How to choose a metal door: the subtleties that are better

A good door keeps you calm. The front door is the first thing that guests see in your home and what you see daily. How to choose a metal door so that it combines beauty and meets basic safety requirements? This will be discussed in this article.

First we will focus on the basic requirements for the door, the listing of which will help you better understand how to choose the right metal door.

Safety features

So:

• The door must have a burglar resistance. (see Hacking the door and countering this). The design of the lock and the material from which the door is made are responsible for this.
• The ability to control the approaches to the door: peephole (see Video door eye: how to choose and install it yourself), armored glass.
• Protection from external noise, heat insulation.
• Warranty support.
• Beautiful appearance.

Quality door consists of the following elements:

• A solid sheet of metal without welding seams, because they weaken the structure
• Platbands covering the cavity between the box and the opening.
• Prison

When deciding which metal door to choose, it is worth paying special attention to stiffening ribs, as well as the ability of the door to absorb extraneous sounds (see Entrance Door Noise Insulation) and to retain heat.

Most likely, it will be difficult to check the door for cracking resistance and impact resistance. These questions will have to trust the characteristics of the door and the reputation of the seller. However, you need to know that the thickness of the metal should be at least two mm.

Locks

When choosing a metal door, you cannot do without choosing a lock (see Insert locks into metal doors). Perhaps this is one of the main elements of a secure door. It is necessary to have locks of two variations: lever and cylinder.

The presence of different types of locks will create additional difficulties for potential thieves, since they will require much more skill and effort to open the door. It is very good, if not only the designs, but also the manufacturers of the locks are different, since one manufacturer can sometimes use similar techniques in the locks.

Metal doors: how to choose a lock?

There is an opinion that the locks of the lever system are the most reliable and effective. Most often these are crab locks, i.e., those in which reed tongues disperse in two to four directions in relation to the door. Naturally, the more complex the lock lever design, the higher its cost.

The second lock must be a cylinder. It is believed that such a lock is very difficult to open.

Also, do not neglect the armor plates, which increase the resistance of the cylinder lock cylinder larvae to cracking. In a situation when the lock bolts are covered in rotating metal pipes, they become inaccessible for cutting.

Pay special attention to the manufacturer of the castle. It is justly believed that foreign-made locks are better and more durable. Some designs have from five hundred thousand to the beyond four billion key combinations.

At the shackle

How to choose metal doors to get additional reliability?

Use heck that will increase the security of the doors. They are designed to lock the door from the inside when the home owners.

In the case of an attempted robbery, the door locked on the latch can not be broken. The reason for reliability is its simplicity. Even if you try to knock the door out with a sledgehammer, you will not achieve a positive effect on cracking, since the force of the blows will spread all over the door.

The heck, as mentioned above, is simple, which can play a positive role in a fire and evacuation from a locked apartment: it is easy to open the heck of it, but locks can be deformed by heat and the door is jammed.

By design, the heck are embedded and overhead, those that have a lock and without it. A correctly mounted fastener will remove the distinction between embedded and surface construction. In addition, in case you still have to open the latch on the outside, you may need a retainer, because it is almost impossible to push objects through the door slots.

Another advantage of the heck is the lack of vibration of the door, as it leans closer to the door box. Also, in some cases, it may be useful door chain. It is necessary only to remember that such a chain should have significantly greater strength than that for a wooden door.

Hinges

These door elements can be external or hidden. The latter are better because they cannot be cut technically, since they are physically inaccessible from the outside.

However, according to GOST, the doors must be equipped with external hinges. Security doors according to the standards should open outwards, but not inside. At the same time, the outer hinges for the doors are easy to cut. If, nevertheless, a door with external hinges is selected, you need to make sure that the pins are anti-removable.

When the door is opened, the bolts are displaced into special openings in the boxes and the door is firmly fixed in the opening. In this case, the criminals will not give anything cutting loops. Remember that poor-quality hinges lead to sagging of the canvas, which as a result catches the box, or leads to a wedge of doors.

Heat and sound insulation

A good door should have high heat and sound absorbing properties. How to choose a metal door to have all the listed properties?

The factors that follow to know when making the choice of a metal door:

• Decorative panels, which, because of their thickness, themselves perform the functions of insulation and sound absorption.
• Warming and sound-absorbing materials inside the canvas.
• High-quality sealing of the seams between the box and the canvas will provide sound and heat insulation.

Peephole

You can do without armored glass, but a peephole is absolutely necessary. It plays an important role in ensuring adequate safety of residents. It should be borne in mind that eyes with a maximum viewing angle give the worst visibility.

Highlighting the castle

This accessory will be needed if the entrance is not well lit and sometimes lamps burn out in it. By clicking on the button hidden in the knob, you can turn on the lighting of the lock well.

Exterior door

Choosing the appearance of the door, it is worth relying, in addition to the aesthetic points and practical. For example, in the absence of a concierge or intercom at the entrance, it is hardly reasonable to buy a door with an expensive finish. In addition, high humidity affects the wood finish.

The inner part of the door leaf should be combined with the interior or be at least neutral to it. Doors are decorated with various materials: laminate, veneer, MDF, etc. The choice depends on the desire and the wallet.

Useful tips!

Раздумывая how to choose metal doors по приемлемой стоимости, рассмотрите несколько советов:

• Economy option does not always have low quality. Often savings are achieved at the expense of appearance, but not at the expense of security.
• You can purchase a door with a laminate finish, rather than an array. Externally, the laminate looks beautiful, its outer part is covered with a film imitating expensive woods.
• Powder coating looks impressive, offers thousands of variations of shades, textures. The option is economical, but the door will look solid. In addition, it is practical, since such a door is resistant to atmospheric phenomena and temperatures.

Metal doors: how to choose?

Should I buy a door on request?

Of course, if opportunities allow you to do this. Custom doors have some advantages:

• Doorways are not always standard sizes.
• The door will be perfect for your needs.

And finally, some tips to consider when buying / ordering / installing the door:

• The door of high quality must have the correct geometric design, it should not be deformations and distortions.
• The door should be equipped with expensive imported locks, preferably from different manufacturers, and probably different designs: lever and cylinder.
• It is desirable to have a seal around the perimeter of the web, which will give additional properties of heat and sound insulation.
• Installation must be carried out strictly according to a given technology. Incorrect installation will invalidate the manufacturer’s data. No need to save on installation.

We hope our story will make it easier for you to choose a metal door!