Hanging a door

Depends if you're doing one door or ten, on your house or a mates, paid or not.... Watch a few videos on YouTube first mate, you'll understand that better than me boring you to death with terminology and things you can't physically see. No reason why you can't do a good job, but if you don't have the tools first you're up the creek.....

 

What you could spend on just the basic tools needed would paid for someone to do the job.
If it's an expensive door,then I would get someone in to do the job.

 

Yep. Even with a Jack plane, cordless drill (no brace and bit!) Chisels, Stanley knife, marking gauge, drill bits, etc you're still looking minimum £200 on something acceptable, but then if you've got ten doors in your own house to do there's no better learning curve.....

 

Can be expensive if you accidently make a mistake.

 

I wouldn't be hanging my first door if it were an oak veneer, let's put it that way

 

There's 2 things on your list I don't possess and I've hung hundreds of doors.

 

Jack plane and marking gauge by any chance?

 

Yup, you didn't mention TS55, extractor, trestles or pry bar either.

 

Electric planner. Router. Go for it. I use router to cut ready for hinges. Screw hinges on first, stanley knife around then router flat. Use chisel to square up for hinge. You need 16mm drill and a 22mm for latch. Mark everything with pencil first. What can go wrong. Oh. Look for lock side as marked on top of door.

 

Do you plan to use a planer

 

That's because they're not a necessity per se, more an expensive efficient luxury I mentioned the most bog standard hand tool kit for a first time door fitter not to scare them off, the price of your festool alone would make them c.rap a pigeon.

 

Yeah. Can't spell even with a spell checker. Can hang a door though

 

Get someone else to do it then is my advice.

 

Ask for more quotes, seems a bit much, how much are the doors?

 

Misread that, thought doors were £700, agreed seems a bit steep for hanging doors.

 

Hmm, where in the country are you? London prices I half understand the initial quote.