Heritage
Period door restoration and fitting
Restoration, easing and hanging of panelled doors, with linings, architraves and traditional ironmongery made and fitted to suit the opening.
Original doors are usually worth keeping. Stripped of later paint build-up, with joints re-wedged, panels freed and stiles repaired, a Georgian or Victorian panelled door will hang and close better than most replacements and keeps the room's proportions intact.
Openings in period buildings are rarely square. We ease and hang each door to its own opening, shooting the leading edge to the correct clearance and making linings, casings and architraves where they are missing or beyond repair.
Where a door has been lost, we make a new one to match its neighbours: the same panel layout, moulding profile, thickness and rail widths. Ironmongery is specified to suit the period, from rim locks and knobs to butt hinges in matching finishes, with fire-rated upgrades where a flat or house of multiple occupation requires them.
What the work includes
- Door repair
- Joints re-wedged, panels freed, stiles and bottom rails spliced where worn.
- Easing and hanging
- Each door shot and hung to its own out-of-square opening.
- Linings and architraves
- Casings, linings and architraves made to match surviving profiles.
- Matched new doors
- Replacement panelled doors made to the pattern of the originals.
- Ironmongery
- Period-appropriate locks, knobs and hinges, correctly morticed and set.
Suited to
Who this work is for
- Period houses and flats with original panelled doors
- Rooms where doors bind, drop or no longer latch
- Schemes replacing later flush doors with matched panelled doors
- Architects and contractors on conservation-area refurbishments
How it runs
From brief to installation
- 01
Conversation
We discuss the brief, the room and the level of finish you have in mind, on site or from drawings.
- 02
Survey & design
Measured survey, setting out and drawings, with material and finish samples to sign off.
- 03
Workshop
Cabinetry is made and finished off site, so time on site stays short and controlled.
- 04
Installation
Careful installation, scribing and final adjustment by the people who made the work.
Discuss your doors
Tell us how many doors are involved and whether they are being repaired, rehung or replaced.