The question of how to do it right worries more than onea master who decided to turn an ordinary apartment into the house of his dreams. It is not difficult to do this process with your own hands, the main thing is to have the necessary tools and desire.
Types of interior doors.
Procedure for installing interior doors
The door installation process can be divided intoseveral stages so that the master initially understands what types of work he will have to face. The preparatory stage is the purchase of the door itself, the door frame, the extension, the trim, the lock, the handles, the hinges, etc. Then comes the actual:
- dismantling of the old door (if any);
- fit;
- frill boxes and installation of loops;
- installation of the corresponding parts of the hinge on the door itself;
- installation of the box and installation of the door;
- installation of handles and locks;
- final installation in the opening.
Tools for door installation.This division is rather arbitrary, but it helps to outline the scope of the upcoming work. The list of necessary tools varies depending on the processes being performed. During dismantling of the old door, the master will need:
- screwdrivers;
- a hammer;
- nailing;
- crowbar.
To assemble and fasten the doors you will need:
- milling machine;
- drill and drills (thin, winning, on wood);
- screwdriver;
- Ruler;
- a hammer;
- level;
- hacksaw and stool;
- foam and gun;
- LMC and brush.
Instead of a router, you can use a chisel,which was previously well sharpened, and instead of a screwdriver, a screwdriver will do for some processes. At the dismantling stage, some craftsmen also use a hatchet. Return to contents</a>Dismantling
Door frame design diagram.The recommendations at this stage are quite simple. Metal profile elements are easily removed with a simple screwdriver, that is, you should simply remove the door leaf from the hinges and remove the screws. If you need to remove frames and interior doors in a brick or concrete opening, use a crowbar, hammer and crowbar. If the tool kit includes a hatchet, its use will speed up the dismantling process. The narrow part is inserted into the lower gap and lifted by the handle. The freed opening should be extremely carefully cleaned of protruding pieces of cement. Return to contents</a>
Preparing the installation opening
Before the actual installation workdoors in an apartment or office, the opening should be adjusted to the dimensions of the door itself. First, you need to accurately determine the dimensions of the door leaf itself, without relying on those declared by the manufacturer. The required width of the opening is easy to calculate, for this you should add 70-100 mm to the width of the door, for example, for a leaf 800 mm wide this parameter will be equal to 870-900 mm. Return to contents</a>Fitting door elements
Installation of interior doors.
Advice that the masters give at this stage, andthe fact that before using screws it is necessary to first make holes for them with a drill, the diameter of which is less than a quarter of the screw itself, will help to avoid problems with the stability of the structure later. Return to contents</a>
Fastening the hinges and hanging
This stage of work can be carried out both before collectionthe frame itself, and when the frame is already ready. The hinges are fastened at a distance of approximately 200 mm from the lower and upper edges of the door. The hinges consist of two parts: a false one and a counter one. The false one is fastened to the frame, and the one with a hole for the pin is fastened to the interior doors themselves.
Loop installation diagram.To create a place for the hinges, the craftsmen use a milling cutter (or a chisel), with which a recess of approximately 2.5-4 mm is made. Accuracy and precision of work are of great importance, so it is better to outline the hinge with a pencil beforehand. Then holes are made for the screws (this prevents the door leaf from splitting), and the hinges are attached to the places allocated for them. When performing this work, it is worth remembering that it is necessary to leave a gap of approximately 4-5 mm between the door itself and the top bar. There are some more nuances. Firstly, before directly attaching the hinges, you should accurately determine the place for their cut so that the doors open in the desired direction. Secondly, we must not forget that the door is put on the hinges, and not vice versa. Before hanging the interior door, it is necessary to install the already assembled frame. It is clearly aligned, if necessary, you can insert bars between the door and the frame itself. It is worth making the appropriate holes in advance, along which you should drill places for dowels. The fastening of the frame with screws occurs in a certain order. First, the upper part is fixed. Then, using a level, it is necessary to set the bottom, keeping in mind the dimensions of the opening itself. When such preparatory work is done, the top and bottom of the frame are fastened with screws. Remember about the distance between the door and the floor, which should be within the limit of only 10-20 mm. The penultimate step is inserting wedges. If the doors close normally, you can proceed to the final step - processing the cracks. It is better to do this with foam under the gun, which is characterized by a low degree of expansion. It is necessary to allocate 12 hours (sometimes a day) for hardening. It is desirable that the room temperature is not lower than + 20 ° C.
Scheme of cutting a lock into a door.There are several tricks associated with foam processing. Professionals advise attaching polyethylene to the already hung door, and hiding the frame itself behind construction tape. If you do not do such work, then it will be almost impossible to aesthetically remove the foam from the door surface. The doors dry in a closed state, and to prevent compression, a thin bar or sheet of cardboard (plywood) is placed between the frame and the door leaf. As for the drying time, here you should focus more on the instructions for the foam itself, since sometimes 3 hours is enough. Return to the table of contents</a>
Locking the lock in the interior door
Before you get to your place, you need toinstall the fittings: handles, locks, all kinds of latches. To install the lock, you need to measure a distance of 800-1000 mm from the floor and accurately outline the borders of the lock on the end of the door. It is better to use a feather drill to drill the appropriate niche, and a router to create a recess. The edges should be cleaned, the lock should be inserted and secured. On the door frame, it is necessary to mark the borders of the rebate and repeat the entire drilling process described above for this element. All that remains is to process the edges and insert the rebate. Craftsmen advise to treat the open areas of the wooden door with varnish at each stage, which provides protection against drying out. In order for the interior doors to look complete, it is necessary to perform the final finishing with platbands, which is not difficult to do yourself after the work has already been done. For a thin pier equal in width to the door frame, this process is quite simple, you only need to fix a set of platbands and close the seams. The fastening can be done with simple screws (if the doors are to be painted) or with a decorative plug (for laminated parts). If the partition is thick, the design is done with the help of trims and an additional strip, which is mounted with liquid nails. A darker set of trims and strips will add expressiveness to the door. Almost anyone can install interior doors. For a clearer idea of the processes being performed, you can watch various videos that will illustrate all the stages in even more detail. In general, if you exclude the preparatory stage and the time for drying the foam, all the work takes no more than 4 hours.</ ul>
