Fittings for sliding doors: types and purpose

Door sliding systems have long been a permanent trend in interior design. They are distinguished by a refined and elegant appearance, excellent functionality, practicality and ergonomics. The variety of options for sliding doors allows you to zone or combine space without causing damage to the size of the room. The article will tell you what accessories to choose for different types of doors.

Materials для раздвижных конструкций

Before choosing accessories for doors, it is necessary to get acquainted with the materials of manufacturing products.

Materials and their features are presented in the table:

Materials	Door Features
	Such products are most often installed in rich classical styles.
	High-tech material that can be easily milled and subjected to other mechanical processing. This allows you to make designs of doors of any shape, in various styles.
	Glass doors feature a variety of exterior finishes. They are: Transparent. Matte. Monophonic, different colors. With an image. Glossy. Structural. Glass is used for the manufacture of sliding systems, which have smooth flat surfaces, or complex structures of radius shape.
	Combined sliding door designs combine the use of different materials in their manufacture. For example: каркас делается из алюминия, стали, пластика, стекловолокна, дерева или MDF, а заполнителями могут быть: стекло, ротанг, зеркало.

After the choice of material the corresponding fittings are selected.

Types of fittings

Fittings used for sliding doors are components for high-quality installation of interior doors or partitions, and accessories for them.

For all types of door sliding systems are required:

• Special rollers for the movement of cloths. This is the main mechanism of any set of fittings used for sliding doors. They are mounted on bearings, which makes the movement of doors smooth and noiseless.

• Top guides for doors. This is the frame on which the entire suspended structure of the sliding interroom system is mounted. They are made of aluminum, lightweight and durable metal, not covered by corrosion.

• A pen. This is an integral element for interior doors (see. Handles for interior doors and their variants). For sliding constructions, it is made in the shape of a boat — embedded in the door leaf.

• Lower guides. In this case, the load from the valves rests on the lower wheels, which move along the grooves. At the top of the door there are additional wheels moving along the second rail.

• Cassette. Serve for the installation of doors. For their manufacture, special steel with a two-layer zinc coating is taken, guaranteeing high resistance to oxidation in rooms with high humidity.

• Locks. These are usually mortise latches that will not interfere with the opening of doors.

• Closer двери. This is a mechanism for smoothly closing the sliding gate.

• Decorative items.

• Thresholdless system. This design is used for light door panels of small size. At the same time there are no elements on the floor. Differs in simple installation.

Features of the mechanism for opening the gate with a door closer

The mechanism of operation of sliding doors with the door closer device is similar to the work of a conventional sliding mechanism, the difference is in one detail: the door closer activator is mounted in the upper rail. At the same time, the device itself is embedded in the roller, when it moves to the desired point, the activator is activated, and the door opens or closes smoothly.

The work of the sliding mechanism with the door closer is as follows:

• The door is suspended on the top rail.
• It is mounted hook to activate the closer.
• Rolling the door prevents the lower rail.
• Rollers help move the door.

The procedure for mounting the bottom rail:

• Fixing the element is made to the lower end of the door leaf in the groove or another option.
• The bottom leash is placed on the floor.
• The floor is free for passage.

Sliding mechanism installation

Tip: When installing a sliding mechanism, you must use the building level to sustain the horizontal direction of the guide profile to move the door leaf.

Instruction of work:

• The guide should protrude from one side of the opening by 5 centimeters. From the side of the opening, to move the blade when the door is opened, the profile length should be increased by the width of the blade.
• Calculate the height for mounting the sliding mechanism. This value consists of two components:

1. height of the door leaf with rollers;
2. the gap under the door is about 15 millimeters, which depends on the curvature of the floor.

• Selects the distance of placement of the guide from the wall, depending on the curvature of the wall surface:

1. if it is flat, the guide is attached directly to the wall, on which holes are pre-drilled;
2. from the curve of the wall, the guide moves away for some distance. Then a wooden lath is attached to the wall, a guide is fixed on it.

The process of mounting the elements clearly shows the video.

Thereafter:

• The door leaf is installed on the rail. To do this, the side rollers are driven into it.
• The door should take the necessary position.
• An emphasis is attached to the floor, a long groove has been preselected below it at the bottom of the door leaf.
• The door opens as much as possible, but you must make sure that it does not fly out of the grooves.
• Inside the guide is secured with screws by a rubber cushion, which serves as a stopper.
• In the lower groove of the blade, half-stop is inserted and the element is fixed with dowels to the floor on one side.
• The canvas moves in the direction of closing the opening.
• Its necessary position is selected.
• Fastened upper limit travel door.
• Fixed floor stop.

Features of the choice of accessories

When purchasing accessories for sliding doors, you need to consider:

• Mass door leaf. The larger it is, the greater the strength should have guides, and the number of rollers increases.
• The number of doors that open. Usually designs are made with one flap or two, for which one and two guides are needed respectively.
• Material for the manufacture of high-quality fittings should be of high quality, it is better if it is metal.

The main manufacturers of fittings for sliding doors:

• Oat flakes.
• LEO and others.

Products of these companies are distinguished by increased resistance to wear and premature failure, durability and high reliability.

Tip: Use plastic fittings is only in exceptional cases. It does not withstand heavy loads.

Conclusion

When choosing accessories for sliding doors, it is necessary to take into account the dimensions and weight of the door leaf, the presence of a handle and a lock in it. In this case, preference should be given to products of well-known manufacturers, guaranteeing the quality of manufactured goods.

All work on the installation of any items should be carried out carefully and carefully. Otherwise, even small installation errors can lead to loss of the entire mechanism.