Unusual sized doors

[Kai1977]

Hello

Does anyone know a good company online or in South East London area who can make unusual sized doors?

We need a door for our unused outside toilet. Don't want to spend a fortune but it is an odd size apparently (710mm across and 28mm thick). Tried the big sheds but they don't have anything.

Thanks

Anyone?

look for a 28" L&B door. Any joinery supplier and most builders merchants will list them. At that thickness, if your old door is not L&B it is probably not a proper external door.

I will guess it is an old house and this will be in keeping.

Because of the way they are made you could buy a 30" one and trim it down.

An LB&F door would be better but would be 44mm thick. A carpenter or joiner could probably alter the doorframe to suit, or fit a new one. 44mm is the normal thickness for an external door.

If there is room enough in the brickwork, a new frame and a 32" external door would open up a vast range of options.

for example

Although it says 44mm thick, if you look at the back you will see it is made of thinner boards on the front, and thinner boards nailed on the back, and you could trim them to fit your unusual doorframe.

Doesn't the back of your door look like this?

Thanks! The old door appears to be a panelled interior door (we have the same ones inside) so it's no surprise it has now rotted. Great to know a ledged and braced door can be altered. Don't mind getting someone in to alter the frame and the door as necessary, that should still be cheaper than any bespoke options. What is a LB&F door?

ledged braced and framed. Is better.

Thank you. One more question, a couple of the LB and F doors seem to have a restriction of the trim (between 8mm and 12mm on a couple I found on places like Travis Perkins). Is this usual on these types of doors? If so, I think I may still have a problem as that wouldn't be enough trimming in my case.

yes, because the F reinforces the door, so cutting it away weakens them.

However, if anyone says you can only trim it by 8mm, it might be that it is a wooden veneer on rubbish some man-made or engineered core.

For an external door it will hopefully be solid timber and never chipboard.

Some of the door companies will make you a L&B door to your measurements. It is only make of planks nailed together, there is no joinery in it. An LBF or FLB door should have mortice and tenon joints in the frame and ledge, which makes it stronger and more rigid, so it is a better door, and can be fitted with a mortice lock if you wish. L&B doors are mostly used on sheds now, although they are still seen on outside WCs in older and larger houses. They are quite primitive doors, you could make one yourself armed with a hammer, a saw, and some nails.

If you want UPVC, Darlastan doors in the West Midlands do made to measure and have free delivery , we have had a few things from them and they are excellent quality and very reasonable .

Thank you! Simple timber is fine, we don't need much security for it. Sounds like some of the ones I've looked at are veneers. Will have another look!