Scotland
Timber Door Restoration in Edinburgh
Timber Door Restoration for Edinburgh properties: a free measured survey, a fixed price, and a door that still closes cleanly in the winter.
3 of the 6 towns we cover in Edinburgh are coastal, where Accoya or dense hardwood and marine-grade stainless ironmongery are the sensible specification, and 1 carry designated conservation areas where the glazing pattern and mouldings need to match what is already there.
The difference between a door that lasts eight years and one that lasts thirty is mostly invisible from the street: the joint type, whether the stiles are engineered, whether the bottom rail is sealed, and how the water gets away.
Price and lead time in Edinburgh
Timber Door Restoration start at £780 per door supplied and fitted, VAT included, with a typical lead time of 3–5 weeks. Try the indicative price tool for a range, or send sizes and we will be closer.
Common questions
When is a door worth restoring?
If the stiles and panels are sound, restoration is nearly always cheaper and better than replacement. Rot confined to the bottom rail or the foot of a stile can be spliced out.
What do conservation officers usually object to?
Wrong material, wrong glazing pattern, and mouldings that are close but not right. Timber matching the original pattern is rarely refused.
What drawings will I need for an application?
Usually an elevation at 1:20, a section through the door and frame showing mouldings, and a written specification of timber, finish and glazing. We produce these.
What door suits a Georgian townhouse?
Six raised-and-fielded panels under a fanlight, in a painted finish. Proportion is everything: the panels step in size up the door rather than repeating equally.
Do you survey before quoting?
We give an indicative price from sizes or photographs, then survey free of charge before anything is made. The survey is what turns an estimate into a fixed price.
What timber do you use?
Engineered redwood for painted doors, dense hardwoods such as sapele or idigbo where more strength is wanted, European oak where the grain is the point, and Accoya on exposed and coastal openings.
Timber Door Restoration town by town
Specification changes with exposure and housing character — each town page says how.
Other doors in Edinburgh
Get a fixed price for Edinburgh
Send sizes or a photograph and we will come back with an indicative range, then survey free of charge before anything is made.