anyone explain it?

Explain it? Sure, it is bull shoot.

 

[Pale Rider]

I think 'a close' in Scotland means an apartment with a front door opening onto a shared landing, but I could be wrong here.

I think Newtie may have it, I'm sure @Pat "5mph" has mentioned she lives in a block of flats.

Reminds me of another Scottish property term - public room - which I think is what English people would call a lounge or living room.

 

[ColinJ]

[QUOTE 4657277, member: 9609"]If you need a door to resist sledge hammers etc you are living in the wrong place - move somewhere else.[/QUOTE]
I too would prefer to live somewhere crime-free, but I think a door being able to resist a single kick or a few seconds attack with a pair of molegrips is a pretty reasonable requirement!

I borrowed a Cannondale road bike from one of my Scottish cousins to ride on my holiday in the Oban area last September. When I took it back at the end of the week his mum said that he was out, so just prop it up against the wall - he would see it when he came back ... I was very nervous about doing that - the wheels alone cost more than £500. His ma laughed when I suggested taking it into the house - apparently, they only started locking their doors overnight a year or so ago. It is an almost crime-free village.

 

[User6179]

This sounds curious to me.

Can anyone explain it?

Maybe fire regulations , I know if you convert a loft you need to fit fire doors as you are creating an extra storey to your house so a close in a flat would probably be the same .

 

[Brains]

Look up the FENSA local list of approved companies
Go with a local, not a national
Ensure its a 5 bar lock

Be suspicious of anyone quoting under a grand fully fitted for an external door, either its a crap door, or they are cutting corners with the locks or the fitting.
Doors often need adjustment within a few months of fitting, so ensure you know who to call to get them back.

 

[keithmac]

Those Endurance doors look good!.

I had our windows replaced last year, chose a local company after a few quotes (no hard sell!).

They did an excellent job, well finished inside and out, they also chopped some bricks in around the sills where other houses down the street just had theirs filled full of mortar.

Turns out the man who came round to do the final measure lives just over the road from us!.

A year on we've had no problems.

A window fitter mate a while back says you can tell where SS have been as there window frames are thinner than most, you could see the old mastic lines on the houses..

 

[Pat "5mph"]

This sounds curious to me.
Can anyone explain it?

Of course!

Explain it? Sure, it is bull shoot.

You're wrong

I think 'a close' in Scotland means an apartment with a front door opening onto a shared landing, but I could be wrong here.

Si, si

I think Newtie may have it, I'm sure @Pat "5mph" has mentioned she lives in a block of flats.
Reminds me of another Scottish property term - public room - which I think is what English people would call a lounge or living room.

6 flats in the close, one communal front door, 6 external doors to the communal landings, plus 2 external side doors that lead into the garden for the ground floor dwellings (me and the one across my landing).
The upstairs ones also have a side door each, for the verandah they have instead of the garden.
We call the living room living room

Maybe fire regulations , I know if you convert a loft you need to fit fire doors as you are creating an extra storey to your house so a close in a flat would probably be the same .

Correct: the block is ex local authority, 2 of the flats are still council owned, so we need to comply with regulations.
My front door must be timber or a proper fire door.
The upvc glazing company I used does not do timber or fire doors, but he told me a fire door would be around 1,500 he said get a joiner to fit a new timber door.
But in my last flat a new timber door cost me around 1,000 10 years ago (was a really nice one) so I might just save up for a fire door.
Btw, @Pale Rider my previous flat was a "cottage flat": 4 in a block with each a main door, the English insurance people never understood what I was talking about

 

[User32269]

Just nick one of the neighbours ones when they go on holiday. As it's a back door you don't even need to bother changing the number.