Do-it-yourself mosquito door installation

Dullness and lack of air are familiar to everyone without exception during the hot summer heat. Opening the doors and windows, you can wait for the uninvited guests in the form of mosquitoes, flies and other insects. To prevent them from entering the house, you can use a mosquito net. Installation of a mosquito door with your own hands is quite simple, because for its installation does not need special skills, and a specific tool is not needed.

It is easy to purchase such a grid, it is enough to know the size. One call to the manager and in several days the grid will be made. You can order and urgent production of the grid, but its cost is sensitive to increase.

What are mosquito doors

Anti-mosquito balcony doors are:

• swing;
• sliding;
• plisse;
• roll;
• mesh on magnets.

Frame door device

At the heart of such a door is a rigid frame. In essence, this is a frame assembled from a profile intended for this purpose. Such a door can be installed on hinges and open outwards or move sideways along the sled. As for the material of manufacture, it is:

1. Steel profile.
2. Aluminum profile.
3. Plastic.

Plastic doors are cheaper, but less durable.

Although the door design is the same, the way of opening, and accordingly the mechanisms, is different. Therefore, we will consider their installation separately.

Swing door

The way to open a hinged door is already in its description.

For the manufacture of mosquito doors often use a cheaper and less durable window profile. The design will turn out shaky, not intended for frequent use to it. In addition, over time, the frame can skew, and insects can penetrate into the room through the cracks formed.

A durable anti-mosquito door is obtained only from a profile having a cross section of 52 × 20 mm. With small mesh size should be at least 1 jumper. If the frame is higher than two meters, then there should be at least 2 jumpers.

Swing doors are installed more often than others, as they have several advantages:

1. Easy installation and disassembly of the door.
2. If a profile intended for its manufacture is used, then such a door will last a very long time.
3. The door can be not only rectangular, but also trapezoid, arched and even semicircular.

There is also a drawback - since the doors open in different directions, an additional free space is required. True, most people do not even think about it.

Proceed to install

Regardless of whether the company brought you a mosquito door or you did it yourself, before making the final payment (or signing the receipt documents), you need to check the build quality, whether it is scratched and how well the mosquito net is fixed.

If you install the door yourself, then make sure that with it were:

• 2 loops;
• plastic handle;
• self-tapping screws.

Most often, nothing prevents to fasten the hinges to the door frame, but it is better to check it, and then fix the hinges on the grid frame. If everything is normal and nothing interferes, then you need to fasten hinges to the end of the door, stepping back from the bottom and top of 20-30 cm. This is not the only parameter that must be observed. In order for the door to close well and fit snugly, the hinge must be set so that the plane of the lower part of the hinge coincides with the plane of the door.

Now the door must be attached to the frame and fasten the hinges. Such work is difficult to do alone, so someone from the household can help: hold the door while you fix it.

Hinges can be simple or with a closer, thanks to which the doors will be closed automatically.

Try where it will be most convenient to use the handle, and fasten it there. If simple hinges were installed, it is necessary to install a retainer for the mosquito door or fasten furniture magnets. At this installation work is completed.

Sliding Mosquito Door

Basically, the sliding grid is installed next to the sliding doors, but nothing will prevent it from being installed near the simple door. The only inconvenience may be a guide attached to the floor through which you can stumble.

Installation work begins with the leveling of the guide rails, after which it must be securely fastened. When mounting the top rail, it is important to leave a gap, thanks to which the mesh door will then be inserted into its place. Completing the work, you need to adjust the position of the door movement limiters and fix them.

Pleated Mesh

For such a grid, you need less space, since it does not move to the side, but is going to be an accordion. The principle of installation is the same as in the case of a sliding grid.

Mosquitoes need water. Often they get it by sucking out wet clothes hung out to dry. Removing dried things, shake them off, then together with them you are unlikely to bring these insects into the house.

Rolling mosquito door

In view of the design features of the mosquito roll grid, for its installation on the doorway, it will be necessary to assemble all the parts together and only then do the installation.

Rolling doors can be not only vertical, but also horizontal. Regardless of the design, such a device is not cheap, and not everyone can afford to make such a purchase. Given these factors, a person with no experience is better not to take up the installation, since it is possible to damage the mechanism.

Rolled anti-mosquito doors have their advantages:

• They do not need to be removed periodically. All winter they are stored inside the box.
• To open the roll door does not need a lot of space.

Grid on magnets

This is the cheapest option with which you can protect yourself from mosquitoes entering the room through the doorway. It is possible for many to install such a grid, but since this product is most often made in China, it is unlikely that it will be possible to find intelligible instructions in the package. Therefore, we dwell on this in more detail, describing the procedure in detail.

• Unpack the grid, and, spreading it on the floor, determine where the bottom, top, inside and outside. If it is not clear, then there should be a seat for a large magnet from below. These magnets are attached on the inside of the grid.
• Now it is the turn of tapes with magnets. On the one hand you need to cut the corners of the gum. Now it will be the lower parts of the tape.
• To align the tape, it is necessary, unwinding, spread out on the floor and install the lower magnets (if they have not been installed).
• After that, magnetic tapes are separated and pushed into the pockets provided for this in the grid, check that they are not twisted. Tapes should not be ripped off! As they were connected, the only way they should be inserted. To confuse the situation will not give the cut corners.
• Now the grid should be attached to the door leaf - it should not touch the floor, but there should not be a big gap either.
• Having set the grid, it is necessary to extend the ribbons a little so that they do not rest against the lower magnets, and fix in this position along with the grid.
• Included is fasteners. For plastic frames - velcro, and for fastening on a wooden surface - decorative nails. Choosing what suits you, finally fix the grid.
• Now it remains to install lambrequins, thanks to which the grid will look very attractive.

Homemade wooden mosquito door

At home, the frame is best made from well-dried wood. Otherwise, it may skew or lead. To fix this defect will not succeed, so the door will become unusable.

For the manufacture of mosquito doors of wooden slats need to purchase:

• a mosquito net, which will be somewhat larger than the frame to be made;
• 2.5 m wooden blocks, size 20 × 40 mm;
• corner;
• a pair of fortochny loops;
• clamps;
• passages;
• screwdriver or screwdriver;
• door handle;
• stamesku;
• roulette wheel;
• pencil;
• hammer;
• PVA moisture resistant glue.

To make it clear how to install the mosquito door on the balcony, it is necessary to measure the width and height of the opening. Since the construction made by us will not enter the doorway, the resulting dimensions of the opening will be the internal dimensions of the mosquito door frame.

How to choose a mosquito net

On the market are mosquito nets in a wide range. Their color may be different, but the classic version is white. Under the old wooden frames it will be more practical to choose a grid of a darker color, since in this case it will be less noticeable. When purchasing a grid, you need to take with a margin of several centimeters on each side. Excess then you can just cut off.

You also need to take into account that the grid cells come in different sizes. In one case, it will only protect against insects the size of a mosquito, but very small insects can easily penetrate through it. In another case, if the cell is too small, then even the dust will not pass through it, but you need to consider that the flow of air will also decrease.

We are going to frame

For mosquito nets on the balcony, designed independently, it is important that its internal size coincides with the clearance of the doorway. After completing the marking of bars, you need to cut off from the bar too much. Now, using a clear example, consider the process of making a wooden frame.

Next, we consider an example of manufacturing invoice balcony door. If you plan to install a mosquito door instead of the existing one, then its dimensions will be the same as that of the removed canvas.

• Let's take as a basis the dimensions of the clearance of the balcony door 190 cm in height and 60 cm in width. Our slats will be located wider part of the door, that is, their width will be 4 cm, so we need 2 segments of a length of 198 cm and 4 pieces. 68 cm
• To join the slats at the corners, at the end of each you need to make a notch 4 cm long. Since the 2 cm thick rail, it is necessary that this notch reach the middle - only 1 cm. That is, we delete a fragment of 4? with a saw and chisel or a hand mill. In order not to get confused, make notches on one side of the rail.

• We still have 2 rails of 68 cm. They will be used as jumpers designed to enhance the strength of the structure. Since the door is 198 cm high, we divide this figure by 3. The resulting 66 cm is the distance from the edge of the door to the lintel axis. Draw a mark, retreat from it up and down by 2 cm (only 4 cm), mark and make notches under the cross member. In this case, such accuracy is not required, and the cross member can be installed arbitrarily.
• It is necessary to check how well the parts are connected and whether there are any drops. If necessary, parts must be customized.

• Gradually, the whole frame is glued together and clamped. The crossbars are glued last. You need to make sure that all angles are 90 ?. For this you can use the square.
• The finished frame should be carefully sanded and painted or varnished.
• Now you need to fasten the net on the frame with a stapler (or furniture nails) and cut off the excess. To prevent the edges of the net from rolling, it can be pre-cut to the size of the door with an allowance of 2 cm on each side and secured with the edge wrapped inside. Imposing a grid, it is necessary to be very careful that there were no distortions and it laid down exactly. Otherwise, the door will look unaesthetic.
• Hinges must be fixed between the edge of the door and lintels, but not on the lintel. Since the thickness of the slats is only 2 cm, so that it does not split, it is best to drill small holes with a thin drill under the screws. If this drill is not, then you can use a thin nail without a cap, holding it in the drill.
• The next stage of work will be the fixing of the mosquito door and the installation of the handle.
• It is important to remember that the door must be securely fixed. For convenience, you can fasten one furniture magnet to it from below and above.

It is possible to assemble the door with the help of screws, but in this case it will become loose very soon and will sag.

We hope that the material provided has helped you to install the mosquito door. You can share your opinion or ideas by leaving a comment.

Video

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