External doors size guide.
Standard external door opening sizes uk.
Clearance is the allowance we give around the door and frame.
All external doors are usually supplied 44mm thick.
1981 x 457 533 x 35mm door sizes tend to be most popular for use as cupboard or wardrobe doors.
Uk standard door sizes.
The standard heights and widths of external doors are often comparable to standard internal door sizes.
However it is possible for front doors and other external doors to be sized differently.
If you want something that is just slightly smaller than the standard 3 foot exterior doors then trimming down a standard sized door to fit is a good option.
Entry doors are usually 36 inches wide.
The most common standard door sizes for both imperial and metric external doors are 30 x78 32 x80 33 x78 34 x82 36 x84.
Jb kind doors offer a core selection of the most common door sizes from stock and if you have a non standard size requirement bespoke sizes can be ordered for many of our door ranges.
At bso we provide a core range of the most prolific door sizes from stock.
Typically fire doors sizes are 27 x78 30 x78 and 22 x78 but may also be available in the smaller size of 24 x78 metric fire doors may also be available with standard sizes ranging from 626mm x 2040mm and 726mm x 2040mm to 626mm x 2040mm and 926mm x 2040mm.
As external doors need to be more sturdy they are usually thicker with 44mm 1 3 4 being the most common thickness in domestic settings.
Standard door widths structural opening width standard opening height 457 559 2051 533 635 2051 610 712 2051 686 788 2051 762 864 2051 838 940 2051 864 966 2051 914 1019 2051 1220 1325 2051 1372 1477 2051 1524 1629 2051 structural opening dimensions www nationalhickman co uk.
The opening of an average front door is 82 5 inches in height and 38 inches in width and the most typical standard size uk door is designed to accommodate this space.
The main difference is seen in the thickness of external doors.
1981 x 457 533 x 35mm door sizing usually most popular for wardrobe or cupboard door use.
Internal standard door sizing uk.
It can take 10 12 weeks to get an extra tall or extra wide door made depending on the size and the type of material.
While a door width of 36 inches is oversized for an interior door it s the standard size for front doors the standard height remains the same however.
On this page we explain the standard internal door height and standard internal door size door width.