Door shortening

As deeper pile carpets are the fashion at the moment we're finding more and more doors need shortening, do you guys do them or let the customer deal with them via a joiner and if you do what do you charge?

 

We cut them for £20

 

I offer to cut them (there are some exceptions where I sub to a chippy) for a fee

 

We cut them but putting prices up


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Same as merit

 

I cut them £!5 per door . use wolf piranha door saw , expensive to buy but soon get your money back
we average 15 doors a week

 

We just do them the traditional way,take them off and use an electric plane charge £25 per door, just watched the video of the wolf piranha door saw though,that looks like nice bit of kit

 

I used to to that , and couldn't go back to that way !, knocking the paint out of screws taking screws out cutting then re hanging ,Far to much time
we used to hate walking in to a job and have to cut 8 doors like that
Now when we see doors that want cutting we rub our hands together
My record was 8 doors (oak veneer) machine off the van and all 8 cut in 20 minutes
l keep a tally of how many we do weekly and last year including 8 weeks lock down it was 500 doors that's £7500
It even goes through fire doors
well worth the investment and sometimes quicker to cut a door than it is to take it off the hinges

 

How much are the blades and often do you have to change them?


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Not cheap about £135 +Vat
I get them sharpened for £18
If used carefully I get a year a blade
Still worth the money IMHO