6 panel doors with flat panels

[PeterI]

PO (I'm assuming) replaced the doors on the first floor with awful moulded things from B&Q. I suspect we have original doors on the ground floor (at least one has plain mouldings and architrave on a single side with other "fancy" which I assume makes it likely to still be an original) picture of one of the panels below:

We have the builders in and I'm looking for some classic six panel doors with a flat panel which at least vaguely match the originals, the ones with a raised panel seem to everywhere and the only flat panels I can find are these ones:

http://www.lpddoors.co.uk/door/nostalgia-oak/6p

These don't seem too bad price wise (somewhere around £150) but I'd like to find some alternatives.

Anyone got any suggestions, apart from getting them custom made or trolling round salvage yards.

 

[MatthewC]

Hi Peter

I can't help with sourcing these as I would have recommended salvage yards or custom made. However, in my house (1860?) the two doors from the hall are four panel; both have architrave on the hall side and the one to the lounge has it inside as well, whereas the one to the back room (now the kitchen) is plain. Others upstairs are also plain on both sides. Obviously the architrave inlay was posh!

I've spent the last two days hot stripping a horrible lacquer (awful stuff which gums up sandpaper!) from one of these doors and its ogee architrave frame. Tomorrow I can prime it (which I find enjoyable).

Matthew

 

[PeterI]

Well I've ordered them now.... and I would agree about salvage yards but that can take quite some time.

Anything has to be better than current doors (which I've hated since we moved in)