How to install doorways: masterful tips

Sometimes it happens that due to repair the door frame may not coincide with the thickness of the wall in which the doorway is located. Do not worry, a similar situation can happen and occurs almost during any repair, in any residential area. In this case, the problem will solve the installation dobori on the front door.

Door openings are special panels that are thick and made of wood. They help to quickly and painlessly solve the problem of mismatch.

By type, the dobori are divided into two categories:

• horizontal dobori;
• vertical backouts.

Door installation существенно облегчает установку входной двери. Добор чаще всего изготавливают из хвойных пород  дерева. Часто дверные доборы покрывают натуральным или искусственным шпоном. Так же,  могут изготавливаться из ДСП или МДФ.

• 1 Door installation
• Stage 2
• 3 If there is no special groove

Door installation

In the process of installing the front door, we may encounter the fact that the thickness of the box does not match the size in the wall in this case, we need to compensate for this distance. Door access panels and their installation do not require mastery of building skills. With certain theoretical knowledge, you can install them yourself.

Tip! Usually, the door frames have the presence of special grooves, into which you can easily insert prepared dobor. If for some reason the grooves are missing, you can install additional thickness of any thickness by the so-called fit.

Before you install it, you need the following tools and fixtures:

1. special board;
2. ordinary drill;
3. simple screws;
4. polyurethane foam;
5. ordinary building level;
6. plain packaging carton;
7. classic handsaw;
8. ordinary tape measure.

Such inventory can easily be bought or borrowed on time, if the house is not turned out.

Stages

Do-it-yourself can be installed in several successive stages and in different ways.

Consider the simplest and most common method of installation, which has a special groove:

• Using a tape measure carefully and scrupulously measure the distancefrom the edge of your wall to the so-called finishing quarter.

Tip! Take measurements in several places. These actions will allow you to achieve the most accurate measurements!

• Unpack the optional board. Cut the board into the size you need with the help of a regular hacksaw. Take as a basis the size with the maximum rate that you received during the measurements. It also happens that in certain cases, you will have to cut off part of your finishing strips with a wedge.
• The next step is to assemble a U-shaped construction from the cut slats.. After assembling, perform its hanging, clearly focusing on the size of your finishing quarter.
• Further, the installation consists in the following: gently squeeze the manufactured door finish. In order to do this, many recommend using conventional packaging carton for this purpose. The fact is that the packaging cardboard is perfectly springy. Carefully examine and check how it is located in relation to the walls, use your building level for this.
• Installation around the front door will continue as follows.: Fill the voids after installation with a conventional foam. As the additional level does not bear serious loading, it does not need solid, rigid fastening. So, do not overdo it in order not to do a lot of extra work.

If there is no special groove

Sometimes, for various reasons, a special groove for mounting dobori may be missing.

If you have this particular case, then you can use a slightly different method of installing the additional:

• Make careful measurements of the thickness of the opening, using a conventional tape measure. To improve the accuracy of measurements, make them in several places. Carefully measure the box.
• Using a simple hacksaw, cut the slats of the required width. After this, carefully repel the strips.
• Secure your tape measure on the very edge of the quarter finder. This can be done by simply hooking the edge of the roulette. Now accurately measure the distance to a quarter.
• Next you need to make measurements of the length of the vertical rails.

Tip! Do not forget that vertical laths must overlap the horizontal laths. In order to make the right measurements and get accurate data, start by hooking the tape measure to the edge of your door frame.

• Begin installation. First, you must attach the vertical strips, and then you need to attach the horizontal additional rail to your doorframe.

To do this correctly and from the first time, align the end of the bar with the extreme point of the quarter. Now it is necessary to outline and drill holes for fasteners. After that, fasten the straps using conventional screws.

Congratulations! You are now familiar with the installation process. And the installation of the entrance door is not a secret for you. This is a fairly simple but important process, regarding which with increased responsibility and accuracy, you can do everything on your own without recourse to the help of third-party specialists.

According to various observations, if you install door frames for the first time, the whole operation will not take you more than two to four hours.

Tip! When ordering the front door, do not be lazy and ask the seller if there are door doors that match in color with the doors you buy. If the presence of such dobori not, then fit as close as possible to the color of the bar. It is also worth paying close attention to the material from which the dobor are made.

If you still have doubts in your abilities, we recommend that you look at the entrance door to the video. Perhaps the door to the front door video instruction will give more answers to your questions.

After learning how to install dobory, the design of your door frame will get a complete, monolithic look. You can choose them according to the design of your door (see the decoration of the front door), so that you can not be afraid that they will spoil the overall visual condition of your home.