1930s wooden front doors - anyone fitted one recently?

[SwedishEdith]

What kind of prices - realistically - should we expect to pay to include side lights and stained glass in door?

I’ve seen them from 1k to 3.5k

Honestly, I would say £5-7k if you are talking a brand new, wooden 1930s style door with frame, side lights to the side and above, stained glass etc if you go with a company that designs, manufacturers and fits it for a single price. You could do it cheaper if you found a local carpenter who was prepared to work with someone else on the stained glass. But even our local joinery quoted us £6k. We are in London though. It was quite a shock to realise quite how expensive it was going to be.

I’m talking salvage.

We've just had a quote for £8k for reproduction door with stained glass in door and side lights.

And it will cost about £2.5k to repair and paint our original door (but without adding stained glass).

Soooo... not cheap

Oh, god, I was hoping you'd say about £1,500 all in. We had a quote about 4 years ago for about £2,500 sans glass and I was shocked the. Should have taken it now, I think.

I realise can try to get a salvage one but we still need the whole frame as well so could be a false economy?

We removed ours, they just aren't safe.
You can just kick them through.
Only one house on our street has kept them, it's such a shame but your safety comes first.
We have a solid mahogany one instead, we don't live in a dodgy area btw
We still have them though, maybe we should sell them I didn't think they'd be so expensive.

Seriously, our horrid pvc one is probably kick-inable. But we've a porch so have a bit more security. Lots still have their originals here . A new one would have all the safety bells and whistles now, I think.

We recently had ours restored and it was 1200 (we are in London) so that seems like a cheaper option if you can find one to get restored!

The original features have so much more interest and character. They had real strips of lead between the stained glass, all good craftsmanship.

We are downsizing soon, we'll think about putting in back on or as a separate sale.
I agree, we kept all original features, the same family had been there from the 70's and before this only one family.

Robs20 we are in London neon and looking to restore our original door. Can you tell me who did yours please?

We removed ours, they just aren't safe.
You can just kick them through

Ours is about 3” thick solid oak, that’s a hell of a kick. Weighs a ton. The lead work and glass I grant you could be forced, but modern glass breaks too.

I think you have misplaced safety concerns.

We are retaining ours and having the door restored.

Yeah

Maybe, but I'd rather be safe. The ones I'm talking about would only need a hard shoulder to get through. They didn't meet the spec of 5 point locks for our insurance neither.
I hate pvc though, wouldn't have had that.