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It's a solid oak door I bought specifically so it could be trimmed down by up to 30mm in each direction.
That’s galling.
Wouldn’t have been cheap either.
It may be beyond the guy’s skills to fit it properly-
Also to get it right the top and bottom will need trimming once the hinge side is set plumb -so you may end up with a short door and the hinge mortises may need elongating. But 6-8mm isn’t much.
Does the auto-close really annoy you?
It may become that door’s USP.
absurdbird
Oh, right, I thought it was the vertical part of the frame for a second there. It's a solid oak door I bought specifically so it could be trimmed down by up to 30mm in each direction.
I guess this is one of those cases where it was a bit out of his comfort zone and I should have found a specialist. Shame because he made a tidy job of the rest of the room. Quite frustrating having to go though the process to find out skill set of particular tradesmen, my other guy did a great job of fitting another door, albeit in a new frame, but made a complete balls on boarding out my new fireplace.