Oak internal doors

[Sunisshining12]

I'm after 9 oak internal doors for my Victorian house. Unfortunately the previous owner took out the originals (why!) We've tried sourcing reclaimed doors but not managed to find the right sizes, or within budget.

I was thinking 4 panel. Would you go for raised mouldings or non? Would a typical Victorian door have raised mouldings?

Cheapest I've found so far is £100 per door from Travis Perkins.
Any idea what sort of price Howdens charge to account holders? Or any recommendations where to look?

Is there any benefit of solid oak over veneered?

With all the hinges/handles etc it's coming in over £1k at the moment so would really like to get the price down!

Thanks

Solid oak is harder to come by but easier to trim to fit awkward sizes, slightly wonky frames and so on.

The price you have isn't bad for 8 hardwood floors, to be honest. Even the b&q knotty pine jobbies can come in around 80-100 each, by the time you've factored in handles, varnish etc. Oak is a lot more expensive than pine.

SOrry that's £100 just for the door I need to add on handles hinges oil fitting etc

I got oak four-panel from Howdens. Six doors plus pewter-effect rose handles plus latches, hinges and a separate thumb turn for the bathroom was £1,000 exactly - my joiner lets me have his full discount, I go in and pay Howdens on his account.

They're great doors, but do be aware that there's very little room for trimming on the sides, so if your door frames aren't within about half an inch of the right size, they may need some infilling by your joiner. I had four the right size and two that needed adjusting, so it took about four days to get all the doors fitted.

Thank you Kevin that's really helpful

I believe there's about 4 door manufacturers in the U.K. who supply all the howdens, travis Perkins, etc etc. Which is why all the brochures are so similar for those type of company. Basically what you pay will depend on how much discount that company gets, and what they are prepared to pass on to you. With howdens, they then pass on different discounts to different tradespeople, and leave it up to them how much discount they apply to the customer. Howdens I believe also provides the tradesperson with an invoice that doesn't show the discount they have given the tradesperson, so that they can give that to the customer. I had one builder who was always very keen for me to use howdens, even though the price wasn't much different to quotes from other places. He was clearly making good money on his howdens trade. Which is just how it works and is not a criticism.

But I reckon £100 per door to include fittings is reasonable for a bog standard oak veneer door. Plus maybe £25-35 to hang it? I suppose that depends on where you live.

So I'm guessing it will be more like £160ish fitted? X 9
Blimey I could have a great holiday for that, but then I can't stand these vile doors any longer!!

Whereabouts are you? I got some oak doors which were slight seconds (very slight) from a place called Relionus in Prestwich near Manchester - it doesn't look much from the outside but they had a good selection, and they were about £65 each. Obviously fitting is on top. I bought some lovely handles which came with latches and hinges from Amazon for about £6 each.

Thanks for the amazon tip! I'm hoping to fit pumpkin/flower style knobs but on back catches so easy to pull/push door open rather than turn the knob. I'm near Birmingham/midlands based.

What are your opinions on the raised mouldings - is the 'more' Victorian?