Doorway - types, design, requirements

The original design of an apartment or a country house is a demonstration of the taste of their owner, his vision of comfort and beauty. For these purposes, there are a large number of opportunities and a variety of building materials, allowing to translate into reality any designer fantasies. In this case, a fairly large role is played by how the doorway is designed, which will be discussed in this article.

Appointment of open doorways

Many standard new buildings do not have a large number of free square meters, because of what the owners have to fight for the extra centimeters, to give up some elements of the interior. One of them is the doors, which occupy a lot of free space, especially swinging structures.

In this case, the best option would be the manufacture of arches in the doorways, which saves precious meters and creates a pleasant feeling of spaciousness, removes obstacles in the apartment, provides good air circulation.

Installation of arches in doorways has its advantages and disadvantages, which are presented in the table:

Types of doorways

There is a wide variety of doorways, which can be in the form of a classic rectangle or original arch.

The arch is the most interesting and non-standard way to design a doorway. At the same time, in apartments with narrow long corridors, such a technique visually expands the space and gives it airiness.

Door arch projects offer:

• In apartments with low ceilings, the radius of the angle should exceed? the width of the doorway, which is characterized by a gentle rounding. This form gives the arch a large width and visually lifts the ceiling.

• For a room with high ceilings, it is better to use a classic arch with a radius corresponding to half the doorway opening.

• Arched structures can have the shape of an ellipse, a trapezoid, an asymmetric shape, the distinguishing feature of which is a bias in one direction.

Types of doorways могут выполняться в разных стилях:

• In the classic version they have vertical slopes that look like semi-columns.
• Baroque and Empire differ in symmetry of designs, but differs from classics, abundance of decorative elements. It can be decorating with stucco made of polyurethane, gilding, plaster bas-reliefs placed in the upper part of the structures.
• East style involves the use of arches of bizarre and intricate forms: keeled, pointed.
• Minimalism uses distinct forms of modernity. It is difficult to find similar forms of arches. A distinctive feature of arched structures - curvilinearity. At the same time the doorway takes the most unexpected views.
• Techno and hi-tech characterize more rigorous geometric shapes.
• Pop-art and modern prefer to use the most unexpected outlines. A welcome device in the doorway of decorative lamps is welcome.

Tip: The perfect solution in this version is to design the lighting with a “light curtain” or a device of spotlights. Such beautiful doorways should be made between the living room and the kitchen.

A spectacular option is the device stained glass arch, in which part of the opening is a stained glass window. This is especially true for the combination of living room and kitchen, living room and balcony.

• Romantic style more restrained forms and materials are used. The preference is given to symmetric arches of a flat or semi-circular shape. This is facilitated by the desire for statics and easy solutions for the implementation of architectural elements, the use of materials with a rich color gamut.

Doorway Design

For design registration are used:

• Cloth curtains.

Tip: Filling door and window openings with curtains should be made of the same material. In this composite solution can be very different: from draperies and pelmets, to curtains in oriental style.

• Blinds on the doorway. The material of the products is chosen by anyone: fabric, natural or synthetic, plastic, wood.

• Bamboo curtains. The design elements of the sticks and beads are connected with hooks or strung on a thread. Such products are most relevant in ecostyle and eclecticism.

• Filament curtains. Это прочное переплетение жгутов, которые надежно закреплены сверху в одну ленту. Классический вариант — нитяные занавески из тканевых шнуров, но в современных изделиях они могут быть из фигурок из стекла и бусин, ракушек и камушек, нанизываемых на прочные жгуты.

Installation of the doorway

Installation of the doorway begins with the development of the project, which contains the main documents defining the construction plan and the stages of work. These include the specification of doorways.

The document indicates:

• List of required materials.
• Their number.
• Construction features.
• Sizes of elements.

The specification or statement of window and door openings is developed on the basis of the relevant State Standards. These are documents that complement the drawings in the development of the project and are used when filling out doorways in the plan is done - this is a list of parts required to complete the construction of the structure. WITH

They can be used to pre-estimate the cost of construction, its final result. The photo shows a sample document for the construction of a doorway.

GOST requirements for doorways

In order to correctly draw up a specification for window and door openings, it is necessary to carefully study GOST 21.101-2011.

It details the general provisions of the rules for the development of project documentation, which must be observed during the construction of the building, which includes:

• Assembly drawings, which indicate the main dimensions necessary for proper assembly of the structure.
• Drawings of parts, with all sizes.
• Specification of elements included in them.
• Explanatory note, including a description of the structure, its features.

When developing drawings it is necessary to be guided by GOST 21.501-2011. Special requirements in the manufacture requires a jumper over the doorway. The main condition is its high strength.

Tip: In the absence of special design knowledge, it is necessary to contact the design organization so that the doorway device can be completed without errors.

The sequence of the device doorway

Before embarking on a do-it-yourself construction of a door opening, you should view the video in this article.

The stages of the opening device are:

• Jumper preparation. First of all, the desired material is selected, which depends on the type of construction and the size of the opening.
• For walls of solid solid concrete need diamond cutting of doorways. When using other tools, strong vibration may increase the risk of cracks in the wall.

The doorways of the wooden house are carefully cut out by a chainsaw.

• Sound insulation of window and door openings that allows you to protect adjacent rooms from the penetration of sounds from neighboring rooms and the street.
• Finishing openings. This is a finishing operation for any design. This can be performed:

1. plastic finishing;
2. pallets made of polyurethane or plaster;

1. laying tile in the doorway;
2. arched design;
3. usual rectangular opening.

For each type of decoration has its own instructions, which greatly simplifies the process when conducting it independently. Proper preparation of the doorway, its neat and beautiful design, will not only make the structure sturdy and reliable, but also give any room additional warmth and comfort.