Latticed doors

Mankind has tried a huge number of ways to make their home safe, but never invented anything more reliable than mechanical means of protection that is installed on windows and doors. Installation of metal lattice doors is the most effective and reliable means of preventing burglary.

Today, such structures are installed in various places and under various circumstances. At the same time, they can protect any dwelling from the infiltration of the ill-tempered, and property - from probable theft. Modern beautiful lattice canvas will decorate any country house. At the cottage, they are used to provide coolness as a second door leaf. Lattices for the garden are very beautiful, and to make them, they use openwork forging.This always gives the products an attractive appearance, while the products do not lose their main protective function.

Lattice door designs perform many functions and have several advantages:

• Low weight. Security doors-lattices weigh significantly less than solid metal. However, they should not be used as the only means of protection, because an attacker can deal with grid bars much faster than with a steel sheet.
• Good visibility. Lattice structures open up the view; it is possible to talk through the lattice with the visitor even with the door closed, which is important in the conditions of a modern restless criminogenic situation.

• Air access. If the apartment, country house or cottage is equipped with an additional grill, the doors at the entrance can be left open. So it is possible to ventilate the premises without fearing the safety of the property and the entry of someone to the house.
• Low price. Structures made from gratings are cheaper than door blocks made from solid material. However, if you need to decorate the facade with a lattice door, this model will be more expensive due to the increase in the cost of decoration works.

By type of opening lattice door leaves are:

• swing;
• sliding (folding).

Sliding lattice doors are quite difficult to manufacture. The mechanism works with the help of movable levers, repeating the principle of ordinary scissors, the door design consists of a set of movable joints. Due to this, the canvas is folded into a thin strip, creating the impression of a sliding door. Easy opening provides installation of additional rollers. Sliding grilles are very comfortable and well protect the room from unauthorized entry. However, even they have positive and negative qualities.

Pros:

• Space saving. The door is folded very compactly, when assembled, it is a narrow canvas that makes up about 25% of the entire width of the door opening.
• Versatility. Sliding models can be installed not only on the door, but also on the window openings, they are appropriate in a variety of different purpose rooms.
• Safety, durability. The degree of protection of such a lattice is high, therefore steel lattices in the form of accordions are found even in banks.
• Beautiful design. The design of the folding door even in the usual version looks modern.

The degree of protection of structures may be different, according to this indicator and appearance, sliding metal gratings consist of three types:

• standard (used in residential buildings);
• artistic (forged as design);
• bank (design reinforced with metal parts).

The design features of the sliding grilles are different. There are both double-wing models and models opening in one direction.

Art grates are decorated with various decorative inserts. On special equipment, you can make grilles that are most similar to wrought iron. Such options are much more expensive than the usual "accordion".

Depending on the type of installation, sliding lattice doors are external and internal.

Outdoor models are usually fixed outside the building. It is not as safe as installing inside the opening. Also with this installation, fire safety rules are not always followed. It is not possible to use the opening with such a fastener.

Internal installation has a number of advantages:

• durability - inside the product is not affected by various weather conditions (high humidity, wind, low or high temperature);
• strength - installation inside gives a high degree of protection - is mounted close to the opening, making it difficult to break;
• convenience of opening or closing - you can quickly open the door in case of emergency use in case of danger.

As mentioned above, lattice doors are almost universal and can be used in such places.

• Tambour. Tambour lattice door can serve as a good substitute instead of the usual steel, which, as a rule, prevents the penetration of light into the vestibule, but much more expensive. Here you can use a simple swing model, which does not differ in special beauty.
• Basements, warehouses. Premises of basements, warehouses or other where necessary ventilation is necessary at all times. Here you can also use the simplest swing metal grating system.

• Residential buildings. In modern apartment buildings, lattice doors and lattices are often found on the stairwells. Here they perform not only a protective function, but also an aesthetic one. The most effective lattice products with elements of forging. Both versions are used here: hinged and sliding or folding.
• Fireproof. Door frames made of metal with a grill are often necessary as fire and ventilation doors in production. Such places can be mines and slaughterhouses, food and medicine warehouses: in all these places, good ventilation is a prerequisite, and fire safety standards are required everywhere.Models of doors in the form of lattices that allow air to pass through but do not allow outsiders to objects can provide all these requirements.

The main tasks of fire protection structures:

• air exchange;
• termination of air access in case of fire.

These are steel models of entrance doors with double-glazed windows and grilles, which have become extremely common in recent times. They look very unusual and stylish.

The technology for the production of such models is as follows:

• selection of steel sheet of the desired size;
• in the canvas cut the opening of the necessary dimensions;
• the opening is filled with a double-glazed window exactly in size;
• A beautiful lattice is installed over the glass window (metal forging is used as an additional decor).

All components of this model ensure the safety of a private house or cottage. Such doors are a novelty that is confidently gaining popularity. And this is not surprising. Indeed, in contrast to the familiar products, these interesting and original models, which combine glass and lattice, will give your home a certain charm.

Here in no case should we forget about the burglar resistance of the structure. The lattice in this case must consist of elements, the distance between which is not more than 15 cm. Getting into the house through such a lattice will be complicated for burglars, they will need special tools to open such a barrier, and this will create a lot of noise.

Not only metal is used as a material for trellised door leafs, there is another version of such products - decorative interior doors made of wood. Of course, they are not as strong as metal ones, however, in terms of the decorative properties of such products, they are significantly superior to those of steel. This explains the difference in application. If the iron protective structures are installed exclusively at the entrance to any room, then wooden lattice doors adorn the room from the inside.

Wooden latticed doors are very attractive, they create a mood of lightness in the room. Through the holes in the lattice there is a natural circulation of air.

Wooden latticed doors are called louvre differently.Today they are a fashion trend in door design, which came to us from the Mediterranean and Europe.

You can find out more about folding lattice doors in this video.