{"id":26,"date":"2026-02-23T19:55:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/?p=26"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:55:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:55:54","slug":"quincaillerie-porte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/quincaillerie-porte\/","title":{"rendered":"Quincaillerie Porte"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">: That is how I always specify my doors:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is starting to feel like a trend. I really don&#8217;t understand how someone with many years of experience in his field would think this is OK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our renovation involves several new interior doors. On the initial design specification against which several suppliers provided quotes, we noticed that for each door there were three items requested:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CYLINDRE PROFIL EUROPEEN<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ENSEMBLE QUINCAILLERIE DE PORTE : Serrure Monopoint<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ENSEMBLE : B\u00e9quillage pour Porte<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This seemed like slight overkill, to give all the doors locks like an exterior door (albeit with a different mechanism), but we were assured that the initial quote was really just for budgeting and to help with vendor selection, the final bill would be adjusted to match the work done. The concept included a gite, so having some seurity on the locks wasn&#8217;t outside of the realms of possibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Final price for these was charged at:<br>\u20ac32 + \u20ac52 + \u20ac46 = \u20ac130 per door.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This included the bathroom doors which lock with a simple twist on the handle, not a key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is a Euro Cylinder, \u20ac50 gets you a good one, so \u20ac32 for a cheap one could be judged &#8216;fair&#8217;: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.35.03-693x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.35.03-693x1024.png 693w, https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.35.03-203x300.png 203w, https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.35.03-768x1136.png 768w, https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.35.03.png 798w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are indeed single point locks which take these euro cylinders. \u20ac13 regardless of taking a cylinder or having a key. So a more generous mark-up here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"497\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.39.23-497x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-28\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.39.23-497x1024.png 497w, https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.39.23-146x300.png 146w, https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.39.23.png 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 497px) 100vw, 497px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, the handle is added, with a deadbolt in the case of the bathrooms. This isn&#8217;t the style we have, but it shows the lock actuation mechanism is built into the handle. Again, a fair markup fonsiddering fitting this is just placing the two screws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"744\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.43.55-744x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29\" srcset=\"https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.43.55-744x1024.png 744w, https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.43.55-218x300.png 218w, https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.43.55-768x1057.png 768w, https:\/\/houlihane.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-23-at-19.43.55.png 878w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 744px) 100vw, 744px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note that there is no additional lock required for these bathroom style handles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So where is the problem? We were invoiced for 7 euro cylinders but only received 3 locks which have keys. The remaining 4 were simple mortice locks where the locking mechanism is not an additional cost over the base lock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is \u20ac128 lost due to not querying the minute details of the architect&#8217;s initial specification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>: That is how I always specify my doors: This is starting to feel like a trend. I really don&#8217;t understand how someone with many years of experience in his field would think this is OK. Our renovation involves several new interior doors. 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