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Cost of fitting a new custom front door

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  • 21-10-2019 11:12am
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    John_Mc
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    Hi,

    We live in Limerick and are talking to a joiners in Dublin about getting a hardwood front door and two sidepanels made for us.

    They have quoted us €1400 to have the door fitted and to me this seems excessive but I have no idea what's involved.

    What would be the ball park for this kind of job? They said we can look after fitting ourselves but there's obviously going to be a bit of hassle trying to find someone to do it for us and the risk that they do a bad job/damage the door so if it sounds about right but on the high side we might go with the supplier of the door.

    Thanks


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    [Deleted User]
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    John_Mc wrote: »
    Hi,

    We live in Limerick and are talking to a joiners in Dublin about getting a hardwood front door and two sidepanels made for us.

    They have quoted us €1400 to have the door fitted and to me this seems excessive but I have no idea what's involved.

    What would be the ball park for this kind of job? They said we can look after fitting ourselves but there's obviously going to be a bit of hassle trying to find someone to do it for us and the risk that they do a bad job/damage the door so if it sounds about right but on the high side we might go with the supplier of the door.

    Thanks

    We had an accoya front door with two side glass panels designed, built and fitted for 3k by a local joiner. Best money we spent on the whole renovation and extension project.


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    John_Mc
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    We had an accoya front door with two side glass panels designed, built and fitted for 3k by a local joiner. Best money we spent on the whole renovation and extension project.

    Thanks yes we're going with accoya too. Glad to hear it's worth it.

    Where is "local" to you?


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    [Deleted User]
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    John_Mc wrote: »
    Thanks yes we're going with accoya too. Glad to hear it's worth it.

    Where is "local" to you?

    Cork


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    lemonkey
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    €1,400 just for the fitting of the door? Seems excessive. Is there a breakdown?

    Does that include:

    Removal and disposal of the existing door?
    Making good the plaster work and paint work after they install the new door?
    I'm assuming it includes an air tightness taping and associated details?


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    John_Mc
    Registered Users Posts: 2,791 ✭✭✭John_Mc


    lemonkey wrote: »
    €1,400 just for the fitting of the door? Seems excessive. Is there a breakdown?

    Does that include:

    Removal and disposal of the existing door?
    Making good the plaster work and paint work after they install the new door?
    I'm assuming it includes an air tightness taping and associated details?

    No details provided at all really when I questioned it. All I got was "Unfortunately there is a lot of hours involved in fitting in Limerick".


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    John_Mc wrote: »
    No details provided at all really when I questioned it. All I got was "Unfortunately there is a lot of hours involved in fitting in Limerick".

    Sounds like you are paying a premium for them to do the job in Limerick. Could you not get someone closer to home? Any decent joiner can do what I think you are looking for...


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