FAQ's
Q. What sort of doors do you make?
A. Our doors are made from vinyl and single sided deep rout MDF. These are suitable for kitchen units, fitted bedrooms, bathrooms etc. We also make doors in raw MDF for painting. These doors are not suitable for room to room.
Q. When you say any size are there any limits?
A. Yes I'm afraid so but the limits are pretty generous. We can make a a panel from 50mm x 100mm (2 inches x 4 inches) up to 2440mm x 1100mm (96 inches x 44 inches).
Q. How thick are your doors.
A. Vinly doors are made with 18mm deep rout MDF plus approx 0.5mm of vinly. Total thickness approx 18.5mm. MDF doors are availible in 18mm, 22mm, 25mm.
Q. How long will my orders take to complete?
A. We aim to complete vinyl door orders in 3 weeks and plain MDF door orders in 2 weeks.
Q. How many styles do you offer?
In vinyl we have over 40 styles and 24 finishes giving you over 900 combinations. In raw MDF you can choose all of the style we produce in vinyl plus a couple more. We are adding to this all the time. If you paint the doors yourself or have some painted doors the colour range runs into the tens of thousands.
Q. Can kitchen units or carcasses be made into special sizes?
A. Yes
Q. Can I have a single door or panel?
A. Yes
Q. Can you deliver?
A. Yes, the price depends on order value, distance etc. We try very hard to keep this cost to a minimum while ensuring you receive your goods in the best of condition.
Q. Can I collect
A. Yes you can.
You have the option to remove the shipping charge after you have logge in if you wish to collect. If at a later date you find you need your goods delivered we can arranged. you can make a payment over the phone.
Q. Am I able to visit the factory?
A. Yes! Please come and see our doors and panels. The opening hours are at the bottom of the page.
Q. What is the difference between a door or a panel or a drawer front?
A. There is no real difference in the structure of the panels but the use will dictate the design layout of the panels.
Q. What about durability and colour fade?
A. We mostly use Renolit or LG vacuum vinyls which are of the highest quality. We will be publishing the data sheet for colour fast testing and durability shortly.
Q. Can you match existing doors or panels?
A. This can be hit and miss. We can very often make a near match that keeps to a reasonable budget - an exact match can become very expensive. The most difficult doors to match are Solid wood doors, these are usualy oak and are constructed with different machines to us. The other problem is colour matching. We can send you free vinyl samples to check before ordering.
Q. I need to replace a solid wooden door with a wooden door can you help?
I'm afraid not, your best bet is a local joinery shop. Colour matching can be very dificult if a good match is required and may require a skilled polisher or sprayer.
Q. I have the product make and range can you supply from that?
A. I'm afraid not their are too many ranges for us to keep a track on. Send some images , a clear face on image and some of profile/profile detail is very useful.
Q. Can you recover damaged or blown vinyl Kitchen doors?
A. Resurfacing old doors usualy require more work than making doors with new board but it can some times it can be done. If you have a lump missing from the substrate (MDF) it's unlikley anything can be done. If the vinyl delaminates or blows the door might be repairable.
The first thing to do is to it to check that the vinyl colour/woodgrain is avaliable. free vinyl samples
Once you have a colour match for the vinyl you can think about removing the vinyl.
To repress a door we need a smooth clean surface with out pits in the MDF, this is harder than it sounds. When you pull the vinyl off bits of MDF come away with the vinyl. When we press a door the vinyl is heated to make it more pliable then pulled around the door by vacuum, then 3 bar of air pressure loaded into the top half of the press forcing the vinyl into patterns and shrinking and stretching around corners. Unfortunatly any pits or blemishes will be reproduced (Known as telegraphing) this can be worse than it sounds.
Our conclusion is that repressing a vinyl kitchen door is a last resort for complex door patterns that are no longer avaliable. Even with good preperation we would not expect get above a 50% success rate.
Q, Can we fill any pits or blemishes on old doors before recovering?
A. Because vinyl pressing requires heat any filller used tends to shrink or expand creating more pits or bumps. results usualy a lot work then disappointment.
Q. Why can't you supply Oslo Kitchen doors and Drawer fronts in vinyl?
A. The vinyl will not stretch into the handle area when being pressed.
Q. Do your prices on the website include VAT?
A. Yes!
