Door installation cost in Brisbane

Published 28 October 2026

Door installation prices per door

These are published prices to install a door you've already bought. Each row names who publishes it:

Internal and external door installation prices

Brisbane Door Fitter's installation-only prices for doors you've bought, from its undated price list, read 28 October 2026. It covers Brisbane, the north Gold Coast and the south Sunshine Coast, and doesn't say whether GST is included. Bunnings' starting prices are for installing an eligible door bought from its own range, as listed by Mates Rates (its sources checked 23 October 2026), read 28 October 2026. None of these prices includes the door.

What a door installation price includes

Installation only means fitting a door you've bought: trimming it to size, cutting the hinge recesses and the latch, hanging it and adjusting it so it closes evenly. The Brisbane installer allows 60 to 90 minutes per door as a guide, and lists extras separately: $179 to take away old doors, $149 for a deadbolt and $69 per door to fit to a metal frame. Painting isn't part of an installation price, so ask for it to be listed if you need it.

Hanging a door means fitting a slab to an existing frame: trimming it to size, cutting the hinge recesses and the latch, and adjusting it so it closes evenly. A pre-hung door comes already fitted in its own frame, which replaces the old frame and architraves.

What changes the cost of hanging a door

• The frame: an old frame that's out of square or damaged takes longer to fit to, or needs replacing.
• Door size: older houses can have doors that aren't today's stock sizes, so the new door is cut down or made to measure.
• The door type: solid-core, glazed and external doors are heavier and take more fitting than hollow-core doors.
• Sliding and bifold doors: tracks, guides and adjustment add time; a cavity sliding door needs its cavity unit in the wall.
• Hardware: locks, deadbolts, closers and smart locks add parts and fitting.
• Painting: a new door needs priming and painting, usually priced separately.
• How many: doing several doors in one visit usually costs less per door than one at a time.

Front and external door installation

A front door has to seal against weather and lock securely, so the frame, sill and seals matter as much as the door. The Brisbane installer lists $579 per external door, installation only, with a bottom weather seal at $99 and a deadbolt at $149; Bunnings lists standard external door installation from $318 for a door bought from its range. The door itself, and any frame work, are extra.

If a new or wider opening is cut into a wall of a house built before 1990, check the wall lining first: the Queensland Government says such a house has "a good chance" of containing asbestos. See asbestos before renovating.

Door jobs and the QBCC $3,300 threshold

In Queensland, building work "valued over $3,300", counting labour, materials and GST, needs a QBCC-licensed contractor. A door or two usually sits below that. A whole house of new doors, supplied and installed, can go over it, and then the licence, written contract and deposit rules apply: see carpenter or builder: QBCC licences.

For a quote from a QBCC-licensed local carpenter, count the doors, measure one, say whether the frames stay, and send a photo. More on the work itself: door installation and repairs in Brisbane.

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