I am trying to find internal doors to replace some which were originally fitted when the house was built in 1954.
Imperial size internal doors.
6 ft 6 x 2 ft 6 or.
The door sizes have exact heights of 2040mm and widths vary as follows 526mm 626mm 726mm 826mm and lastly 926mm all with door thicknesses of 40mm but 44mm for 30 minute fire rated doors.
Internal metric sized doors are becoming progressively popular and are most prolifically used across much of scotland and the continent.
In imperial measurements these are as follows.
You can also get 44mm 1 3 4 and 54mm 2 1 8 doors these thicker ones are usually fire rated doors.
Most of the internal doors on the market only have about a 6mm edge they can and should be trimmed equally but they can be cut down and the edge refitted alas not while on site there are various unusual size doors within the internal doors categories.
These are 6 6 x 2 6 and 2 3 but the difficulty i am having is getting the right thickness 40mm or 1 5 8.
Sometimes odd size doors can be present in period properties the main difference being a door height increase of 2040mm and door thickness of 40mm.
What i would ideally like is exactly the same size in 4 panel moulded with a grained finish.
For newer buildings it is becoming increasingly popular to use metric standards where door widths increase in 100mm increments i e.
6 ft 6 x 2 ft 9.
Metric door sizes mm imperial door sizes inches imperial door sizes ft and inches 1981 x 457.
Imperial feet inches imperial inches metric.
Popular internal door sizes.
Generally there are three sizes of door.
The story goes that metric door sizes were introduced by one of the uk s.
Extra wide internal doors.
6 ft 8 x 2 ft 8.
In millimeters these are as follows.
For added convenience we have created tables of popular door types.
If your door isn t on this list it s worth giving us a call to see what we can do even if that means we recommend custom doors to suit you best.
626 726 826 x.
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Internal door leaves have typical thicknesses of 35mm 1 3 8 for imperial sizes or 40mm 1 2 3 for metric sizes.
A typical imperial door size used in most high end residential properties is 33 x 78 inches and often in the industry we refer to this imperial standard using millimetres 838 x 1981.