Period front doors, panelled internal doors, fire doors and glazed garden doors for Clapham homes.
We fit and repair doors across Clapham and SW4. On Clapham’s Georgian and Victorian houses the front door is a big part of how the house looks, so we repair originals where we can and match the style where we can’t. Inside, we hang panelled doors, fit the fire doors a loft conversion needs, and install glazed doors that open new extensions onto the garden.
A good front door on a period house is solid timber, properly hung and fitted with a lock your insurer will accept. We repair and draught-proof existing doors, or supply and fit new ones in a style that matches the house, keeping or restoring the fanlight above.
Inside, we hang panelled and flush doors, adjusting the linings in older houses where openings have moved. Converting a loft means the doors onto the stairs must protect the escape route, so we fit fire doors there as building control requires.
Covers: Front, internal, fire and glazed doors
Period houses: Repair or matched replacement
Loft conversions: Fire doors onto the stairs
Covered: SW4, plus SW8, SW9, SW11 and SW12 edges
One door or every door in the house.
Many of Clapham’s oldest houses are listed, especially in the Old Town and around the Common. On a listed house, replacing the front door or an original internal door needs listed building consent, while repair generally does not. That is one reason we repair first: it is usually cheaper, and it avoids an application.
In Clapham’s conservation areas, a like-for-like replacement front door on a house is usually fine without permission, but switching to a very different style or material is not. Flats have no permitted development rights, so any visible change to a flat’s front door needs checking first. We confirm the position before ordering.
We measure each opening and note the style, fire rating and locks needed.
New doors ordered to size, or repairs planned for the existing ones.
Doors fitted and adjusted, with seals, closers and locks.
Each door tested to make sure it closes and locks cleanly.
Usually. We splice in new timber, ease and re-hang the door, add draught seals and fit new locks, keeping the original door and frame.
For a house in a conservation area, a like-for-like replacement is normally fine. A listed house needs listed building consent for a replacement. A flat needs checking, as flats have no permitted development rights.
Usually fire-rated doors to the rooms that open onto the stairs, so there is a protected route out of the house. We fit them as part of our loft conversions or as a separate job.
Most home insurers ask for a five-lever mortice deadlock made to British Standard 3621. Check your policy, and we will fit a lock to match it.
Yes, bi-fold, sliding and slim-framed glazed doors, with the structural opening and steel designed as part of the extension.
Door Installation is one of ten building services we offer across Clapham and SW4. If your project needs more than one, we run them as a single job.
Tell us about your property and preferred timeline and we will get you a quote.
