Help & advice
Practical guides from our workshop in Ilford, where we have been fitting and making doors since 1980. Every guide is written by us, from how we actually do the job.
- How to measure for a new door: Measure your opening three times each way, check it is square, and pick a size you can trim to fit.
- How to hang an internal door: Trim, cut the hinge recesses and hang an internal door with even gaps.
- Fitting handles, latches and locks: Choose a latch, bathroom lock or sashlock, and understand backset and centres.
- Fire doors: what has to be right: The gaps, seals, label and hardware that make a fire door work, and the five-step check.
- Finishing and looking after your door: Store, finish and look after your door so it stays straight and looks good.
- Glossary of door terms: Door words explained in plain English.
Can't find what you need? Call us on 0208 599 0200, email sales@doorsrus.london, or visit our showroom at 946 Eastern Avenue, Ilford IG2 7JB.