Doors for a new-build apartment: when to order so you don't end up waiting
Tiles get chosen over months, a kitchen gets ordered half a year out, and doors get "we'll buy those at the end, they're quick." Doors aren't quick: they're made to fit your opening, 30 days for a standard size and 45 for a custom one from the deposit landing in our account. Here's how to fit that month and a half to two months into your renovation so it passes unnoticed.
The countdown from move-in
- ✓Minus 2 weeks — installation: after the finish work on walls and floors, before the final clean.
- ✓Minus 30 days (45 for custom) — production. The clock starts from the deposit, not from your call or the measurement.
- ✓Minus another 1–2 weeks — choosing, quoting, spec, contract.
Add it up: start choosing doors 2.5 months before move-in, three with custom sizes. That point usually lands when the walls aren't painted yet and there's no floor, and it feels too early. It isn't.
What needs to be ready before measuring
- ✓Plastering and leveling are finished: three centimeters of plaster added after the measurement is three centimeters the opening no longer has.
- ✓The finished floor level is known: height is measured from it, not from the concrete.
- ✓Openings are at their final size: if you're still planning to widen a passage or wall up a door, do that first.
How to measure is in a separate article.
How to measure a door opening →
Concealed doors — decide earlier
The frame for these doors hides in the wall and is installed before filler and paint, alongside the wiring and ceiling. Fitting it into a finished wall without tearing it apart isn't possible. So "we want concealed doors" has to be decided before the finish work. The most common story: someone saw them in an interior after their own apartment was already painted, and now chooses between tearing it apart and giving up on the idea.
Why it pays to order the whole apartment at once
- ✓Batch. Doors from a single run share the same film shade. Two orders a month apart are two batches, and in the same hallway the difference can show, especially on light colors and textured films.
- ✓The set. When there are many line items, the quote shows the full picture and where you can avoid overpaying.
Plus one delivery instead of three.
What you can do while the renovation is underway
- ✓Decide on a color: match it to the floor, not the walls — you'll repaint the walls, not the floor.
- ✓See the doors in person: color on a screen and in a room differ. Some dealers keep samples, and you're welcome at the factory in Poltava.
- ✓Decide on hardware fitting: we fit the lock and hinges at the factory, doors arrive ready to install.
- ✓Count your openings and wall thicknesses: even rough numbers give a rough quote that helps set aside a budget.
Doors arrived, but the renovation isn't ready
Store slabs flat, on a level surface, in factory packaging, in a dry room, not next to a radiator or in direct sun. An apartment with fresh screed or plaster isn't a dry room: moisture evaporates for weeks. The warranty applies on condition that storage rules were followed: a slab that warped in a damp apartment is not a manufacturing defect.
What to check on delivery
Check the doors before signing the delivery note, not after. Check the set against the spec: slabs, frames, architrave on both sides of every opening, jamb extension if it was in the quote. If the packaging is dented, photograph it right away, with the driver there. The 1-year warranty from shipping covers manufacturing and material defects, not damage from transport or your site.
In short: what and when
- ✓3 months before move-in — pick a color and a line, look at samples. If you're considering concealed doors, decide here.
- ✓2.5 months before — plastering done, floor level known: measurements and quote.
- ✓2 months before — contract and deposit, the clock starts.
- ✓2 weeks before — delivery and installation.
If it's more than one apartment
Separate terms apply to a floor, entrance or building, and we have a line built for exactly that: what matters is batch consistency, the delivery schedule and the price across the number of openings.