Odd doors

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I need a door for the cupboard under our stairs. The cupboard is used an awful lot, we keep all coats, shoes and the pushchair in it as well as having shelves for car stuff like anti freeze, screen wash etc. It has never had a door and because of this and the amount of stuff in it, it makes the hallway look messy.

At the moment there is a door propped up in front of it because we've taken it off the dining room and haven't yet got rid of it. Anyway because the door's been there I've noticed that the doorway is an odd size - it's nearly the size of the other door, but not quite. We thought we might be able to cut the old dining room door down to fit the cupboard, but there are several panels in it so it just won't work without cutting into at least one and that will just look weird.

Does anyone know how you go about getting odd sized doors? Please tell me I won't have to have one made, or that if I do, it won't cost much. I'm just sick of the hallway looking a mess.

Thanks

I have no idea about the door - but wondered if making the hole/door frame bigger to fit a standard size door is a possibility?

I suppose it would depend on your skill level but it might be a diy job. Again I have no idea if thats the case but it might be worth looking into.

what size is it? Is it rectangular? Is it panelled? How many panels? Four, six or some other number? How thick is it? How old is the house, and how oild are the other doors?

Doors are made in common sizes of 24inch, 26", 28", 30", and less commonly 18", 20" and 36". They are sold in nominally metric sizes but in the UK you will find they are really in inches.

If they are made of wood they can easily be cut down. If they are hollow or veneered they can be cut down slightly less easily and the edges put back afterwards.

and 32" of course.

oreocrumb fab idea, but the doorway is the width of the cupboard and it's not a side entrance type door, the ceiling slopes away from the door, so I don't think it's do-able unfortunately.

PigletJohn The doorway (and the door we have in front of it) is rectangular and the other doors downstairs all have six panels, two small at the top, then four larger underneath. The house is late Victorian - have no idea how old the other doors are, though they're nothing special and not the type you could strip back and admire. They're wood and not veneered or anything, but when I looked at whether we could cut it down or not I was worried about the latch (is that even the right word?) and the handle hole. If we cut from the top and the bottom - to ensure the panels look even - the distance between there and the floor would be shorter and then the holes wouldn;t line up. I'll measure the doorway, maybe it will be one of your standards [fingers crossed!]

Thanks both