1/5 Dunc W. 2 years ago on Google
It's
not
often
I
leave
reviews,
only
when
they're
very
good
or
in
this
case
very
bad.
It's
a
long
read
for
which
I
apologise
but
please
read
if
you
intend
to
purchase
"standard
doors"
with
honeycomb
construction.
I
recently
purchased
7
internal
pre-primed
Linear
doors
at
a
discounted
cost
to
me
of
£800.
I
chose
Howdens
as
a
reputable
brand
name
assured
me
of
being
supplied
with
a
product
of
quality
and
being
fit
for
purpose.
However,
I
am
bitterly
disappointed
with
the
product
both
in
terms
of
the
quality
of
materials
used
in
construction
and
their
total
inadequacy
in
their
being
fit
for
the
purpose
intended.
Having
looked
around
at
various
definitions
for
the
actual
purpose
of
internal
doors,
the
most
accurate
as
far
as
my
expectations
go
is
"Internal
doors
will
go
a
long
way
to
completing
the
overall
look
and
feel
of
your
home.
Their
primary
role
is
functional
-
they
divide
up
spaces
and
prevent
noise
travelling
around
the
house".
All
of
the
internal
doors
lead
off
from
a
central
entrance
hallway.
These
include
bedroom
doors
for
each
of
our
teenage
girls,
our
main
bathroom
and
master
bedroom.
Four
of
the
doors
were
professionally
hung
by
a
qualified
joiner
before
we
noticed
how
bad
they
were
and
stopped.
What
I
was
subsequently
and
completely
horrified
by
is
the
total
and
sheer
amount
of
noise
transference
through
each
and
every
one
of
the
doors.
Quite
frankly
our
teenage
girls
are
too
embarrassed
to
use
the
bathroom
and
even
though
the
bedroom
doors
create
a
divide
that
cannot
be
seen
through,
they
feel
that
they
have
no
privacy
whatsoever
due
to
sound
transferrence,
which
as
a
teenager
is
completely
unacceptable.
The
most
important
rooms
in
a
house
for
a
teenage
girl,
their
bedroom,
to
them
now
feel
like
public
shared
spaces.
So
I
wrote
to
Howdens
regarding
the
issues
and
build
quality.
I
got
the
standard
wash
their
hands
reply
"It
is
our
understanding
that
the
noise
level
requirements
were
not
discussed
with
the
depot
prior
to
purchasing
the
doors
in
question.
Had
this
been
mentioned
then
the
depot
staff
would
have
suggested
you
go
for
developer
doors
to
assist
with
this.
Furthermore,
our
catalogue
states
to
look
for
an
‘E’
logo
when
looking
for
a
sound
reducing
door
to
help
minimise
sound
travel
and
to
provide
a
peaceful
and
quiet
environment."
In
their
corporate
defence,
I
get
this
to
some
degree
but
they
did
not
tackle
the
issue
about
the
"standard"
door
being
fit
for
purpose
and
misleading
descriptions.
God
loves
a
tryer
so
I
replied.
I
shopped
online,
a
common
practice
because
of
COVID,
so
didn't
have
the
luxury
of
looking
at
a
catalogue.
I'm
not
a
door
expert
either.
Regardless
of
"E"
logo's
and
"Developer"
doors
(there
is
only
one
type
of
this
in
an
old
style),
one
would
expect
a
"standard"
door
to
be
fit
for
the
very
basic
purpose
intended
and
even
a
basic
level
door
should
have
some
level
of
resistance
to
sound
passage.
Believe
me
when
I
say
you
would
not
have
these
doors
in
your
house.
You
may
as
well
just
put
up
a
sheet
of
paper,
that's
how
bad
they
are.
In
addition,
the
website
description
of
the
door
construction
is
misleading,
"engineered
core"
would
tend
to
suggest
a
decent,
robust
quality
door,
plus
it
makes
no
reference
to
the
product
not
being
suitable
for
specific
areas
such
as
bedrooms
or
bathrooms
where
sound
privacy
is
needed,
so
why
would
I
think
that
they
are
not.???
Neither
are
there
any
filter
options
to
assist
in
this
respect,
so
again
why
would
I
not
think
they
are
not
suitable.
Howdens
reply
and
position,
surprisingly
remains
unchanged
and
I
still
have
doors
not
fit
for
purpose
and
the
problem
of
having
to
re-purchase.
I'm
only
giving
it
a
1*
as
I'm
getting
a
refund
for
the
three
doors
we
refused
to
fit.
