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advice on issue with relatively new door

  • 27-10-2017 05:46PM
    #1
    tink2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭


    Hi we had a composite door installed 2.5 years ago the company has sice gone liquidated and oare operating under a new name from what I can see. I feel they were dodgey anyway so havent approached them yet and I doubt they will honour anything as it is legal ya different company now. The door has started leaking through the ceiling and you can see the olastereoek is damaged I suspect this happened very slowly over the course of time. The door also looks like it's seperating at the top from the plaster work but I could be just panicking.. I have taken a photo and would like advice on what is wrong with it and if it is possible to remedy ourselves or I'd I should employ someone to fix it.


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  • #2
    tink2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭tink2


    Another photo here


  • #3
    massy086
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,851 ✭✭✭massy086


    tink2 wrote: »
    Another photo here
    The door defo looks like it has moved.if you push against the frame at the top were it is coming away from the plasterboard does the door move.to me it looks like the frame was not fixed at the top and has shifted over time.it is fixable so don't worry. I've fitted many of these doors and repaired a good few shody instal,so some fitters just fix the doors at the bottom and sides because of steel in the head.it's just pure laziness


  • #4
    tink2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭tink2


    massy086 wrote: »
    The door defo looks like it has moved.if you push against the frame at the top were it is coming away from the plasterboard does the door move.to me it looks like the frame was not fixed at the top and has shifted over time.it is fixable so don't worry. I've fitted many of these doors and repaired a good few shody instal,so some fitters just fix the doors at the bottom and sides because of steel in the head.it's just pure laziness

    Thanks Massey that's a relief! Do you know how much it would cost (ballpark) ?


  • #5
    the_pen_turner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,678 ✭✭✭the_pen_turner


    massy086 wrote: »
    The door defo looks like it has moved.if you push against the frame at the top were it is coming away from the plasterboard does the door move.to me it looks like the frame was not fixed at the top and has shifted over time.it is fixable so don't worry. I've fitted many of these doors and repaired a good few shody instal,so some fitters just fix the doors at the bottom and sides because of steel in the head.it's just pure laziness

    how do you propose to fix the frame at the top without drilling the lentil


  • #6
    tink2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭tink2


    the_pen_turner wrote: »
    how do you propose to fix the frame at the top without drilling the lentil

    What is the lentil?! Will the plaster etc have to be done again?


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  • #7
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 34,210 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    The lintel is the support over the door frame to maintain stability for what's above the door ie. Bricks or roof. Its a support. Lintels are also over windows.

    Your lintel could be steel but also could be concrete which is the conventional way of doing it.

    If it's concrete I'd be quite surprised if the had not bothered drilling and fixing.

    Either way it needs to be drilled and fixed. If concrete it's quite straightforward,. If steel it's a bid more effort.

    Simple job for anyone handy


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