New Front Door?

[Barquentine]

How can it take 4 weeks to get a new front door fitted after my mother-in-law's front door was broken by burglars? A temp fix by locksmith is a chipboard panel loosely nailed over gap where door central section was removed. How do we get a new door immediately? She cannot sleep. Insurer says another week to process then 4 wks for door Co. to build door. We

[SirOracle]

This seems to be an excessive amount of time for a new door,unless it was a custom built one.

Which Insurer are you with ?

I would suggest a phone call to them to see what the delay is

[EDDIE51]

I would have got a carpenter to fit a new door and sent the bill to the insurers. Is it a standard door? they are available from any builders merchant 'off the shelf'

[murraymints]

if you tell the insurer there is a vulnerable old person at risk they will give the nod right away and deal with things retrospectively

[murraymints]

just go for new door...can be fixed right away ! no mending malarkey

[alavahalf]

When you say centre section .. my suspicion is it's a UPVC door. I'm afraid nearly every UPVC door is made to order. Not unless you were to get a standard off the shelf door and then get someone to pack the frame out and fit trims to make up the gap left by a non standard door frame.
Having attended many burglaries I have found the lower panel in a door an easy option, to gain entry when forced out of the door with feet.
If the insurance are paying for it, 4 weeks is quite acceptable to have a door ordered, made ... and 3 hours to fit it.
In the mean time I would get someone to fit a sheet of plywood, glued and screwd in position. Done properly it will be stronger than the door itself.
Have done loads of them and with good glue, there is no getting it apart.

If it is a wooden door then it's a case of just fitting an 'off the shelf' door.

[Svejk]

Are you a burglar, alavahalf?

[alavahalf]

Have broken into more house than you can shake a stick at. All for a good cause might I add. The charity I used to work for got funding from the Police. So I found myself usually being the first one on the scene after a burglary.
Armed with this funding and a credit card I could spend what I wanted and needed ....my job was 'put thing's right' ... regardless.
Best job I've ever had... I never new what I was going to be faced with.