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Doors & Staircases in Bath
Internal door fitting and staircase renovation — often the same customer at different stages of the same project. TM Carpentry fits doors to existing frames, supplies and fits new doors if needed, and handles staircase refresh from a spindle replacement up to a full new flight. The interior joinery refresh jobs that people put off for years, then do all at once. Available across Bath, Bristol and Keynsham — see the areas covered for specific neighbourhoods.
What's included
What's included
Every doors & staircases job covers the items below — always. The exact specification depends on your space and what you want it to do.
Internal door supply and fitting
Door frame and lining replacement
Ironmongery — handles, latches, hinges
Staircase spindle and bannister replacement
Staircase renovation (refresh, not full replacement)
Full staircase replacement
About doors and staircases in Bath
What doors and staircases typically look like in Bath
Bath door and staircase jobs typically work within the Bath World Heritage Site and Bath Conservation Area, but most interior joinery doesn't need a planning application. Bath properties are dominated by Georgian and Victorian terraces with tall (2.1m+) original doors and original dog-leg staircases. Tom fits replacement doors to existing frames, replaces staircase spindles and bannisters, and (less often) handles full staircase replacement on the larger Victorian villas.
Honest note: The descriptions below are generalisations — what's typical or commonly found across Bath's neighbourhoods. Every property is different, so Tom will always confirm what's actually there on the site visit before quoting.
Planning & permissions
The planning context in Bath
Most Bath door and staircase jobs don't need a planning application — internal joinery isn't regulated. The exceptions are Listed Building Consent for any change to original features of a Grade II listed property (Bath has many listed properties in Bathwick, Widcombe, Walcot and central Bath). Tom will tell you what's needed on the site visit — most Bath jobs avoid the planning conversation entirely by working within the existing property.
Common door + staircase patterns in Bath
Common Bath door + staircase patterns: replacement 4-panel or 6-panel doors to match the original Victorian or Georgian style (typically 2.1m tall x 76cm wide, with brass or chrome ironmongery), staircase spindle and bannister replacement on the original dog-leg flights (oak or painted softwood), and full staircase replacement on the larger Victorian villas (rare, £8,000–£15,000). Most Bath jobs use MDF painted doors (matches Victorian 4-panel style, mid-range price) or solid pine (more authentic, premium feel). Ironmongery choices lean toward brass for Georgian terraces, chrome for Victorian semis. Most Bath clients do all doors at once (5–8 doors per property) which makes it worth doing as a single project rather than piecemeal.
Areas in Bath
Doors and staircases in Bath — by area
Each area below has its own hub page with the typical housing stock, common patterns, material choices, and FAQs specific to that neighbourhood.
- BathwickGeorgian terraces, period doorsView Bathwick doors + staircases →
- WidcombeGeorgian and Victorian terracesView Widcombe doors + staircases →
- Combe DownWider plots, mixed housingView Combe Down doors + staircases →
- Oldfield ParkVictorian and Edwardian semisView Oldfield Park doors + staircases →
- LarkhallNorth of centre, mixed housingView Larkhall doors + staircases →
- Weston1930s semis, wider plotsView Weston doors + staircases →
- WalcotEdge of historic core, mixed housingView Walcot doors + staircases →
Our step by step process
Our step by step process
Every job follows the same six stages. Some are quicker, some are slower — but the order and what to expect at each point is fixed, so you're never wondering what's happening.
- 01
Survey
Count doors, measure any staircase work. We note frame conditions and any quirks (out-of-square frames, uneven floors).
- 02
Quote
Per-door pricing, or itemised staircase work. Includes ironmongery if you want us to supply it.
- 03
Doors fitted
Hinges morticed, latches cut, doors hung and tested.
- 04
Staircase work
Refresh or full replacement depending on scope. Refresh jobs are usually a few days; full replacement is a week.
Doors & staircases by city
Internal doors and staircase renovation in Bath or Bristol
Pick a city to see what's distinctive about doors and staircases there — the housing stock, common patterns, material choices, and FAQs — and a curated list of area hubs beneath it.
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