Interior doors with glass

Thinking through the smallest details of the interior, any owner will pay special attention to the doorways. To date, there are a huge number of options for interior passages, whether it is a door or arch. But one of the most popular solutions is still the door with glass inserts.

It is no secret that in addition to durability and strength, interior doors should have a decorative function. They should decorate the house, and models with glass inserts are suitable for this as well as possible.

In full or in part glass doors have many advantages. Due to their light transmitting ability, they can visually enlarge a room with a small space and make it much lighter. Thanks to the extra light, any room, regardless of its size, will seem quite spacious and airy.This ability of glass doors will be particularly relevant for owners of small apartments.

From the advantages of glass, you can also select the strength and ease of operation. This material does not attract dust and dirt, so it is very easy to clean.

Another advantage is the huge variety in the choice of glass. And indeed, on the glass door market, you can individually select an option that is ideal for any door frame material. It can be a regular clear glass or with an additional pattern.

The door can also be with frosted glass or granular corrugated, with large glass or with glazing in the middle. Very popular for classic interiors are double-glazed doors that imitate a window. This design looks very aristocratic and expensive, especially if its frame is made in white.

An interesting option are glazed doors with thermal break. Such models are rarely installed inside the house, yet their thermal characteristics indicate that it is more an entrance door. However, with glass inserts, it looks very bold.

The sash door glazing looks very organically. Glass inserts do not detract from the strength of the structure and do not simplify it, but they look very advantageous at the same time. Especially if the inserts are made of frosted glass.

If you are afraid that the glass construction will be very fragile, feel free to choose doors with glass triplex. They are much stronger than ordinary glass, so they can be installed even in a house where there are small children. You can be completely sure that such glass will not break during the turbulent children's games and the child will not accidentally get hurt.

The doors in stained glass inserts sometimes look very gothic. However, unlike other types of glass inserts, stained glass windows, as well as dense frosted glass, have the ability to diffuse or even not to let in natural light. It creates a feeling of tightly closed space. In this case, it is better to have more sources of artificial light in the room, otherwise by the middle of the day the room will seem too dark. Especially if the room is not located on the sunny side of the house.

It should be noted that several types of glass can be used in one door construction.With proper selection of the picture, this combination will look very original. Mixing glass textures is widely used in the decoration of rooms, made in modern styles.

However, it is worth remembering that the glass door may contradict the human need for privacy. A full glass door or a design with too large windows mimics an open door and thus causes a feeling of insecurity in some people.

All doors are divided into two large groups: single and double. However, within these groups there is an extensive classification of doors according to the type of design and the opening mechanism. This article will discuss only the most basic of them.

• One of the most common models is a hinged door. This is the most popular view of all. Without a doubt, such models are absolutely in every home. They have already become classics, which it will be difficult for us to give up, so tightly they entered our lives.

• Hinged door designs can have one or two leaves. As a rule, they are installed in large rooms, and they open up into the room. Accordingly, to open the door you need a certain space, which may not be in small apartments. Therefore, for owners of small apartments, they will seem inconvenient, since they will take up a lot of space. And this makes it difficult for owners to arrange furniture.

• Popular sliding doors, due to the lack of swing structures. Due to its construction, equipped with special rollers, when the door is opened, its doors close to the side connectors of the wall. Very convenient design for small apartments, where every centimeter counts.

• An interesting option is the door-accordion. This design is much less common, but still it can be found in some homes. Usually, harmonicas do not have inserts with glass, however recently such models have appeared. I must say that many of them fell in love with their originality.

The design of interior doors with glass inserts may contain a large number of parts, which usually come bundled with the door itself. For example, in addition to the valves, any swing model has a special set of hinges, which are used to attach the door leaf to the doorposts. Most often, these hinges come in the form of standard hinges, which, if necessary, can be easily replaced.

For fully glass doors and for models with glass inserts, reliable fastening systems play a decisive role, because it depends on them how comfortable the door structure will be during operation.

Good hinges can extend the life of the door, so you need to approach their choice with full responsibility:

• If the door leaf is made entirely of glass, then it is necessary to choose hinges that do not involve drilling the leaves. As a rule, such hinges hold the design due to the fact that they are very tightly pressed to the casement of the glass door on both sides. Trusting such hinges, you can be absolutely sure that the door is securely fastened.

• Components for some doors include hidden hinges. They are remarkable in that when looking at the structure and the shoals they are not visible, since they are mounted in the ceiling and the floor with the help of special pins. Each pin has several tips that rotate in different directions. It is on these tips that the door structure is fixed.

• The profile of sliding doors assumes the presence of a special roller mechanism with a special track for castors, which is also called a guide. The guide can be divided into several types depending on the type of door.

• For example, for conventional sliding structures, resembling a compartment door, you need to install two guides at once. The entire weight of the door falls on the lower rail, and the upper one is needed as a secondary auxiliary element. Usually they go immediately in a set with shutters and are not bought separately, so when buying a door, make sure that all the details are in the box.

• The so-called sliding doors have four rails at once: two on top and two on the bottom, and they do not touch each other.Two guides are equipped with sliding models, the flaps of which in the open state go into special recesses of the walls. Radial doors usually have a slightly curved rounded shape, which is completely repeated rails. The number of rails for such doors depends on the number of shutters. Cascade models include several guides that regulate the opening of doors in different boards.

• There is also a sliding telescopic mechanism, which is designed for special telescopic doors. The specificity of this model is that when it is opened, its doors are not shifted in different directions, but into one. As a rule, such doors are mounted using the lower and upper rails. Both doors are connected by a special system, thanks to which, when the door is closed, one door automatically stretches after the other.

• For pendulum doors, special axial hinges are suitable, which allow the structure to open in different directions.

• In addition to fasteners, the design of the interior door can contain various kinds of accessories, most of which are decorative.For example, doors with moldings are very popular. This is a specific decorative make that looks like a protruding overlay. The molding includes such elegant elements as baguettes, panels, unusual borders, grates and stucco. All these things serve as details of the decoration of the room and, as a rule, are used for rooms made in classical styles.

The main and auxiliary accessories for interior doors should be not only beautiful, but also high-quality, because comfortable use of doors directly depends on this parameter. In the modern sets, together with the door, there are also door handles and auxiliary accessories necessary for decoration. For some models, locks are provided, but in the case of interior doors this is rare, so they are often ordered separately.

It should be noted that sometimes accessories can be of practical importance, especially when it comes to glass doors. For example, for models of glass cloth, special seals are often used, which are designed to reduce the resonance experienced by the glass and prevent it from rattling when the doors are opened or closed.Such fittings can extend the service life of the glass and protect it from small chips that may appear during operation.

To date, manufacturers offer us a truly enormous number of options for the design of interior doorways. Of course, the leading position in the production of furniture occupied by factories in Italy, Germany and France. Every year they bring to the large market new door models, made in a unique design.

Not only European brands can surprise: in the Russian market in recent times there have been many fresh names that can make good competition to Western gurus of door production. Therefore, when choosing interior doors, you should not be attached to the country of production, because according to customer reviews, this factor is no longer an indicator of quality.

If most of the rooms in the house are made in a classic style, it is better to choose a lighter double model with transparent glass inserts that imitate windows. Such a door will look fresh and elegant. Moreover, due to its neutrality, it will never draw attention to itself from the main details of the interior.

Double-leaf doors with extensive glass inserts will help to visually enlarge the size of a small and dark room, adding more natural light to it. Due to this, the room begins to appear larger, and the ceilings are higher.

Large glass inserts with transparent glass are best suited for doors that are in the largest rooms of the house. For example, these models will look quite organically in the kitchen, in the hall or in the dining room. They are not suitable for bedrooms, because of the transparent glass, the room does not seem to be visually closed.

If you still want to install a door with glass inserts in the bedroom, let the glass be corrugated, frosted or stained glass. It is desirable that the inserts were small and did not occupy most of the door leaf.

Bright stained glass doors better fit into the rooms, made in modern styles. The main thing is that the color range of the glass mosaic fully corresponds to the color solution of the interior. It should be noted that in classical interiors such options in most cases will look awkward.

Doors with matte inserts are not suitable for kitchens. This is because, compared to other rooms in the house, the kitchen gets dirty very quickly. Drops of fatty oil, pieces of food, or even plain water can get on the door while cooking. It is quite difficult to remove such stains from frosted glass without spoiling the surface. In addition, not all detergents can be used to clean matte surfaces. For most housewives this is rather impractical.

You should not choose a door with large glass inserts in the nursery. After all, everyone knows how mobile children are. They constantly run, jump and play active games. And some types of glass can be fragile, and during the game a child can easily break the door and get hurt.

The above tips relate to the taste and practical choice of doors, but the main parameters are still sizes, materials and color.

When choosing a door structure, it is necessary to measure the interroom room opening in length and width. Even if the dimensions of the opening in your house meet the standard, and you know about them, it is better to double-check anyway. Otherwise, you have to customize the opening under the door, and this is a very dreary and difficult task.

• Regarding the width of the opening, the international standard of the door ranges from 60 to 90 cm, depending on the type of construction. For a corner door, the width is determined individually.

• As for the height, the standard size of the door does not exist. Usually it depends on the height of the ceilings and is determined in each particular case differently. Over the entire height the door can reach from 190 cm to 220 cm.

Now the doors are made of various materials. So, you can meet plastic laminated models, models of MDF or PVC. But the most popular doors made of wood. Breeds such as oak, walnut, wenge and mahogany are pretty decent, but they also look gorgeous.

Color restrictions are few, and we can choose absolutely any shades for the doors. The main thing is that they harmoniously fit into the interior. So for a room in bright colors, it is desirable to use noble natural shades. And they do not have to be light, because the door leaf can sometimes be very well contrasted with the walls and the floor.

For the decor of a light classic living room it will look good white with black glass. But do not forget about the deep shades of wenge, brown ebb which always look expensive.

For a quiet neutral interior, you can choose as an opaque stained glass with a pattern, and the doors of a noble Milan walnut. With combinations and combinations you can play as much as you like.

When choosing a door, it is necessary to take into account many technical characteristics, which will be discussed in the video below.

Any door is an integral element of the room, so it must fit the room in style, shape and color.

• So, doors with strict lines and rectangular unsmoothed shapes will suit the classically designed interiors. Models with corrugated or patterned glass will give the room a nobility and elegance.

• Classic doors will harmoniously look with such nontrivial styles as country, country style and, of course, Provence. They will not spoil the rooms, made in a minimalist Scandinavian style.

• Decorative glazed doors with a pattern and without well complement the designs in modern styles such as modern. The lines of such doors are usually rounded and smooth, and the design is concise and simple. As a decorating element, various kinds of applications, stained glass inserts, mosaic and fusing are commonly used. These doors look extraordinary and lively.

• Hi-tech rooms and techno are perfect geometric doors with a minimum of details. Typically, the severity of such models is diluted with an extensive insert of tempered glass.