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How to install a door between rooms yourself

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In any apartment there are several interiordoors, and sooner or later it's time to replace them. New room doors allow you to change the appearance of the room and create an additional cosiness, so many home masters are interested in the question of how to install the door. Interior Door DesignThe design of the interior door. Doors should not only perform their basic function, namely, to separate rooms, but also harmoniously fit into the overall interior of the room and conform to its design and design.

Preparatory work

Before going to the store and purchasing new onesroom doors, you need to make correct measurements. To do this, you can invite a professional geek, but if you want to save money and have elementary skills in performing construction work, then you can do it yourself. Some in order to save money trying to install a room door in an old box. Doing this is not recommended, if you have already decided to install a new room door, it is best to purchase a new box and other accessories. Fixing the door frame in the opening. Usually in standard apartments, the width of the doorway is 70-80 cm. If you for some reason decided to narrow the door, then think well before that. Through the door you have to bring in and take out furniture and other items, if you narrow it, then this task can become very complicated or simply not be solved. When installing a new door, you also need to think about which way it will be more convenient to open it. At this stage, you can buy doors that will open in the direction that will be more convenient for you, since it will be difficult and inconvenient to remodel. If you decided to install the door between rooms with your own hands, then it is necessary to approach this work responsibly and with preparation. If you allow them during the installation of the door or the door frame their skew, then the design will not only look crooked, but also not close properly. Back to contents</a>

Door installation

You can deliver the door to sellers or youdo it yourself, after which you have to see if it is in the box. Some manufacturers supply doors directly in the box, but this happens very rarely. Most often you have to collect the box yourself, and also to install the hardware. To install the doors you will need: The device is paneled and panel doors.

  • Mounting;
  • perforator or impact drill;
  • Screwdriver;
  • electric drill and nozzles;
  • building level;
  • chisel;
  • stool;
  • door leaf and box;
  • accessories;
  • Painting tape;
  • mounting foam;
  • wooden wedges.

It may seem to the inexperienced person thatthe installation of the door is a very simple process, but here, as in any case, there are some nuances. First, you need to dismantle the old door, for this you need to remove the canvas from the hinges. With the use of a mount, the old box is dismantled, and then the door opening is cleared from the remains of cement or foam. The next step is the installation of a new box. First of all, measure and saw off the upper crossbar of the required length. Now we make longitudinal components and we connect everything with the help of self-tapping screws. It should be borne in mind that, after installing the canvas, there must be a short distance between it and the box, which will allow it to move freely. Now we need to draw a loop into the door leaf. First measure out 20 cm above and below, then attach a loop and mark the place where it will be located. Now we need to make a notch under the loop, this is done with a chisel. After this, you need to attach the canvas to the box and already on it to designate a place for loops. Hinges must be connected with the canvas and the box, for this use self-cutters of great length. To prevent wood from breaking, you must first make holes for the screws. At this stage, when you are determined where you will open the doors, you can install left-hand or right-hand hinges. It is necessary to put on the cloth on the hinges that are on the box, you can not do the opposite. Back to contents</a>

Mounting the box

At the next stage of the installationboxes in the doorway. As with other works, at this stage it is necessary to perform everything accurately and accurately. The box is inserted into the doorway and with the help of wooden wedges it is aligned vertically and horizontally, to control use the building level. Through the box with the help of an electric drill make three holes in each rack and mark them on the wall. Now we need to remove the box and insert the dowels into the wall. Again, put the box in place, using self-tapping screws, fix it to the wall and check for verticality and horizontality. Door mounting tools.In order to close the heads of the screws on the box, special caps are used to match the color of the door frame. When installing the canvas, it is necessary that the gap between it and the floor be 10-20 mm. When laying the flooring, it will decrease, and if the gap is not left, then the door will reach the floor. Now it remains to hang the doors on the hinges and believe how it opens. If everything is fine, then you need to cut in the lock and install the handles. To prepare the hole for the lock, you must use a drill, on which special nozzles are installed. The counterpart of the lock crashes into the box at the same level as the lock. The handles are installed in the same way. The last stage of door installation is filling the free space with foam that remains between the frame and the wall. To prevent foam from getting on the canvas, it is covered with masking tape and covered with polyethylene. After filling the space with foam, the door must be left closed so that it is not squeezed as the foam hardens. After the foam hardens, you need to attach the platbands. To cut at a 45 ° angle, you must use a masonry wort. For fixing the platbands, liquid nails or special hidden nails can be used. - a task available to any home master. You just need to act according to the recommendations, carefully and responsibly perform all stages of the installation.

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