Does anyone here have experience with replacing doors?
Context: I have an apartment with older, cheap doors. I found some website (mainly: https://www.deinetuer.ch/ ) where I could get noise-insulating doors for just a few hundred francs a piece. I am totally fine with the price.
Now: they told me that the doors they're selling are not compatible with the hinges of my frames. Apparently they can produce them to be so, but that's of course custom-done and the price would be different.
I'd like to understand the standards about hinges and doors here - are mine like some old Swiss standard? Are there any advantages/disadvantages? Should I give up on replacing just the door and consider it only if I install new frames as well? (huge cost of removing the old metal frames).
I'd appreciate any information/help here. I went to OBI, but all the doors they're offering are same quality as the current ones one mine.
A photo of the current hinges: https://imgur.com/0OX3r0O
The style you have are one Swiss standard, an older one - most of the doors in my apartment have the same hinges.
It depends on whether you're renting, or own the apartment.
If you own the apartment, and these new doors have standard (modern) hinges, pay somebody to install the doors by replacing the hinges to match - as long as that's cheaper than "custom" hinges on the doors.
If you're renting, then unless you have the landlord's approval to replace the doors (and hinges), you'd legally have to pay to have it restored to how it was before you moved in - although the landlord might decide that the new doors are an improvement they'd like to keep, and thank you for it.
You will need to go to an industrial supplier to get better quality doors, a lot of them don't deal with the public. Most are standard sizes but the hinges have been installed by a carpenter so vary in location. There are drill jigs to install these hinges which are not too expensive when you consider how much time it will save you.
Thanks for the answers. I do own the apartment, so it should make things easier.
Where should I reach out to finally to move this thing forward? Should I find a carpenter or industrial supplier... My impression was that it might be possible to just replace the doors (I've got a van, so there's no problem to bring them). I imagine it'd the best if I could just take my current doors "somewhere" and have the new doors set exactly as the current ones (hinge/lock location).
Are your current doors or will the new doors have an air tight seal around them? That goes a long way towards soundproofing.
My apartment doors are like your picture and I wouldn't at all describe them as lightweight. Only my front door has a metal frame with 'Zarge' for a sealing strip.
Unless you do it yourself you're going to have to pay someone for a solution, so yes a Schreiner or some such.