How to make sliding interior doors with your own hands?

Many owners of modern apartments are trying to use the entire space in the most ergonomic way. A self-made sliding door is one of the ways to solve this issue. This type of construction is compact and versatile.

Sliding interior doors are structures that move parallel to the supporting walls on special rollers. This saves a lot of space that the canvas occupies.

Depending on the type of sliding systems, the doors can be divided into several types:

1. Single and double wing modifications. The movement of the canvas is performed in the same plane with the help of special guides. The simplest and most common models that are easy to make yourself.
2. Cascading. Doors of this type consist of several leaves that move in different planes parallel to each other. Used for large openings, therefore, in apartments are very rare.
3. Coupe doors. These modifications are similar to the previous type, since the construction consists of two leaves moving parallel to each other.
4. Harmonic. The system consists of several small rotary-sliding elements, which are interconnected by hinges. When moving, the canvas is folded, forming a kind of harmonica.

Before you make the sliding doors, you should provide an option for their mounting and location. Today, several types of working structures are practiced:

1. Suspended. The canvas moves on rollers, which are attached only to its upper end. The lower part of the product is in the air and does not come into contact with the floor.
2. Retractable. In these doors, the rollers are installed both at the top and bottom. Make a similar system is almost impossible in the home, as the lower rollers are hidden in the butt of the canvas.
3. Penalnaya.The system of this type assumes the presence of a kind of box, where the doors and hide. In the open position, the canvas is generally not visible on any side of the room.

Consider the process of creating sliding doors on the example of suspended modifications. In order to perform work efficiently and quickly, You should stock up on several mechanisms:

1. Drill with nozzles for working with wood and concrete.
2. Circular jigsaw and small hand saw.
3. Screwdriver.
4. Devices for control, which include level, plummet, tape measure and other measuring devices.
5. Plane. The best option would be an electrical model, but if there is no such, you can use manual modifications.
6. Hammer, chisel, etc.

For the manufacture of sliding doors you need a lot of materials among which are some of the most basic:

1. Door leaves. The best option would be to use factory models, but this is not always profitable economically. It is better to make the door yourself,which allows you to immediately adapt it to the dimensions of your opening. The number of valves depends on the width of the opening and is selected individually.
2. Upper rail. This design is an aluminum profile, inside which the roller will move. Please note that the width of this element is selected depending on the number and dimensions of the used flaps.
3. Wooden beam. This element is used as a support for the guide, so the cross section of the beam must be not less than 5 * 5 cm.
4. Videos. When choosing these mechanisms should be considered the thickness of the canvas and its weight. Correctly pick them up will help you in a specialized store.
5. Boards. They will be used to form the frame under the door leaf.
6. Auxiliary designs. This should include all elements of accessories, as well as closers that can facilitate the movement of the door.
7. Fasteners. Often for installation you will need several types of screws and anchors. In some cases, specialists use mounting foam.

You can make the door using several materials, among which the most popular are wooden beams,array and chipboard. The algorithm for the manufacture of canvas from the boards can be divided into several successive steps:

1. First of all, selected quality material of a certain thickness. To closely join the boards, their ends are aligned with the help of a planer and carefully ground.
2. The next step is to join the boards in a single canvas. To do this, they are carefully aligned and adjusted to fit. After this, the boards are glued together with the help of special compositions.
3. When the door is completely dry, it can be further sanded. If you want to give it originality, you can cut a small hole under the glass in it. This can be done using a milling machine.

The installation of a sliding system can be divided into several successive stages:

1. First of all, handles are cut into the canvas. If necessary, you can use small systems that are screwed to the frame.
2. After that, the guide rollers are screwed to the upper ends of the door. Fixing them occurs often with screws. Please note that these mechanisms should be located at a short distance from the vertical ends.Accurately find out this parameter is possible only in the instructions for videos.
3. At this stage, a box should be installed inside the wall opening. It will perform a decorative function. When the structure is fixed, a wooden block should be attached on the wall above it. It is important to fasten it very well, as it will act as a support.
4. When the beam is fixed, a guide profile is fastened to it. After that, they hang a door leaf on it and check how it moves. Completing the process of creating the door installation limiters. The place of their fasteners is selected depending on the parameters of swinging elements.

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