We had a pre finished worcester oak door fitted today but the outside edge where the handle and latch is is rough and the inside edge where the hinges are are nicely pre finished. Has this been hung the wrong way around? Thank you.
It sounds like the door was hung and then it clashed with the liner and then it was badly trimmed to fit.
I have no idea about this sort of thing. Normally would the rough edge have gone on the inside? Or do you mean you think he has cut the outside edge to fit after he put the hinges on the other edge? Sorry to sound stupid? Also what do you mean CGN about it being down to the fitting/fitter? Do the pre finished doors normally come with all edges pre finished? Thanks
Unless the door was damaged to start with, in which case the fitter should have let you know, then it's down to a wood butcherer. Or no budget for sand paper!
The fitter has had to plane the door edges to shoot it into the frame and make it fit, it would appear your concern is it needs re-finishing.
Thank you for your comments. Is it common for this to happen and these doors to need refinishing? I just need to be sure of how I'm going to approach this with him when he comes back on Monday. I'm really not happy with the finish as we paid extra for pre finished doors and as this is a door that is going to be mainly open it stands out like a sore a thumb. The XLJoinery kit to fix the problem is going to cost too. When the doors are fitted do you not know if they are going to close properly until the hinges and handles are fitted and the door is hung?
The door liner, especially on an old house, is rarely what it should be so you have to shoot it in, however this should be done neatly. I have no idea what a XLJoinery kit is, the door should just need a sand.
A door needs fitting to the frame it's going into, hence the fitter has had to plane it. These doors end up with marks of the planer blades, this is Unavoidable. What should then be done is he should use a sander to sand said edges of doors. Normally then you are supplied with a small tub of stain/oil to treat the edges, but thus does not totally match the rest of the door as that has been lacquered several times in a professional work shop.
Thanks. Im guessing it needs sanding and them kind of varnish put on it? As its not shiny and finished like the rest of the door.
for this to have been 'perfect', it would need the door and frame as a pre cut set. getting any door into an existing frame means a compromise of sorts. it might be poor work or higher expectations for the circumstances. some finishes just can't be worked on site by your average chippy, as they might have been formed under special conditions by the manufacturers.
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