Not every job starts from scratch with timber we’ve sourced ourselves. Sometimes a customer already has exactly what they want, and the job becomes about fitting it properly, rather than supplying it. A recent internal door job in Ingleby Barwick is a good example of exactly that.
The customer had already chosen and supplied laminated grey doors for their hallway, and asked us to fit them complete with matt black door furniture. It’s a straightforward brief on paper, but getting a run of doors like this to actually look right once they’re all hung together is where the job comes together.
Working With Customer Supplied Doors
Fitting doors that a customer has sourced themselves is a slightly different job to supplying and fitting from scratch. It still means checking each door is properly squared, hung correctly, and finished to the same standard as anything we’d supply ourselves, but working around exactly what the customer has already chosen rather than a blank slate.
Laminated doors in particular need careful handling during fitting, since the finish is already applied, unlike a raw timber door that can be planed and adjusted more freely to fit an opening.
Matt Black Furniture: A Small Detail That Changes The Whole Look
The handles and hinges on a run of doors make more of a difference than people often expect. Matt black furniture against the grey laminate doors gives the whole hallway a consistent, modern look, rather than a mismatched mix of finishes from door to door. Getting this consistent across every door in a run, rather than close enough, is part of what makes a finished hallway actually look intentional.
Getting A Run Of Doors To Look Consistent
When several doors sit close together along the same hallway, as they did on this Ingleby Barwick job, any inconsistency between them is far more noticeable than it would be with a single door on its own. Matching alignment, gaps and furniture placement across every door in the run is what makes the finished result read as one considered job, rather than several separate ones.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you fit doors that we’ve already bought ourselves?
Yes, we regularly fit customer supplied doors, including laminated finishes, and can also fit matching furniture to complete the look.
Does it cost less if we supply the doors ourselves?
It can do, since you’re only paying for fitting rather than supply and fitting, though it’s worth getting a quote either way so you know exactly what’s included.
Can you match handles and hinges across multiple doors in the same hallway?
Yes, and it’s one of the details that makes the biggest difference to how finished a hallway looks once several doors are fitted close together.
Get In Touch About Your Door Fitting
Whether you’ve already got doors ready to fit or need advice on sourcing them, get in touch to talk through your project across Teesside.