To decorate their own homes, peopleuse not only accessories, but also furniture items, doors, which can guarantee the integrity of the entire interior. It is the doors that can decorate and create comfort and convenience in the entire apartment.
Installation of interior sliding doors.Sliding models are especially popular, as they save a lot of space. Not every family has enough money to buy this item, so experts recommend making and installing the doors yourself.
Construction and installation
Sliding structures have a number of advantages:
Mechanisms for interior sliding doors.
- economy of meters;
- a decent appearance;
- do not need to set a threshold;
- next to the opening you can put furniture, leaving only a little space for the canvas;
- convenience for people with disabilities;
- ease of mounting.
However, there are also disadvantages.First of all, it is low sound insulation. If a swing door can be closed tightly, then this design, if it is double-leaf - no. Although if you install a single-leaf door, then the sound insulation properties will increase significantly. Return to contents</a>Materials and tools, varietydesigns Sliding interior doors can be in the form of a compartment, with foldable doors and cassette doors. The first type is considered the most popular and durable. Cassette doors require a wide wall, since the door leaf slides into the wall, and accordion doors can open in any direction. Interior sliding doors differ in the way the doors are controlled. Firstly, this is control using the lower roller, secondly, this is the use of only the upper roller, in which there is no threshold.
Types of sliding doors. To make doors with your own hands, you will need the following materials and tools:
- wooden linen (massif, MDF, chipboard and so on);
- at desire of an insertion;
- a box for a frame or a bar, in order to make a frame and a box;
- spline connection;
- glue;
- fasteners;
- rollers;
- self-tapping screws;
- pencil and ruler;
- guide rail;
- construction level;
- drill, screwdriver;
- a hammer;
- wedges made of wood.
You need to buy all this in advance. After that, you need to cut out all the details and you can start doing it yourself. Return to the table of contents</a>DIY installation Ready-made doorthe canvas must be prepared for the rollers, that is, in the lower and upper parts along the end line, you need to cut a groove into which the roller will be placed. If the door will be attached only at the top, then the upper part is cut out. The cut is made along the entire length of the canvas. If you have a hand router, then do this with it. If you do not have a router, then you can simply chisel out a groove with a chisel or use a grinder.
Installing a sliding door.Using screws and a screwdriver, first attach the upper guide, and simply lay the lower one parallel to the upper one. Next, attach the rollers to the door leaf at the top and bottom along both edges. They should be located at a distance of 50 mm from the edge. When attaching, you do not need to cut the rollers into the door, just screw them in. To mount the guides, you need to correctly calculate the installation height. To do this, add the height of the door leaf to the height of the rollers and the gaps at the bottom (if any), after which the resulting sum is measured with a tape measure and marked on the wall. In this case, you must strictly monitor the horizontal level. The guide is attached along its entire length. If there are two guides, then it is attached, accordingly, both at the top and bottom. After this, install the door in both guide strips and use a building level to determine the vertical direction. Use a pencil to mark the location of the lower guide on the floor and remove the door leaf. Then attach the rail from below and insert the door leaf again. To install a door leaf that will be attached only at the top, it is necessary to mount metal strips on the upper section and put bearings on them. After that, the door leaf is applied to the opening and the place for the screws is marked with a pencil, since they need to be attached to this strip. After the rail is mounted, the door, on which the rollers are already installed, is inserted into the groove of the rail and secured with another screw. In this case, the door leaf should be in a raised position. By the way, if there is enough space on the side of the opening, then the door leaf can be installed in the guides from the side. If there is no space, then you will have to insert the door leaf into the guides on which the rollers are already installed. In order for the doors to be installed with your own hands with high quality, experts advise paying special attention when choosing guides. The length should be at least two widths of the door leaf. If it is even a little less, then the door will not be able to fully open and there is a chance that it will slide.
