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The short answer
The Quote Yard, a quote-comparison marketplace, publishes a South Australian guide with $150 – $320 to supply and install a hollow-core internal door, $300 – $650 for a solid timber internal door and $600 – $1,800 for a standard external entry door (4 May 2026; GST not stated). Bunnings installs doors bought from Bunnings from $210 for an internal door and $318 for an external one. We found no Adelaide carpenter or door business that publishes a per-door price (checked 28 October 2026).
Door installation prices in Adelaide
Internal, front and heritage door installation prices
| Door | Price | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Hollow-core internal door, supply and install | $150 – $320 | The Quote Yard (SA guide) |
| Solid timber internal door | $300 – $650 | The Quote Yard (SA guide) |
| External entry door (standard) | $600 – $1,800 | The Quote Yard (SA guide) |
| Heritage replica entry door | $1,800 – $5,500+ | The Quote Yard (SA guide) |
| Internal door installed (door bought from Bunnings) | From $210 | Bunnings |
| External door installed (door bought from Bunnings) | From $318 | Bunnings |
| Door repair or rehang, per job (typical $180) | $100 – $300 | What’s The Damage (national) |
Checked 28 October 2026. The Quote Yard is a quote-comparison marketplace; its South Australian guide (4 May 2026) doesn’t state GST. Bunnings’ service fits like-for-like doors bought from Bunnings only. What’s The Damage’s national figure (October 2026) includes GST.
By our arithmetic, replacing five hollow-core internal doors at The Quote Yard’s $150 – $320 each would be $750 – $1,600 (5 × $150 and 5 × $320).
What’s in a door installation price, and what isn’t
The door itself
Hollow-core doors are light and cost least; solid timber doors are heavier and cost more, as the table shows. Ask whether a price includes the door or only fitting one you’ve bought.
The frame
A new door can be hung in a sound existing frame: it’s trimmed to fit, and the hinges and latch are cut in. A pre-hung door comes already hung in its own jamb, so the old frame comes out.
Hinges, handles and locks
Bunnings’ internal door service includes standard barrel and cylinder door furniture. Other prices may treat handles, locks and stops as extras, so ask.
Architraves
If the frame comes out, the architraves around it come off too, and they’re refitted or replaced. See skirting and architraves.
Painting and the old doors
Ask whether painting the new doors and taking the old ones away are in the price or left to you.
Period doors in Adelaide villas and bungalows
Stone villas and 1920s bungalows often have four-panel timber doors, and swapping them for flush doors changes the look of the house. A damaged period door can be matched in the same panel style, or repaired and rehung. For front doors, heritage replica entry doors are the dearest line in the table above.
In a house built before the mid-1980s, asbestos.sa.gov.au says to check for asbestos before repairs or renovation, which matters when old frames, wall linings or architraves are disturbed.
Widening a doorway is structural work
Door installation means fitting doors into existing openings. Consumer and Business Services’ window and door installation licence category covers exactly that, and doesn’t allow making an opening higher or wider. Cutting a new opening, or widening one, is structural work, and in an external wall it isn’t covered by Schedule 4’s exemption for repairs and internal alterations, so it can need approval. It’s outside the door installation quoted here.
Ask about cavity sliding doors before planning one: fitting a cavity unit means opening up the wall, and a load-bearing wall makes that structural work.
Door repairs and rehanging
A door that sticks, drags or won’t latch often needs its hinges tightened or reset, the edge planed, or the latch or strike plate moved, rather than a new door. The national guide’s figure for a door repair or rehang is in the table above.
If doors all through the house start sticking, or cracks open above door frames, mention it: movement in the floor or walls can be a structural problem rather than a door fault.
Getting doors quoted in Adelaide
- How many doors, and which rooms
- Internal, period or front, and hollow-core or solid
- The height and width of one door
- Whether the frames stay or are replaced
- The handles and locks you want
- When the house was built
Door installation is licensed building work in SA, in CBS’s second-fix carpentry and window and door installation categories. See how to check a builder’s licence in SA.
Questions about door installation cost
What size is a standard internal door?
Bunnings’ installation service treats doors up to 2040 mm × 820 mm as standard, and fits non-standard doors up to 2340 mm × 920 mm. Measure your existing door’s height and width before buying.
Does Bunnings’ door installation service cover Adelaide?
Its page doesn’t say which areas it covers, and it only fits new doors bought from Bunnings, not Marketplace items. Check with your local store.
Do I need approval to replace a front door?
Replacing a door like for like in its existing opening is repair or maintenance, which Schedule 4 clause 4(4) exempts as long as it doesn’t affect the building’s structural soundness. That exemption doesn’t apply at a local or State heritage place, so check with PlanSA first if your home is one.
Do door installation prices include GST?
The Quote Yard’s SA guide and Bunnings’ service page don’t say. What’s The Damage’s national repair figure includes GST (checked 28 October 2026). Ask for GST to be shown on any quote.
Should the door frames be replaced too?
Only if they’re damaged or rotten, badly out of square, or the door size is changing. A sound frame can take a new door, which saves replacing the jamb and architraves.
Can a door be cut down to fit?
Within limits. A door is trimmed to suit its frame and the floor, but a door far too big or small for the opening is better replaced with one of the right size. Send the opening’s measurements.
Where these figures come from
The prices and rules on this page come from these published pages, checked on 28 October 2026.
- The Quote Yard: door installation SA 2026 · Quote-comparison marketplace, South Australian price guide, published 4 May 2026
- Bunnings: door installation service · National hardware retailer, installation service page, undated
- What’s The Damage: carpenter cost Australia 2026 · National cost guide (paid by tradespeople for enquiries), updated October 2026, prices include GST
- asbestos.sa.gov.au: homeowners · SA Government asbestos information site (SafeWork SA, EPA SA, SA Health and others)
- Planning, Development and Infrastructure (General) Regulations 2017, Schedule 4 · South Australian regulations: Schedule 4 cl 4 (exempt decks, pergolas, fences, sheds, retaining walls)
- CBS: building work supervisor standard registration conditions · SA Government, Consumer and Business Services: the licence categories (carpentry, decks, fencing, windows and doors)
- Building Work Contractors Act 1995 (SA) · South Australian legislation: ss 3, 6, 28–36, 47A–47D, 49 and 50
