Doors for the kitchen: recommendations for choosing

Sometimes finding the kitchen door is really difficult. The large role played by the dimensions and layout of the apartment or house, the width of the doorway and the future location of the canvas, which may be too vulnerable to temperature changes and the level of humidity in the room. A simple algorithm and general knowledge about canvases, information about what they are and what are the advantages of each of them will help you choose decent doors.

Doors are classified by type of opening. Let us consider in more detail each of them.

Fastened to the box on the hinges and opens with their help. Opening, the canvas swings open and opens the doorway - the entrance to the kitchen. The design can be single-leaf (with one leaf) or double-leaf, double (with two blades).

The design with hinged doors is installed if the opening in the kitchen is wider than one meter (90-100 cm).For example, if the opening is 120 cm wide, you cannot put one canvas in it. Exit - installation of two swing doors, each 600 mm wide. Each of them can be opened, opened, closed. Alternative - installation of one hinged and second non-hinged doors, that is, the second half will be firmly fixed and act as a "deaf" partition.

Or the door-book. Usually it is thin and going into an accordion when opened. It is appropriate to choose a “book” for an aperture 70 cm wide and more, otherwise there will be little space for free passage. After all, it is going into the opening and takes it in width.

The door that retracts into the opening niche or moves along the wall. It saves the space of the apartment and does not require additional space for free opening, as its swing counterpart. Plus a sliding model - does not take place, creates aesthetics in the interior. Minus - high price and difficulty to install, especially if the canvas is planned to “hide” in a niche. Such a niche will have to be created at the stage of rough finishing.

It resembles a compartment door, only “goes” not along straight rails, but along radius ones.Radial canvases are usually placed in designer apartments and after planning, since these canvases require additional opening space and take up more space than the classic sliding ones.

Wooden door - the most popular type of paintings. But wood is different from the tree: the canvas can be made of 100% solid wood or wood waste - MDF, chipboard. And this significantly affects the functionality and cost of the door.

Solid wood is expensive, even in the exterior, aesthetics and pleasant microclimate that it creates in the house. This canvas is suitable for the kitchen, provided that the area of ​​the room is more than 10 square meters. m and the door will not get water and steam from cooking. The canvas of natural wood can be deformed from steam or water, in conditions of too wet or dry premises, so they should definitely be excluded.

Natural veneer veneer is a great alternative to 100% solid. In the body of such a canvas there is a light solid pine, outside - a thin section of natural wood. They are more resistant to moisture, but do not withstand direct contact with water. Veneered doors - the best option for the kitchen and the apartment as a whole, if the budget allows you to buy them.

Eco-sheeter is highly durable and is a thin sheet material obtained by mixing sawdust and glue. It is safe and practical, inexpensive and resistant to changes in temperature and humidity. Doors of the ekoshpon choose those who can not afford to buy canvases from 100% solid wood or a family with pets that can scratch the door. Canvas made from ekoshpona resistant to minor mechanical damage. Their coverage is often called anti-vandal.

Artificial coating such as PVC, enamel or laminated fabric is also suitable for the kitchen. These doors are classified as economy, and they differ in the outer shell. PVC - polyvinyl film film, which often imitates natural wood. It differs cheap, but fade under the influence of direct sunlight. Enamel is a paint, it is safe, practical, looks attractive and has almost no drawbacks.

Economy class doors usually have a frame made of glued timber and honeycomb cardboard filler inside. They poorly isolate noise because they are practically hollow inside. The best choice is a door made of solid pine, lined with natural, ekoshpon or any other coating (enamel, laminate).

Glass doors visually expand the space and make it bright because they let the light in easily. For the kitchen, a fully glass sheet is not practical: fingerprints will remain on the glossy surface. The alternative is a wooden door with glass diagonally, vertically or horizontally.

A plastic door is often found in the kitchen and usually leads to the balcony. If it is two-chamber, it will keep heat in the room, protect it from the penetration of foreign odors into the rest of the space of the house. The plastic door can be deaf or with glass, and its exterior design depends on the taste and capabilities of the owners. It must be of high quality and consist of two or more chamber bags, and the plastic itself must be dense and not have a pungent odor.

Doors differ in shape. Common and most accessible is rectangular. Semicircular is rare, but has the right to be and create an original style in the interior. The shape of the canvas does not depend on the functionality of the room. But from the correct installation - directly. If the door has gaps, crevices, then it will let in smells and noise regardless of its material and shape.

The kitchen is a specific room, which, of course, requires the installation of interior linen. And no matter what size your apartment or house: the canvas should be, and here's why:

• It prevents the spread of odors from the kitchen, which can not be avoided when cooking / washing the stove or sink with aggressive cleaning agents. Not a single hood or an open window can cope with the aroma of a preparing dish better than the door to the kitchen;
• The door isolates the noise during the same cooking or cleaning and is especially needed when there is a small child in the house who sleeps while the mother is working in the kitchen.The canvas isolates not only the everyday noise, but also the sounds of the TV, the conversations of the assembled guests, parents, the barking of a dog;
• Separates the room from children or creates safety for young family members who should not temporarily enter it after washing the floor or cleaning it with a cleaning agent;
• Creates comfort. The door has long ceased to be just a partition. Today it decorates the interior, transforms, sets the style. And without a canvas in the kitchen, the interior looks unfinished.

But in the absence of linen in the kitchen there are some advantages:

• Free access to the room;
• Saving a little space that could occupy the door;
• Visual expansion of the area of ​​the apartment.

Doors of the same color, design and manufacturer are selected in the apartment. They may differ slightly in appearance, and usually the difference lies in the glazing of the canvas or its deaf construction.

If the kitchen is small and the cooking zone is located in close proximity to the door, you should choose the canvas that is easy to wash and do not mind throwing it away. If the stove is located close to the door, during cooking, the spatter from the frying will fall on it, like steam and water, which means that the canvas may soon deteriorate. But such kitchens are the exception rather than the norm.And for her, the best choice would be laminated or ekoshponom canvas.

Artificial fabric coating is resistant to temperature changes and the ingress of water, oil or something else. It is easier to take care of artificial turf: just wipe it with a damp soft sponge or water-alcohol solution in a 9: 1 ratio. If the kitchen is spacious and the stove is two or more meters away from the door, you can choose any material.

The area of ​​the apartment affects the type of door opening. Standard and customary swing is considered: it requires about 1 square. m in front of the door for free opening, can slam shut from a draft and accidentally hit a household, if the other has not noticed that.

Folding and sliding structures help save and diversify space. They open sideways, glide along the wall, or fold into a booklet, which helps save a bit of space. Their cost is usually higher than swing models. But they win if there are small children or pets in the house: it is impossible to accidentally hit a baby or a cat with a sliding door.

The width of the opening also plays an important role in the choice of doors. Standard size up to 90 cm requires the installation of one web. If the opening is wider than 1 meter, then you can think about a double swing door or think about the artificial narrowing of the opening.

In an opening of 100 cm, the options are: to make a swing or sliding door 1 meter wide to order, install one swing width of 600, 700 and 800 mm and one “blind” sash 400, 300 or 200 mm wide into one opening. Or two blades of 500 mm each, but they will have to be made to order, because the web width of 50 cm is non-standard.

As for the material, there is no exact answer as to which doors are better: from solid wood, natural or ekoshpon. The choice depends primarily on the budget. It should be noted that the doors with solid or spliced ​​solid wood are better than those that are based on glued timber frame and cardboard filler. Wooden "body" better isolates noise and retains heat, they are strong and resistant to impact of the canvas against the wall.

Angular model refers to creative solutions, as well as radial. If we are talking about the location of the opening between the corners, then rather, just such a door will be without trim, since for them there will be no free space on the wall. Usually, corner doors are placed in a Khrushchev or a small apartment, and the width of such an opening is usually 600 mm.

Summarizing, we note that The best door for the kitchen is the one inside which there is a solid or spliced ​​solid pine. Its coating can be more expensive - natural veneer, or cheaper - eco-veneer, lamination, PVC, enamel. If the budget allows, choose a 100% array of interior doors, provided that all the other canvases in the house are the same.

The type of door opening is not significantly different. Simplicity and accessibility consist in a single swing door for a standard opening. For non-standard - double-wing model. Sliding doors transform the kitchen space, open with minimal effort and do not slam shut by a sharp air flow, but the system of their opening will cost more in one and a half to two times.

The door-book is good for a rustic country interior, where design comes first, giving way to functionality. Radius suitable for modern design solutions and cost more than others.

The kitchen with two doors and a window is at least spacious. If both of them lead into the room, then install two identical canvases, identical in color and design. If one of them leads to the street - this door must be metal to ensure the safety of the family.

If the kitchen door leads to the living room or dining room, it is better to choose a hinged or sliding design or arch - it will combine rooms. It can be a light glass partition, a wide compartment door, a beautiful canvas with glass.

For a kitchen of any size, you can choose a functional canvas with a mezzanine - top storage cabinets. Its color is usually matched to the tone of the canvas, and they visually make up the whole.

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