Do-it-yourself trimming the front door slopes is not as

Few firms engaged in the production and installation of entrance doors, take care of the finishing slopes. However, their finishing is a task that can be completely solved on their own. Want to know how to do this - carefully read this article.

The joy of installing a new, modern, beautiful and reliable entrance door passes immediately after the installers assemble their tools and go home.

If from the entrance side the door is pleasing to the eye, then in the apartment the view is spoiled by broken plaster, bare concrete or brick, pieces of polyurethane foam and coarse metal lining. But do not get upset, finishing the slopes with your own hands - it may be difficult, but interesting, even creative.

Options for finishing door slopes

First of all, you need to decide how to trim the slopes of the entrance door (see Slopes for entrance doors).

The most common and affordable options:

• Plastering cement mortar
• Finishing dry plaster - plasterboard (see. We make door slopes of drywall)
• Facing with MDF or laminate panels

Plaster - a classic way of finishing the entrance door. This type of finish is very durable and unpretentious in operation, it allows you to get rid of the slightest cracks and drafts.

But the work itself is rather laborious and dirty, requiring a lot of time for drying the mortar. The slopes of drywall look no less solid than plastered, but significantly inferior to them in strength. But working with this material is much easier and faster.

Laminated panels and MDF look great, especially in combination with a wooden door, after installing them the slopes do not need finishing decorative decoration - painting or pasting with wallpaper. These materials have sufficient strength, are not deformed, so most often the finishing of the slopes of the front door is done by them.

Plastering door slopes

From the tools, you will need a trowel, a building level, a trowel, a rule, a painting grid and painting tape, metal painting corners, beacons and a construction mixer. From materials: dry mix for plaster, finishing putty, liquid primer and sandpaper.

Such finishing is most often used if the finishing in the apartment is not yet completed and the walls are not plastered.

1. Clean the slopes of the pieces of old plaster, ground the surface and expose the guides with the help of the building level, fix them with a solution. Close the slope with the wall close the painting corners, putting them on the level.

1. Cover the door frame with masking tape so as not to stain.
2. When the solution holding the beacons seizes, fix the paint grid on the slopes, which will play the role of reinforcement.
3. In a bucket, dilute the solution as directed on the package. First, seal the potholes with it, then apply it to the entire wall and, using the rule, draw the mortar along the beacons, creating a flat surface. Do not forget the corners.

1. If after drying, cracks appear on the surface, putty them with a liquid solution.
2. Wet the dried plaster and finally level it with a finishing putty.
3. When the slopes are completely dry, go over them with fine sandpaper to remove the slightest unevenness, and paint with water-based paint.

Plasterboard finish

Finishing the slope of the entrance door with GKL sheets is the easiest way to design the doorway (see The design of the entrance door). You will need polyurethane foam and a sheet of drywall, and for finishing the corners - a bit of dry construction mixture or a decorative plastic corner.

So:

1. Measure the height and width of slopes. and cut out three parts from the drywall sheet - for the right and left side and the top.
2. Removing all protruding parts from the repaired slopeswet them with spray water.
3. Foam deep holes in the foam.and then apply it on one of the sides of the slope snake.

1. Glue the cut from the gypsum slope on the foamby checking its verticality by building level.

Attention! In order for the drywall to stick firmly, first firmly press it against the foam that has just been applied to the wall and immediately remove it. Wait 7-8 minutes and, when the foam seizes slightly and thickens, put it back in place and glue it.

1. In the same way, glue the rest of the workpiece.
2. Cut with a sharp knife protruding parts of the drywall and frozen foam and putty the corners and points of junction to the door frame.

1. Instead, decorative corners of fiberboard or plastic can be glued to the corners.. Do it better after painting the finished slopes.

If you have never done this kind of work, watch the video to better understand the whole process.

MDF paneling

If the decoration of the slopes of metal entrance doors and is included in the list of services of the installation company, then most often it offers this option. Laminated panels and MDF are very beautiful, durable and easy-to-work material, and the finishing of the MDF slopes of the entrance door gives a complete look and solidity.

You will need MDF panels themselves, wooden blocks or slats 30 mm wide, dowels, screws, liquid nails, as well as a decorative corner and trim.

So:

1. Drill holes for the dowels along the inner and outer edges of the slopes with which the guide rails will be attached.
2. Shape wooden slats to the desired thickness and attach them to the slopes, observing the vertical. When attaching the inner rail, consider the thickness of the panel, which will have to rest against the frame with an outer corner.

Council If the space between the door frame and the wall is stained, you can not put the guide in the depth of the opening, and cut a groove in the foam and insert the panel into it.

1. Measure the width of the opening and cut out the upper part of the slope from MDF. Secure it with small nails or screws. For the last big drill, make a recess for the cap, so that the self-tapping screws stand soaked.
2. When deciding how to trim the slopes of the entrance door with MDF panels, it is very important to cut the upper corners of the side panels correctly so that there is no gap between them and the upper part of the slope. To do this, it is best to make a template of paper or cardboard and cut the panel on it, after narrowing it to the desired width.
3. Attach the finished parts to the guides. Moreover, the inner edge can be nailed with small nails or glued, and the outer fasten with screws.
4. Finish the outside corners of the slopes with a flexible decorative corner, setting it on liquid nails. It will hide the caps of the screws and uneven cuts.
5. Internal corners, if necessary, close the decorative rail.

Similarly, you can revet the slopes of the entrance door with laminate or plastic panels. But the latter do not have good strength and can be damaged by hitting with any object or foot. And the front door is the most popular place in the apartment.

The decoration of the slopes is almost complete. It remains to establish the trim. If the repair in the apartment is not finished yet, do not rush to install the platbands until you paste the wallpaper or make another decorative wall decoration.

In the absence of molded material, correctly cutting off the corners of the casing at 45 degrees will help the following method. First measure the distance on the top of the slopes between the right and left - this will be the length of the lower part of the casing. Then on both sides add to it the width of the platband - get the length of its upper part. Connect the resulting points and carefully cut off the extra corners.

After fastening the upper platband, prepare its sides in the same way. Try to keep the cut smooth and neat, then the junction of the casing parts will turn out beautiful. Platbands can be glued to the wall with liquid nails, as well as a decorative corner, so that the attachment point is not visible.

At a time when finishing the slopes of the front door - you can solve a few more problems. For example, to insulate the entrance to an apartment, laying a layer of insulation between the wall and decorative trim. Or bring wires to the apartment for electrical wiring, telephone, Internet, cable television. This will allow you not to make holes in the wall and save time and money.