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Thanks for that - yes, the door that is 1894mm is going to need 87mm trimmed off a standard door in order to fit, or 43.5mm off the top and the bottom.
If you look at Wickes (one example but they all seem similar), 'The door may be trimmed by up to 3mm in height and 3mm in width. Any reductions must be removed equally from each edge.'. That's not clear to me as to whether you can remove 1.5mm from top/bottom or up to 3mm from each = 6mm - way less than I need.
While the doors I actually want can be 'trimmed by up to 32mm' - even if you double that (i.e. remove 32mm from top and bottom) it's still less than I need...
J0nathan-
Hmm...maybe @Airhead or other qualified person could offer a more experienced opinion on door trimming! A particularly short door in our house has been trimmed too much, which I only noticed when I touched the top edge (much higher than head height) and my fingers went in to the hollow centre - it's a cheap door, not solid wood. Doesn't seem to be an issue, but ideally you'd avoid that I suppose.
Is there no way of removing some architraving at the top or something, to give a bit more door frame clearance?
si_mon628
Doors are usually trimmed to fit the doorway, in height and width, so get the closest oversized ones and trim 'em down. The 4mm between 1981mm and 1977mm won't be an issue at all, but for the bigger difference you'll need to take half the amount off each end. New doors should have info on how much can be safely trimmed off each edge.