Behold! New doors! I am very pleased with them - one on the bathroom (as in pictures) and one on the kitchen. The old ones were contemporary to the house - 1947 - or possibly slightly later, but were of thin wood, painted white, and an awful job to clean. These came from a DIY store, MrL made slight adjustments, put on good quality hinges and Suffolk latches, and they have been liberally caoted with (very smelly :) ) wax. The little hook is for a handtowel - it says "Baths 25 cents, soap and towel extra" - couldn't resist it, it's rather quirky. They look so right now they're on, look as if they've always been there, very fitting for teh cottage, so we're pleased with them. He's still working on waxing the kitchen door frame as we speak.........
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We have the exact same doors, installed by the previous owners of our croft. We've found one major problem with them: the timber was kiln dried and not properly seasoned. They've now bowed very badly and no longer fit the door frames.
I hope yours don't go the same way.
I should have said builder's merchant's really; these ones are some 4cm thick on the edge, well made and strong, and not the cheapest option. MrL has add to add in a bit of wood on the back to fit the top hinge.
The one we have for the sitting room is only 2cm thick, and may be the same as the ones you have; it's fine so far, we trimmed it and waxed it, but it's certainly not as substantial as our new ones. We got that one down the tip :)
Thanks for leaving a comment; I could talk about nice doors all day. Nothing worse than having to live with doors you don't like!
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