Installation of interior doors

Installation of interior doors is a very important process in the repair of an apartment or a private house. It is quite simple and does not require special skills, but still it is necessary to recognize that to make the doors strong, reliable and durable is a very important work, to which you should approach as responsibly as possible.

Of course, before you start installing interior doors, their owners have many different questions: how to do it, which doors are better, how to make them more durable and more reliable? Probably one of the most basic ones and the very first ones - at what stage of the repair are doors inserted in the apartment?

The options here, in fact, may be several:

• The first option is better to consider when it is planned to expand the doorway in the future. In this case, the process of installing the door should be done before finishing the room. This is done with the goal that with such an action as installing a door, a very large amount of dust accumulates on various pieces of furniture, and it, just like ceilings with walls, cannot remain clean.
• The second option is to consider when the door is already exactly fit the size of the doorway. In this case, it will be best to install the doors after the ceilings and walls are finished. Then the new door will not be damaged during repairs.

• And finally, the last case, the third, - after pasting wallpaper, as well as processing and washing ceilings, floors and walls. It will also help keep all furniture, doors and the room itself clean.

The second question that appears to the owners of the renovated apartments before installing the doors, concerns the material of manufacture and the very type of door. In fact, there is no single right answer to this question, as something individual will suit every person and every apartment.But in this article we will try to weigh the pros and cons of each door option from each material.

The choice of such an item in an apartment or house as a door depends on several parameters:

• The first is, of course, the price. It varies from each company, the quality of the material and the actual product. For example, the cheapest and most affordable option is a door made of cellular material, which usually costs around a thousand rubles. The most expensive and "elite" option is a solid array and the door made of it, it costs about 20 thousand rubles, which is quite expensive. Of course, there are intermediate price categories: for example, a door made of sheet metal costs in most cases 4,500 rubles, which is quite acceptable.
• From the first parameter follows the second - the material of the product. About honeycomb material, solid array and sheet sheet has already been said above. The first is because of its cheapness the most poor quality, the second - very high quality, reliable and durable, while the sheet (MDF), MDF, particleboard, and laminated wood have average quality.The door with metal and glass also belongs to the middle price category.

There are also doors classified by material, such as: glass, from ekoshpon:

• The choice of the door also depends on its design and colors. Naturally, classic, very simple designs will cost less for the price and fit into the vast majority of interior styles, but they will not have a special personality and will not be a decoration for a house or apartment. So a reasonable option would be to invest in a beautiful, distinctive door design, as it can make the atmosphere of the home more comfortable and pleasant. Do not forget that the combination of this product with the interior and style of the apartment is very important, and the wrong selection can spoil the appearance of the house.
• The next parameter is, of course, the design. Naturally, most of the door has a classic, standard rectangular shape and average thickness, but it, like the shape, can vary. It is necessary to focus on the width, height and other dimensions of the doorway, as well as, as in other cases, on the interior of the dwelling. By design also the doors are: double, retractable,sliding, double-wing, hidden, swing, folding, monorail, on rollers, as well as telescopic and soundproof.

• In the end, we came to the last in order, but not in importance parameter: manufacturing firm. It can also depend a lot on it, as different companies offer a different range and quality, and also differ in price and sometimes very much. The best door manufacturing companies are Vladimir Door Factory, Verda, Alvero, Bravo and others.

Naturally, for such a process as installing an interior door, you will need a variety of special tools and materials. They must be purchased before this action. So, we will need:

• hammer;
• chisels (20 and 15-16 mm);
• roulette;
• level and scrap;
• screwdriver and screwdriver;
• a hacksaw for woodworking;
• miter box;
• perforator;

• drill;
• milling machine (milling cutter) and circular (if possible);
• mounting kit;
• devices for installation;
• slats;
• Miter saw;
• vacuum cleaner (for cleaning the room).

As for the materials for installation, we will need:

• door leaf;
• door frame and hardware (it includes locks, hinges, handles);
• polyurethane foam;
• wedges;
• nails, dowels and a few screws.

Step by step, we came directly to the work itself. And the first step on the way to the result will be measurements - a very important step.

So, we need some measurements. The first, as you can guess, is the width of the doorway: it determines the size of the door itself. If the doorway itself has yet to be built, it is necessary to take into account the size of the furniture to be carried through it in the future. An error in the choice of size can make it very difficult to repair and rearrange furniture in the future., although sometimes non-standard sizes are acceptable and possible.

Next is the next step. First you need to process the door unit using a primer, before that, clean it with sandpaper.Before the next action, you should try on the future door in the opening to check its size, as well as the direction in which it opens. In addition, we will need a level: with its help, it will be necessary to measure and check the level of verticality and horizontal position and, measuring the diagonals, make sure that all right angles in the design are observed.

After all these installation measurements, you can proceed directly to the work itself.

Preparation of the doorway is one of the most important steps in this work. Below is described in detail how to produce it carefully and correctly:

• For starters, you should evaluate the door leaf. In other words, it is necessary to initially remove the old door from its hinges, if there is one, if not, then this stage, naturally, is not required to be carried out.
• It is necessary to remove all door frames, and from those voids that were formed between the opening and the door frame and filled with insulating material, should be eliminated.
• After all these actions, cuts are usually performed in the places of the side parts of the door frame, while moving from top to bottom. The next step is the destruction of the lower, and then the upper elements of this box itself. Then do the same with the upper and lower bars.

• In addition, the preparation of the opening includes adjustment to the dimensions of the door itself, which is very important for its reliability. Increasing the opening usually does not cause any special difficulties, while for expansion it will be necessary to use such devices as a puncher and a Bulgarian.
• In that case, if you want to reduce our opening and quite significantly, you will need a brick. With a slight decrease in size (up to about 50 mm), you only need to install a frame in it. It can be made both from metal and from a usual corner.
• This construction is further required to level, fill in the gaps in it, process with the help of cement solution, if necessary.
• There may be such a problem that the opening during processing loses its appearance. Then it should be leveled and plastered again. In any case, you should always carefully check the condition of the doorway, its evenness and other parameters.

When we purchase furniture in a building or furniture store, a purchase most often represents a structure that is not completely ready for installation, but a set of many large items that you need to work with later yourself.At the beginners, unprepared in this business, often at first a question arises about how to assemble the product yourself?

This article presents the simplest possible assembly scheme for an interior door:

• The first thing to do is to place the doorframe on the floor (or on another necessarily flat surface), spreading it around the canvas.
• Next, you should create a gap between the door and this very canvas, it will require cardboard from the packaging. After it is necessary to attach to the upper ends of the box bars the blanks of the upper rail, very accurately measure the parameters of the lintel.
• The next step is the creation of files. They are best done with the help of a hacksaw with small teeth and specially designed for carving on metal surfaces.

• At the next, the fourth stage, you need to attach the upper part of the structure to the bars, lay the cardboard to form a gap.Next, cut the profile if it prevents the connection of elements, screw the screws into place for them.
• The last stage - leave a gap (about 0.8-2 cm in size). By analogy, create the necessary threshold.

Installing hinges on the interior door - an important stage, with many individual subtleties and nuances. Before this work, which includes such subtleties as a tie-in, installation of overhead hinges (as well as non-separable, non-tight and simple canopies), you should also familiarize yourself with the correct installation instructions for the hinges so that the future design is reliable, served the owner for a long time and truly.

This article describes one way to set the loopsIt is called a handicraft method. It is average in its complexity, it is very reliable and promises durability of the product, besides allows you to conveniently adjust the height of installation of loops:

• So, first you need to make a markup of the groove. To do this, you need to attach a canopy on the end of the full (or box) and circle around with a simple pencil, there is no difficulty in this.
• Second step: edging with a hammer and chisel.Throughout the groove should be made edging, and very smoothly and accurately.

• The last stage: the selection of the groove chisel. This process requires utmost care and accuracy, because even a slight careless movement of the hand will be able to spoil the appearance of the surface of the door. There are other alternative ways to install loops. For example, a professional method that only professional workers can usually bring to life, but the quality of this method is worth it.

Convenience when using depends on a set of all nuances. One of them is the way of fixing the door and There are several ways to do this:

• The first known option for fixing the door is the so-called frame system. Its essence is that the door is placed in a steel frame and it can be moved by installing a groove on wheels.
• The second option is a rail system, which differs from the first one in that special rails are used instead of wheels or rollers. They are very reliable and easy to use.

• There are also other ways and options. These include the well-known installation on hinges, as well as such unusual ways, as an option without screws or also without anchors. There are a large number of door attachment options, and each person will be able to choose something to his own taste.

Do-it-yourself door installation includes its own technology, scheme, installation procedure according to GOST. It has its own standards and nuances that must be known and respected, regardless of whether it is a box installation, a cladding without additional elements or with them and so on.

So, this process has already been discussed in detail above. It is only necessary to mention that this type of repair installation work is one of the most important during installation and installation of any door, because it can actually be considered the basis of the design. It is very important to accurately make all the necessary measurements.perform work neatly and observe safety precautions.

Two vertical posts and 1 horizontal bar are called dobori, the purpose of which is to increase the size of the so-called coverage area of ​​the box. That is, they simply expand it.

The sequence of work is not very complicated, but such an operation can help in many cases, for example, for installation of canopies:

• So, first of all it is necessary to cut a groove along the entire door frame, along its perimeter, using a milling machine in a bar.
• Next, fake slopes need to attach glue, and then strengthen this design with screws.

• The next step is to attach the false-slopes to the timber, and put the panel at the top on the remaining vertical elements.
• In the middle of the work you need to mate the box that has already been enlarged in size, install it in the opening already made, for this we use self-tapping screws, as well as spacer wedges.
• Finally, the wedges need to be placed around the perimeter of our door. The distance between the door frame and the door itself must be filled with special foam, cut off the excess. Done!

There are two ways to install such a part for a door as a threshold. The first is called open, the second, respectively, closed. The first method is quite simple, but still does not look very aesthetically pleasing:

• In this method, first of all openly drilled a hole in which the fasteners are then fixed.
• Then the threshold itself is laid, fixed at several points at once with the help of screws.

Although the first method is many times faster, the result after the second looks much more beautiful and aesthetic:

• First of all, we fasten the first part of the threshold to the floor using several screws.
• The next step is the decoration, we insert the lower bar into the resulting grooves.
• Another option - a decorative strap is mounted on a regular glue. This completes the installation of the threshold.

Correction of errors, such as irregularities in the design, are very important. After the irregularities are assessed, the door is removed and re-measured in all parameters, you need to proceed directly to the work itself:

• If there are gaps between the floor and the door itself, the first step is to apply a level of about 1.2–1.4 meters across the doorway. This will help level the surface.
• Also sometimes the alignment of the carpet, if present, can help.
• At the end of the work it is necessary to hang the door again and check its condition.

The gap between the door and the box - a common problem that many owners of apartments and houses are forced to fight. You can cope with it with the help of a conventional foam, but it is better to choose a better and more expensive foam to keep the quality of the work done longer.

At door mounting, as well as at any other repair work connected with furniture, is available a lot of various nuances that you should definitely pay attention to the door owners:

• For example, to install a door to a deep or very large doorway, you need to purchase either additional doors, or install the second door structure as well. Also in this case it is worth considering the option of buying and installing heavier doors.
• In order to correctly, reliably and efficiently install the door at the corner of the room, you need to take into account the fact that the box should be installed at a particular angle, you should also pay special attention to cutting the brick into the brick opening and fixing the design of this box itself, as this may cause some Problems.
• With different wall thickness, it is necessary either to make all measurements very accurately, or to level them before installing the door or mounting it.

• In the panel house, choosing materials and structures for the work itself itself, it is worth paying special attention to the wall interior claydite-concrete panels.
• To equip the door to the opening of the bearing wall is a very difficult task and this process should not forget these important points: the material used in building the house or creating the apartment, the floor plan and the apartment or the house as a whole, the state of the floors, as well as the thickness and other parameters of the wall .

Finishing is a very simple, practical and convenient way to decorate and transform the interior door or even the entire interior of an apartment, house or cottage completely.There are several main types of interior doors: installation of such design as slopes, decoration and installation of the door frame or door leaf, installation of platbands and, finally, finishing with laminate.

The decoration of slopes is not the most difficult, but the dirtiest and most unpleasant type of decoration. For it, you will need a primer, different types of putty (starting and finishing), corners, and a grid for plasters. With these tools you need to putty and clean the door, its slopes.

In order to verify the installation of the door, you need to perform several simple but very important actions for its further exploitation:

• In no case should the door creak, hinges should move easily and stand firmly, opening the door should not present any difficulties.
• When opening a construction at an angle of any size, it should stand straight, not stagger, not deviate.
• It is necessary to conduct a very careful visual inspection of the door, check it in operation, carefully examine every detail of the design.

There are a lot of different interior options for interior doors. For example, a door of white, light, neutral color is perfect in light rooms or in apartments with a minimalist design. Bright, for example, red doors will perfectly fit into non-standard interiors.

In the next video you will find a video tutorial on how to properly install the interior door.