And I think it's better
And I think that it is better to entrust such a thing as installing sliding doors to a specialist. Not everyone has golden hands, and you can make mistakes somewhere. Then you have to redo it.
Sliding door advantages:
Saving space (space) in the room;
absence of thresholds (for "no threshold" systems);
ease of door production;
convenience for people in wheelchairs.
Do-it-yourself interior compartment doors (installation of interior doors instructions):
Putting a sliding door is not at all difficult, the main thing is to observe accuracy in calculations and accuracy in work.
Sliding doors with bottom guide roller
What materials do we need:
door leaf (its dimensions should exceed the doorway by 5-7 cm both in width and height);
a set of fittings for sliding doors: a guide bar (metal), rollers, fasteners;
a wooden block with a length equal to twice the width of the canvas and a size of 50x50 mm;
two cashiers (the first on the side, and the second will be on top of the door frame);
a box-shaped rack, a door in the closed position will adjoin it;
two extras;
door handles;
anchors for fastening the timber to the wall;
self-tapping screws;
finishing nails for cashiers.
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Instructions for installing interior doors with your own hands (you can watch the video of door production on the Internet, as well as download the door - photos and finishes).
Fasten the guide bar to the beam with self-tapping screws. To do this, you need to pre-drill holes for self-tapping screws in a metal bar at a distance of 20 cm from each other.
At the bottom of the door leaf, select the groove in which the guide roller will ride. It is designed to ensure that the bottom of the door does not deviate when moving. If there is no cutter, then you can use a wood pen. Very carefully, hole to hole, then clean out the excess with a chisel.
We fasten the bar with the guide bar exactly and strictly horizontally. If you make an inaccuracy, then the door will open or close itself. Install the rollers in the guide. Fasten the lower guide roller to the floor. It is very important that it is installed exactly under the top bar, otherwise the door will not become vertical. You put the door leaf on the lower guide roller, give the leaf a vertical position and fix it on the upper rollers. To prevent the door from moving beyond the guide bar, install the limiters.
Install the box rack vertically, on the side of the door frame. Attach it to the wall with metal corners, which are closed with extensions.
On the side and top of the doorway, nail the cashiers with finishing nails.
Install door handles. Attention, the handles are attached after the final installation of the door in order to avoid alterations.
In order for sliding interior doors to fit snugly on them, you can stick anthers (dust-proof brushes) as on the doors of wardrobes.
Sliding doors "without a threshold".
The principle of operation of a sliding interior door "without a threshold"
The advantage of sliding plastic doors "without a threshold" is the absence of any grooves or rails on the floor (under the sliding doors). Sliding doors are attached only from above. Thus, it is possible to do without disturbing, altering or modifying the floor covering.
We will need:
Door leaf for sliding doors. It is important that it be wider and higher than the doorway;
metal slat, more than twice as long as the width of the doorway;
anchor (for attaching a metal rail to the wall);
bearings (2 pieces - exactly 2 pieces, not 2 doors);
metal strips (4 pieces) and bolts (for hanging the door on a metal rail). Alternatively, if you find it, you can use U-shaped metal strips (2 pcs.) To attach the bearings to the door;
door handles.
Installation of interior sliding doors "without a threshold".
Sliding Door Bearing Mount
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1. Screw the metal strips strictly perpendicular to the plastic door.
2. Using a bolt and four nuts, put on the bearing.
3. Try on the doors to the doorway in order to drill holes for the anchors with a puncher at the right height.
Fastening a sliding door to a metal rail
4. In order not to keep the door hanging - put something under them that will fix the sliding door at the final height from the floor.
5. Insert the anchor. On one of them we attach a metal rail. We thread bearings onto the rail, with a door attached to them. We lift the door and fasten the second anchor to the metal rail.
6. At the very end, we fasten (if necessary) the door handles.
7. To make the doors run quieter, a strip of rubber can be glued onto the metal rail (top) (for example, by cutting it out of the car chamber).
Do-it-yourself door installation video will help you understand the described processes in more detail.
Read more about how to embed a lock on a wooden door.
Interior sliding sliding doors.
In modern conditions, when the footage of the apartment does not allow to bear large-scale ideas for redevelopment of the apartment, the installation of sliding interior doors becomes very relevant. Compared to conventional swing doors, they have a higher price, but their financial component will not play a significant role from the realization of their undeniable comfort and modernity. Indeed, sliding doors save a lot of space in the apartment, because, unlike regular doors, they slide along the wall, and thus visually make interior spaces larger than they really are.
In addition, the advantages of sliding doors are expressed in the ability to conveniently divide even the room space into several isolated rooms. For example, in a small apartment, where often one room can have several functional values, you can separate the bedroom from the living room (in case guests have come to you), or the hall from the kitchen (in order to prevent the spread of smells from cooking in an adjacent room). Another big advantage is their functionality in that when installing them there is no need to change the size of the doorway, sliding doors are always a few centimeters larger than it. And if you had the idea to install traditional swing doors, you would probably have to order a custom-made door, fitting it to the size of the doorway. What else can be said about sliding doors?
They do not tend to creak (unlike swing doors, in which this problem is always solved by lubricating the hinges with machine oil or other lubricants), they open smoothly and very quietly. This also matters if you have a habit of getting up often at night, disturbing loved ones at the same time.
Paying tribute to the advantage of sliding doors, it is impossible not to note some of their disadvantages. First of all, this concerns poor sound insulation. If you are a big fan of peace and quiet, then any sounds from behind closed doors will reach you as clearly as if you were next to a TV, tape recorder or other source of noise, animate or inanimate. Secondly, over time, when the box dries out, sliding doors can open and close on their own. The same thing happens if they are installed incorrectly. Thirdly, you can always safely pinch yourself or your beloved relative with upper or lower limbs with such doors, which often happens even in regular situations.
But in any case, the modern look that sliding doors give to your interior and their functionality play a decisive role in their choice, even with some of their shortcomings.
Installation of interior sliding doors
I really like sliding doors or sliding doors. They save usable space, so almost all interior doors in my house are just like that.
Their only drawback is that they do not isolate the room as tightly as the swing ones. But can it really be considered a minus when subtle appetizing smells begin to seep out of the kitchen. You immediately understand that they will soon invite you to the table, and you can start working up an appetite.
It is not difficult to install such a door yourself. The main thing is to be careful in calculations and in work. I installed the first door for about 9 hours, but I spent only 4 hours on the second one. The experience gained affects.
The availability of materials and tools is important:
Door leaf (should be 5-7 cm wider and higher than the doorway);
- a wooden block 50X50mm and a length equal to twice the width of the canvas;
-a set of fittings for sliding doors (available in almost any furniture store: guide bar, rollers, fasteners);
- cashier 2 pieces (one will be on top of the door frame, the second on the side);
- a box-shaped rack (the door adjoins it in the closed position);
-two extras;
-door handles;
- self-tapping screws, anchors for attaching the timber to the wall, finishing nails for cashers.
With self-tapping screws I strengthen the guide bar to the beam. The bar is metal, so I pre-drill holes in it for self-tapping screws at a distance of 20 cm from each other.
In the bottom of the door leaf, you need to select a groove in which the guide roller will slide. It serves to ensure that the lower part of the door does not deviate when moving. I don’t have a cutter, so I used a wood pen. Gently, hole to hole, then cleaned out the excess with a chisel.
The bar with the guide bar is fixed strictly horizontally, otherwise the door will spontaneously either open or close.
I install rollers in the guide. I fix the lower guide roller on the floor. It is important here that it be fixed exactly under the top bar, otherwise the door will not be installed vertically. I put the door leaf on the lower guide roller, give the leaf a vertical position and fix it on the upper rollers. To prevent the door from moving beyond the guide bar, I install limiters.
What to do if the repair is already completed, and now the idea has arisen to fill the doorway? Sliding doors without a threshold are a great option that will preserve the integrity of the flooring. In addition, such a system is beneficial to those. Which takes up very little space, without requiring a radius for plowing.
This design is not afraid of wind and drafts, does not close from the air flow, it is impossible for children to pinch their fingers, in the open version it does not interfere with movement around the rooms. Great for small apartments or houses.
Advantages
- Economical due to opening in one plane.
- Integrity of parquet, laminate, carpet.
- It is convenient and easy to open for small children and disabled people who move in equipped wheelchairs.
This option is not suitable if it is necessary to reliably isolate sounds and maintain a temperature balance. This is an option for the living room, corridor, children's room, office. It is worth remembering that on your own 
it is possible to install such a system, but it is necessary to install them strictly according to the level and following all the rules according to the instructions. The slightest deviation from the standard - and the canvas will be skewed, and this entails skew of the guides, deformation of the rollers and carriages.
What is the uniqueness
If we are talking about sliding canvases, then they should be slightly larger in size than the opening in the wall. The rails that are attached to the top of the opening should be more than twice as long as the door section for unhindered movement. The metal rail itself should be attached exclusively to strong long anchors.
It is important to remember that it is better to fill such door leaves with light materials so that it is easier for the ceiling guiding system to move on mounts with carriages. They are usually filled with glass. Thin (6-8 mm) glass will decorate the room in any style. Glass, which is most often offered to fill the door leaf, undergoes special heat treatment in its production - tempered, has a high level of strength and can withstand up to 75 kg of impact per square meter. of such glasses are often made and
Until recently, it was not possible to achieve the correct operation of a retractable structure without inserting a floor support. Engineering solutions of this type involved the installation of two profiles - upper and lower. Today, commonplace in the collections of leading brands aresliding interior doors without threshold . They are preferred by most customers, and it is they who have allowed to change the perception of systems on rollers as uncomfortable and unaesthetic.
They attract:
- elegance and airiness of appearance - the lower part of the opening is not burdened by anything;
- smoothness and uninterrupted operation - the upper rail does not collect dust and small debris. Various kinds of clogging, stuffing into the lower profile, risk significantly reducing the life of the mechanism;
- the ability to provide an open view - nothing interferes with the integrity of the perception of space. When the sash is in the rest position, adjacent rooms are visually united;
- comfort in operation. Moving through an opening blocked by a sliding door without a threshold is much more convenient - you don’t have to look under your feet.
How is the non-threshold principle implemented?
To save the structure from an additional track in the floor allowed:
- an innovative mechanism consisting of a rigid aluminum rail and high-quality rollers in a wear-resistant shell. Accessories are selected in accordance with the dimensions and weight of the canvas. For heavy sliding doors without a threshold made of laminated glass or solid wood, it is worth buying reinforced elements;
- a special profile attached from below to the end of the section. The task of this part is to prevent the sash from swinging, holding it in a strictly vertical position;
- smart installation. The key to a well-coordinated and durable work of the model is assembly and installation performed at a high professional level. When purchasing a sliding interior door without a threshold, the accompanying service should be entrusted to specialists. Qualified masters of Academy provide a full range of services and accompany them with guarantees.
Which systems do not require floor support?
The retractable mechanism determines the functioning of a number of modern engineering solutions. In their manufacture, different materials, coatings, decorative elements are used. They come in different sizes and even shapes. So, in the assortment of door factories there are products:
- compartment type. The canvas is fixed in a suspended way, combined with a rail in a wall or ceiling. Such a sliding door without a threshold seems especially light and elegant, but has low insulating characteristics;
- built into the wall. The advantage of the model lies in its compactness - it opens absolutely the entire area around the opening, making it possible to put furniture where the owner finds it convenient;
- folding variety. This solution looks spectacular and original due to the presence of two segments in the canvas. To work, the book does not need a wall, which means that its installation can be carried out in narrow areas of the premises.
All options for sliding doors without a threshold at factory prices are offered by Academy.
In addition to saving free space, sliding interior doors can transform any interior. They are effective and draw attention to themselves. And if they have glass inserts, then they will certainly become the subject of admiration for your guests and relatives.
Sliding interior glass doors: functionality and comfort in your interior.
To begin with, consider what advantages compartment doors have:
- more free space compared to a conventional swing door;
- no need to set a threshold;
- ease of opening and closing doors. Especially if you have a person with a disability.
- match with any interior. They have a trendy look.
Now let's talk about the disadvantages:
- Does not create complete isolation from noise and sounds. However, if you attach an adjoining bar or single-leaf doors will drive into a special groove, then this will make them more soundproof.
- You will either have to make room next to the sliding door so that it and the furniture do not touch each other, or make a false wall (a special niche where the door will go).
Most often, interior compartment doors are installed in the kitchen or in living rooms, where great sound insulation is not needed. Sliding doors are also used to separate areas in large rooms, and to separate one room from another.
Glass
In addition to the main use of sliding doors as interior doors, if they are glazed, they can be placed in closets or dressing rooms instead of a mirror.
Tempered glass is installed in the interior sliding doors, which reduces to almost zero the possibility of injury when it is broken. On impact, it will shatter into many fragments, which will have blunt edges. So you don't get cut.
Or you can install laminated glass (triplex) at your place. In the event of an impact, it cracks, but does not crumble, thanks to the film that holds the fragments together.
You can install glossy, frosted, tinted glass. And also order from the manufacturer a reproduction on glass of any pattern or mirror surface.
Interroom compartment doors - convenient and stylish!
Mechanism, canvases, parking space
There are two types of sliding mechanisms:
- bottom guide roller. In appearance, it consists of a roller and a lower rail. In this case, the door itself rests on the lower rail. The top roller and guide only hold the door. The advantage of this mechanism is that it is more reliable. Minus - you may have difficulty laying the floor because of the rail.
- top guide roller. From the outside, it seems as if the door is hanging in the air, because the guide roller and rail are located at the top of the interior door. This eliminates the problem associated with the bottom rail.
Interroom single-leaf compartment doors consist of:
- two wings;
- three wings;
- four sashes.
Their advantage is also that they can easily close an opening of any width, which is not possible for every swing door.
The part of the wall (pencil case) that limits the further movement of the open door is called the parking lot. Double-leaf interior compartment doors move apart both in different directions, having two parking spaces, and in one direction - one parking space. But single-leaf compartment doors are characterized by only one parking space.
Sliding door mechanism.
Installation
There are two ways in which you can install interior compartment doors:
- into the wall;
- along the wall.
If you want your door to go into a special niche when sliding apart, even when repairing an apartment, take care to create the necessary false wall. Then, you should decide on the option of compartment doors and their sizes, because your future sliding interior compartment doors will have to be 5 cm smaller than the size of the niche in the false wall.
To install a sliding interior door yourself, you will need:
- the door itself, which, both in height and in length, should be larger than the doorway from 5 to 7 cm;
- related accessories: steel guide bar, fasteners, rollers;
- wooden block with dimensions of 50 by 50 mm;
- upper and lower casing;
- a rack to which the door leaf will adjoin when the door is closed;
- door handles;
- two extras;
- self-tapping screws;
- anchors to attach the beam to the wall;
- finishing nails.
Now let's look at the installation sequence of sliding interior sliding doors.
Sliding door installation diagram.
On the metal bar, drill holes at a distance of about 20 centimeters from each other, into which you will then put self-tapping screws. Attach the guide bar to the wooden beam with self-tapping screws.
To prevent the door from moving away from the roller, select a groove at the bottom of the door leaf in which the guide roller will rotate. Carefully, using a cutter or wood pen, make a hole to the hole. With the help of a chisel, remove all unnecessary.
To prevent independent opening and closing of compartment doors, fasten a wooden block with a plank only horizontally to the floor. Then put the rollers in the guide and fix the lower guide roller in the floor.
Make sure that the guide roller is exactly under the bar at the top, otherwise the door will not stand upright. Place the door leaf into the lower guide roller. Then attach it to the top rollers. To prevent the door from flying off the guide bar, attach the stops.
Using the corners, attach the box rack perpendicular to the floor. After installation, close it with extensions.
At the top and sides of the doorway, fasten the trim with finishing nails.
Only after the door is installed, put the handles. This is due to the fact that then you will not need to redo something.
And in the end, glue anthers on the canvases of interior doors.
Glass sliding doors.
Sliding doors without threshold
Interior sliding compartment doors without thresholds will give you the opportunity not to install any grooves or rails. This means that sliding compartment doors are fixed only at the top, without harming your flooring.
Instructions for installing interior sliding doors without thresholds:
- It is important that you rotate the metal strips perpendicular to the door.
- Using a bolt and 4 nuts, put on the bearing.
- In order to drill holes for the anchor correctly with a puncher, make a preliminary fitting of the interior door leaf to the opening.
- In order to fix the door at the desired height and not keep it on weight, place something under the door leaf.
- Install anchors. On one of them you attach a steel rail, onto which a bearing is threaded, with a door leaf already attached to it. The second anchor is attached to the metal rail. In this case, you slightly raise the door.
- Install door handles if needed.
- To make the door move quietly, glue a strip of rubber on top of the steel rail.
Interroom sliding doors without thresholds.
Now you not only know about the distinctive features of glass sliding interior compartment doors, but also how you can install them yourself.
Modern interior design very often offers us to get rid of a large number of partitions. This action has two goals - to increase the area of \u200b\u200bthe living space and to combine into one whole, it would seem, completely different functional areas. At the same time, there are cases when you are faced with the task of the opposite nature - to install a partition (divide a large room into two small ones, separate the space in the room for a dressing room, in a large corridor - for a pantry, etc.).
Advantages and disadvantages of sliding doors
The advantages of sliding doors include, first of all, saving space in the room. For swing doors, the area required for its free opening is always calculated. This place should not be occupied so that the door can open well. Thus, some part of the useful space seems to be there, and at the same time it cannot be occupied. With a sliding door, this problem disappears.
The absence of thresholds also speaks in favor of the installation of sliding doors. However, this paragraph applies only to those sliding doors that operate according to the “no threshold” system.
And another rather tempting advantage of this type of doors is their ease of use for people who are in wheelchairs. It is enough to move the door to the side, and not pull it towards you or push it forward, and then do the opposite to close it. Undoubtedly, sliding doors have some convenience even if you have small children and it is still difficult for them to open doors with locks, or they simply do not reach them yet. The sliding door can also be opened without a handle. It is enough just to put your hand on the door and push it to the side.
Along with the obvious advantages, sliding doors also have undeniable disadvantages. These include, first of all, insufficient insulation of the space of the room. Swing doors fit snugly against the door frame, while sliding doors have a gap between the door leafs. However, this applies only to those doors that consist of two or three wings. Doors with one leaf, which are designed for the fact that they will call in a special groove, create quite good soundproofing of the room. The lack of sound insulation applies to living rooms and work areas. If sliding doors are installed, for example, on a partition from the bedroom to the dressing room or from the kitchen to the pantry, then this item is inappropriate here, since you do not live in the utility rooms, but just store some things.
Regarding saving space near sliding doors, there is some “but”. Since the doors will move along the wall, it is impossible to put some kind of overall furniture, for example, a closet, next to the door. It can be moved a certain distance so that you can move the doors, but this will still take up useful space from you.
If you still decide to install sliding doors in your house, and even on your own, then we will dwell in more detail on the process of installing them. Let's say right away that there is nothing terrible in this and coping with this task does not present any particular problems. The main thing you should pay attention to is the accuracy of all calculations and, of course, the accuracy of the work performed. Sliding doors come in several varieties. We will focus on the installation of each of them.
Sliding doors with bottom guide roller
To work with this type of door, you will need the following materials. First of all, this is the door leaf. Note that when choosing a door leaf, it should be remembered that it should be 5-7 cm larger than the existing doorway in width and by the same amount in height.
Next, you will need a set of fittings designed specifically for sliding doors. The set consists of a guide rail, rollers and fasteners. All these devices can be purchased at hardware stores.
In addition, you should purchase a wooden block 5x5 cm in size and long. Which should be twice the width of the door leaf. Platbands for the door frame. They need two pieces - one will be attached to the side, the second will be on top of the door frame. Box rack. It is necessary so that the door can adjoin it when it is in the closed position. You will also need two extras.
You can choose door handles in the furniture fittings department. You also get anchors (they will fasten the beam to the wall), self-tapping screws and finishing nails for platbands.
Installation of sliding doors "with a threshold"
1. Using self-tapping screws, fix the guide bar to the beam. To do this, it is necessary to make holes for self-tapping screws in the metal bar with a drill. They should be at a distance of 20 cm from each other. The bar and the guide bar must be fixed very precisely, along a strictly horizontal line. If you make even a small error, the door will then close or open itself.
2. Select a groove at the bottom of the door panel where the guide roller will move. This groove is intended to ensure that the lower part of the door does not deviate during movement. If you do not have a cutter, you can replace it with a wood pen.
3. After that, carefully clean the excess from each hole with a chisel.
4. Install the rollers in the guide bar. We fix the lower guide roller on the floor. Here you need to be very careful and install the lower roller strictly under the upper bar. Again, if you make a mistake, the door simply will not become vertical and will be at an angle.
5. After that, we hang the door leaf first on the lower guide roller. We give a vertical position to the canvas and even then we fix it on the rollers that are at the top.
6. Install the limiters. They are necessary so that the door leaf does not go beyond the borders of the guide bar.
7. On the side of the door frame, we install a box-shaped rack in a vertical position. We fasten it to the wall with the help of special metal corners, which are then closed with extensions.
8. With the help of finishing nails, we nail the platbands on top and on the side of the doorway.
9. Already the final stage of the whole process will be the fastening of door handles. Do not screw them immediately to the door leaf, even before the start of all work, in order to avoid possible miscalculations and redoing the work.
For a tighter fit of the sliding door, it is recommended to glue anthers to them or they are also called dust brushes. You can see the same ones along the edges of the door leaves in the wardrobes.
Sliding doors with "no threshold" system
The advantage of this type of sliding doors is that, unlike doors with a lower guide roller, in this case there are no rails or grooves under the door. Sliding doors "without a threshold" are fixed only at the top and that's it. With this choice, you do not have to change, disturb or somehow modify the flooring.
To install sliding doors "without a threshold" you will need:
- door leaf for the future sliding door in the required quantity (one or more). Do not forget that the canvas should be larger in width and height than the dimensions of the doorway.
- a metal bar with a length of more than twice the width of the doorway;
- anchors (needed to fix the plank on the wall);
- two bearings;
- four metal strips and bolts for hanging on the metal rail of the door leaf. If you find it on sale, you can use two U-shaped metal strips to attach the bearings to the door.
- door handles.
Installation of sliding doors "without a threshold"
1. We fix the bearings for the future sliding door. To do this, we fix the metal strips to the door at an angle of strictly 90 degrees.
2. We put on the bearing, using the bolt and four nuts.
3. We try on the doors to the doorway. This is necessary in order to measure the required height for the anchor holes.
4. We remove the doors and drill holes with a puncher.
5. Now you need to fix the sliding door to the metal bar. We fix the door leaf at the required height from the floor. In order not to constantly hold the doors with your hands on weight, you can use thin boards or bars of the same thickness and place them under the doors.
6. We insert the anchors and attach a metal bar to one of them. We thread the bearings that are already fixed on the door leaf into the bar.
7. Raise the door and fasten the second anchor to the metal bar.
8. If there is a need for door handles, then we fasten them already at the final stage of work.
In order to reduce noise when opening and closing doors, a rubber strip can be glued on top of the metal bar. You can also use a car camera for this purpose.
Now you can boast of a do-it-yourself sliding door.