stevebubs
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| posted on 26/1/06 at 10:52 PM |
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Door Frame
Where can I get a new door frame from without it costing the earth? The frame on the side door to the garage is rotting through and needs to be
replaced pretty pronto...
B&Q want £50 for a frame kit...!!
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steve_gus
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| posted on 26/1/06 at 10:56 PM |
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wood is expensive stuff - you could look at buying the individual bits, but it might even work out more....
atb
steve
http://www.locostbuilder.co.uk
Just knock off the 's'!
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JoelP
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| posted on 26/1/06 at 10:58 PM |
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your local timber merchant should be cheaper. You could get a proper frame (i forget the name) but for rough use like a garage door id be tempted to
just buy some 3x2 and hammer it in.
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robinbastd
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| posted on 26/1/06 at 11:05 PM |
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Door frame kits are about £15 at Wickes.
It's softwood and not treated but lag it in wood preservative and paint it well and it'll last long enough.
Ian
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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Peteff
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| posted on 27/1/06 at 12:46 AM |
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Use 3x2.
Soak it in cuprinol, it does what it says on the tin  . Wood's not expensive round here, it grows on trees. 
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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ChrisGamlin
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| posted on 27/1/06 at 01:46 AM |
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Steve, I think you've been looking in the wrong places in B&Q, we got a couple of their cheap ones for about £10 each. Yes I know my missus
gets staff discount but not 80%!
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ned
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| posted on 27/1/06 at 07:11 AM |
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my softwood door frame kit was about £10-15 from b&q...
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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Johnmor
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| posted on 27/1/06 at 07:11 AM |
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Door frame
33x120 is a standard stock size predressed for door frame material, should be about £1.20/m.
Make a frame up on the ground,pack and square in the hole and then fix with hammer frame fixings.
If you can build a car you can do this.
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