Metal doors with a mirror

In recent years, the design of entrance doors has changed so much that now even the most knowledgeable buyer is lost from the choice of models. The doors to the apartment not only serve as protection against the entry of strangers into the house, but also become the primary decoration of the room, because the entrance door characterizes not only the house as a whole, but also the taste of its owners. Door leaf is no longer just a hollow sheet of metal, but a real designer refinement. Especially popular models with a mirror on the inside of the front door.

It is convenient to order just such a door for reasons of space on the walls. It is often difficult to vertically arrange a large mirror in small vestibules, since it is necessary to hang a coat hanger somewhere and place shoe stands along the walls. But besides visual beauty and successful design solutions with space saving in the corridor space, door mirror has a number of practical advantages:

• Allows you to see yourself in full growth and evaluate your appearance before going beyond the threshold.
• Lamps reflected in the mirror surface fill the room with light more intensively and visually make the corridor wider and more spacious.
• The reflection of the corridor visually increases its space. This can significantly improve the situation with a feeling of tightness in a small corridor.
• The mirror on the door will make any hall cozy, giving the interior a sophisticated look.
• The mirror surface will give visible lightness even to a massive door leaf.

Skillfully chosen mirror shape and its size can make even the most ascetic corridor stylish. Such design design of the front door perfectly combines practicality and visual appeal. But if you decide to completely mirror the inner surface of the door is difficult, you can stop the choice on the canvas with inserts of mirrors.

They are as follows:

• One narrow strip along the entire canvas vertically.
• Several small (4-5) wide strips of the mirror horizontally.
• A series of narrow lanes arranged horizontally with a small gap between them.
• Vertical mirror insert curved shape.

• Mirror divided into equal squares at the same distance.
• Subtle mirror patterns of geometric shape.
• Graceful lines from a mirror with smooth weaves, forming intricate patterns.
• Narrow oval mirror in the center of the canvas.
• Matte mirror to the full human height with a brilliant mirror pattern.

• Mirror stripe with a matte pattern on it.
• Two thin strips vertically located on the inner surface of the entrance door.
• Diamond-shaped inserts.
• Elements of forging in combination with a mirror.

In addition, reflective glass are built-in and overhead. Any of these options is able to transform housing literally from the threshold. The main thing is to choose something exactly for the style of the house or even create the whole interior with an eye on the door design. The mirrors used for this may be of different color shades (bronze, gold) and differ in the degree of reflection.

Pads and inserts are often placed on the inner surface of steel entrance doors.Double-sided finish is more suitable for a private mansion, a protected office or a closed vestibule for several apartments.

But in multi-family residential buildings it is more practical to choose the option only with interior decoration. If desired, from the side of the apartment, the product can be decorated with lighting on the slopes. This will give the door a special individual chic.

Despite the visual appeal in the interior, the front door with a mirror has its disadvantages:

• If the mirror insert occupies a large area of ​​the door, there is a difficulty with the installation of the peephole and the door handle.
• It requires caution in operation, as the mirror is an easily beating material.
• A broken mirror often has to be changed in a workshop, which means removing the door leaf from its hinges and transporting it to the repair site.
• A high-quality mirror cannot be cheap, which means that a model with such an insert will cost a lump sum.
• Needs regular care. All stains and dust are visible on the mirror surface.Therefore, it is necessary to wipe it with special agents daily.

Sometimes large mirrors are not recommended to be installed in the house for medical reasons if someone has psychiatric disorders. Also against the mirror panels inside the door are the adherents of the Feng Shui direction, who believe that mirrors without beautiful framing take in positive energy.

To solve all these problems in the following ways:

• For decoration more often smaller mirrors are used than metal door leaf. The eye is cut in from the side, not in the center, sacrificing good visibility in the name of the integrity of beautiful design.
• It is necessary that when opening the entrance door the mirror does not come into contact with the wall or furniture. It is better to install the stopper on the floor to prevent damage to the mirror web.
• Choose a better model with a mirror that is easy to replace at home.

• The cost of high-quality door leaf at the entrance to the house, in principle, can not be considered a minus. Rather, it is a profitable investment for the sake of their own safety.
• In the process of opening and closing the door, it is desirable to take up the handle, and not the sheet itself.Then the care of the mirror will not be frequent and minimal in time and costs for household chemicals.

To the credit of modern manufacturers of metal doors, in models with a mirror on the inside, locking devices and fittings are inserted during production. Entrance structures with mirror elements are equipped with hidden locks in the factory. Such "invisible" prevent the contact of the mirror with the key and the appearance of scratches.

Production of entrance doors with mirrors is carried out on the same technology as all other models. The process differs only in the need of fasteners reflecting glass. Mirrors are fixed on the canvas with mounting glue and fasteners.

Glue without chemical components is used only for the installation of medium-sized mirror inserts. Sometimes double-sided tape is also used, which gives the canvas additional cushioning.

The design and practicality of metal construction with a mirror are not the only qualities that should be given an iron entrance door of this type. First of all, the doors leading to the house must be reliable.

In addition to the above factors, the choice should take into account the following criteria:

• Security. For the manufacture of linen, stiffeners and the door block should be used durable high-quality materials. It is better to give preference to hidden loops that can withstand a large load, locks with a high class of resistance to burglary and canvas with anti-burglary pins.
• Heat and noise insulation. The task of the front door is to prevent not only the penetration of uninvited guests, but also sounds and drafts.
• It is preferable to choose a model with a removable mirror. The easier the process of removing it from the canvas is, the easier it is to change the mirror itself, the lock, or change the design of the door.

Given these recommendations, choose a decent door to enter the house is not difficult.But you will have to decide on the design yourself, based on your preferences and the overall interior.

In the video below you can see a review of one of these products.