where to get good value double doors for internal doorframe?

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I need to put a door into the kitchen doorway (it's off living room) and the normal door would be too large and almost clash with living room door, so I'm looking for a double door that opens in the middle but is of the total width of a normal door. It needs to close properly and not be loose, no gaps. but it can be thin or hollow. Where to get these, or would i have to get a carpenter? thanks in advance for replies!

total width of a normal door is usually in the region of 26/28/30/32 inches

you can get flat (flush) doors, panelled wooden doors, heavy fire doors, or glazed doors. Depending on what you want, the door will cost you between £25 and £500.

I particularly dislike hollow doors, and pressed doors with fake woodgrain. Lightweight doors don't blot out sound. Double doors and bi-fold doors are harder to draughtproof and to lock.

I recommend you get a local joiner to fit them as he will do a better job, faster, than a DIYer or general handyman

Here are some examples, but a local joiner will know the local door suppliers. You may want to change the door lining ("door frame") and architrave if the old one is not very good. Internal door lining are very cheap and easy to adjust for size.

Thanks, PJ - I kind of overlooked Wickes! I do need double doors though as when they open they will stick out less into the ajacent room! I can't see any on websites, and bi fold I think are fiddly (or would you recommend?). It needs to be closed when cooking so that all hte steam/smells don't go straight to living room, and it needs to help with draughts (but doesn't have to be completely draughtproof). I was thinking of a Diy guy to do it, but I think you aer right about joiners - aer they a lot more expensive, per hour? I think I will need a joiner as it's hard to find exact match size wise for double doors or even he has to create them from a larger door... ?

wouldn't need a lock either!

some bi-folds do look good on Wickes site! better choice than anywhere - do they work well?
Also, PJ, the doorway never had a door in it before so I wonder how easy wd it be to create a straight corner for the hinges - existing frame is moulded and has no sharp edges, but rounded. It's kind of a deep frame/arch.

a bifold door with the hinges moved around becomes a pair of double doors. If you rebate double doors they can be made to meet tighter.

IMO bifolds are diificult to latch properly, as well as difficult to lock, because when you push on the middle, the locking stile moves away from the frame. A bolt at the top and bottom works to some extent, magnetic catches will stop it blowing open from a draught.

An arched top is fairly tiresome to fit a door into.

PigletJ - that's an idea! I didn't think that bifolds can be made into double door! and it sounds easy the way you put it. I much prefer double to bifold as those are fiddly indeed. No sorry. not an arch as such, it's normal oblong shape but it's deep and straight surface as no door was fitted before. Also what about moulded edges where hinges will go - is that not a chore to straighten them to make a sharp edge?

I can't visualise the moulded edges you describe, enless you mean the architrave, which can be pulled off and replaced. A strip of square batten is screwed to the lining for a door stop. The hinges are rebated into the edge of the door and the door lining. The front face of the door is aligned with the front edge of the door lining on the opening side (usually).

then I mean that the front edge of the door lining where a door gets attached is rounded and not a straight edge. taking the whole frame (lining?) off sounds very complex.

easy.

three screws each side.

plus some architrave to cover the join with the wall, and some expanding foam in the gap.