Harringay, Haringey - So Good they Spelt it Twice!
Find us a front door!
Does anyone know where we might find a replacement / reclaimed front door with the familiar - and i assume original - harringay features (3 top and bottom panels with 2 glass panels in the middle)? You know the kind...
Despite looking around locally at various specialists, joiners and traders, we've not found anything like it yet. Has anyone replaced their own front door for an original that can give us some leads?
ta :-)
Despite looking around locally at various specialists, joiners and traders, we've not found anything like it yet. Has anyone replaced their own front door for an original that can give us some leads?
ta :-)
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Permalink Reply by Hugh on
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If you're happy to have one made (and willing to pay) Hamid did an excellent job of exactly recreating my original French Windows - complete match to the original. He had some problems with his fitter but he now has a new guy who people seem to think is doing a job as good as Hamid's craftsmanship.
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Permalink Reply by Alison P on
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We were in the same boat a few years ago and I'm afraid couldn't find anything. Our door turned out to be completely non-standard - wider and taller than average, so very hard to find anything either second hand or new. If you're on the ladder you might be in the same boat.
We ended up going to Cotswood Doors - expensive but very good ...
This was before HOL - maybe you'll have more luck than us at tracking down a new one!!
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I should add that we copied the style from our previous door (ie various wood panel bits, 3 spaces for glass) - you could get the stained glass pieces made for you but we couldn't afford it (some day, some day)...
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Permalink Reply by maggie on
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In praise of 'ladder' doors.
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Permalink Reply by TTTH on
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That's amazing Maggie, would love to see that every day. In this cruel day and age, do you think these types of panel are more vulnerable to break - ins?
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Its beautiful particularly when the sun shines through. Its lasted a century and 'so far so good' and (just in case anyone wants to see how vulnerable it is) it has two heavy duty supporting metal rods across each one which are cleverly disguised into the design and embedded into the solid wood of the doors (cunning lot those Victorians) and there is also plain glass as protection.
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Ah the Victorians did do it better, streets as well as houses; altho' the "harringay passage" might be an anomaly, but I better not open that can of worms, lol!
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Absolutely beautiful Maggie, thanks - am very envious (I'm assuming they are yours).
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thanks Hugh and Alison. Ideally we would have looked for a reclaimed original door and perhaps look to have restored. But if the search fails i'll contact Hamid to see what he can do and get a quote
If anyone has any other suggestions feel free to add them here
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Permalink Reply by Malcolm on
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Well I have a partial solution - I have a salvaged original door but it's not got the triple glazed panel/double glazed panel (ie. 3 small windows across top, 2 larger ones beneath). Instead it's a single opening.
However it wouldn't be too hard for a joiner to put in the necessary glazing bars to transform it - although whether that would be cheaper than getting a new one is an open question!
If you're interested drop me a message and you're welcome to it. It's currently under snow in my front garden...
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