Door dilemmas

The original plan was to replace all aging internal doors with plain ash veneer doors. That was pretty straight forward, until it became clear there is no such thing as a "standard" door size in a house built 50 years ago. So there is little option but to custom manufacture these doors, unless every single door frame is to be adjusted to accommodate standard doors. It's not much of an option as this will require further plastering and redecoration. So, having decided to get the doors tailored to the openings, we thought everything was in the box...

That was until we spotted a pretty spectacular door design.

Manufactured by a large German door company, it would be a major "lift" to our internal upgrades. However, the Germans only make doors one way. The German way. If you're looking a solid core door, with hardwood edges (rather than veneer), forget it!

So the hunt is on for a specialist veneer and door manufacturing company which can deliver to our brief and at a cost which won't make the entire project budget and schedule implode. It's a pretty tough challenge.