A request for quote for custom wooden sliding doors usually lands on a supplier's desk in one of two forms: a single line item copied off a mood board, or a measured opening with a finish reference and a handover date. The first version produces a number you cannot compare; the second produces a quotation that can actually be ordered, shipped and installed. If you are sourcing Santerson Wooden Sliding Doors for a villa, apartment or hospitality room, the information below is what we need from your side to price the job correctly the first time.

Start with the opening, not the door

Wooden sliding doors are made to measure, so the opening defines everything downstream. Send the width and height at three points across the opening (top, middle, bottom on the width; left, centre, right on the height), and tell us which finished floor and finished ceiling levels those measurements are taken to. Sliding systems need a track zone above the opening, and if the ceiling or floor finish is still to be laid, the door height has to allow for that build-up. Note clearly whether the dimensions are structural or already finished, and whether the surrounding wall is stud, masonry or an existing joinery face.

Also state how many leaves you expect and which direction they travel. A single leaf running against a wall, two leaves in a bypass track, or a stack of panels pocketing into a reveal are all priced differently, because panel count changes the track, the hardware duty rating and the amount of wall the opening occupies when the door is open.

Specify the panel build and the finish

Our sliding door range is configured per project, with material and finish options rather than a fixed specification list. In your RFQ, tell us the look you are working to, and we will confirm what the equivalent build is. Practical details that change the quotation:

• Timber species or veneer, and the grain direction if the door sits next to matching Santerson Wood Veneer Hinged Doors or panelling.
• Surface finish, matte or high-gloss, and whether edges and faces are lacquered on both sides (a door that reads from two rooms needs two finished faces).
• Solid panel, framed panel, or part-glazed — and if glazed, the glass type, thickness and whether it is clear, frosted or tinted.
• Handles, pulls or integrated edge pulls, and any lock or catch requirement.

Where the door is part of a wider fit-out, attach the finish schedule or the relevant page of the joinery drawings. Doors specified in isolation almost always drift from the surrounding cabinetry, and that is caught as a snag on site instead of on paper.

Name the hardware and the duty it has to carry

Track, rollers and floor guides are what fail first when they are under-rated, so give us the panel size and weight expectation and the frequency of use. A bedroom wardrobe door opened twice a day and a corridor screen in a hotel lobby are not the same duty. Tell us whether you want a top-hung system with a concealed track, a bottom-rolling system, or a pocket arrangement, and whether the track must be visible or recessed into the head. If your designer has already chosen a hardware brand or profile, name it in the RFQ; if they have not, say so and we will propose a configuration matched to the panel dimensions.

Quantity, site and programme

List every opening as its own line with a room label and a quantity, even where two doors look identical — identical appearance does not guarantee identical openings. Then add the delivery address and the destination port, and the date the doors must be on site, not just the date you want to place the order. As a one-stop furniture and building materials supplier, SANTERSON handles production, packing and door-to-door logistics for projects, so we work backwards from your handover date when we confirm the schedule. Send the drawing set with the same revision number you will build from; a superseded drawing is the most common reason a door is manufactured to the wrong size.

Say how the quotation should be priced

Be explicit about what you want included in the price line: doors only, doors with track and hardware, packing for export, freight to port, or door-to-door delivery. A like-for-like comparison is impossible when one supplier quotes the product and another quotes the landed package. If you need installation, say so at RFQ stage — on-site installation, inspection and after-sales support sit in our service scope, and confirming what is covered for your site before order avoids a separate trade being brought in late.

A short RFQ checklist

• Finished and unfinished dimensions of each opening, with floor and ceiling levels stated.
• Panel count, travel direction and track type (top-hung, bottom-rolling or pocket).
• Material, finish, glazing and ironmongering, cross-referenced to the finish schedule.
• Quantity schedule with room labels and drawing revision numbers.
• Site address, delivery terms and required on-site date.
• What the price must cover: product, hardware, packing, freight, installation.

Send that much information and the quotation comes back comparable, buildable and tied to your programme. If any item is still open, flag it in the RFQ as open rather than leaving it out — a query answered on paper costs nothing, while the same question found on site costs a remake.

Working on a project that needs made-to-measure wooden sliding doors coordinated with cabinetry, joinery and other interior fixtures? Send us your drawings and quantity schedule and we will confirm the specification, dimensions and available finishes for each opening before you commit to an order.