How to install a sliding door

Today, sliding doors have become very popular. Even the owners of one-bedroom apartments are wondering how to install a sliding door. But more recently, compartment doors were used mainly in offices. Installation of this design is more complicated than installing a simple interior door. However, subject to all instructions, you can do everything with your own hands.

What you need to cook

To install the sliding door you will need:

• self-tapping screws;
• finishing nails;
• anchors;
• door set.

The door kit includes:

• lower and upper guides;
• lower and upper door frames;
• door leaf;
• handle profile;
• upper and lower rollers;
• sealant.

When everything is ready, you can get to work.

Preliminary stage

Before installation of new doors it is necessary to dismantle old ones. Removed everything, including the box. However, the box can be left if it does not interfere. After dismantling the walls are aligned, in the opening all cracks and cracks are sealed.

In order for the door to be installed smoothly, without distortions, it is necessary to level the floor. Only then can you start marking.

It is advisable to install the door after finishing the walls, when the surfaces are smooth and even.

Measurements are made at several points. Width measured at the bottom, top and middle. Similarly, the height is measured. The opening is checked for verticality. Each side should be flat so that no problems arise during installation.

Mounting guides

First install the bottom rail. Its length should be twice the width of the opening. On one side, a 50 mm guide extends beyond the opening line.

Next start with the top rail. First, it is attached to the timber. After this guide is installed in the opening.

Installation of the top rail is made only by strict pre-marking. It is produced as follows:

• after the lower guide is installed, it is necessary to put a canvas with pre-embedded rollers on it;
• By the position of the blade, you can set the optimum position of the top guide.

When the upper guide bar is installed, it is necessary to strengthen the stoppers on its sides, which will prevent the door from opening spontaneously.

When everything is ready, you can install the door leaf:

• the canvas is taken and turned on for decorative strips;
• installation on upper rollers;
• next canvas set on the lower rollers.

At the last stage decorative panels are mounted.

After the installation of sliding doors with your hands is completed, you need to check the quality of work. The leaves should be rolled to the sides to make sure that they open and close easily and smoothly.

How to choose a sliding door

Before you install sliding interior doors, you must first select the desired structure. Coupe doors allow you to create an original interior and save space.

Sliding doors are not without significant drawbacks, and this should be known before purchasing. Such structures do not protect against noise at all, they are not as strong as ordinary doors, and certainly do not seal the room from various odors.

1. The first thing to do is choose the type of sliding system you want. Such systems are different. In one case, the sash can move along the surface of the wall, in the other - go deep into. In the latter case, time and labor will have to be spent on installing the construction of the canister inside the wall.
2. The door manufacturer is a very important feature. The most famous are the sliding systems made in Italy.
3. Door material. The door and decorative elements can be more or less durable depending on the materials from which they are made. So, if the design has glass, then it is desirable that it be triplex or tempered glass. This ensures that you will not need to install a new one soon.

The frame itself may also consist of a particular material. This may be veneered or metal profile, wood and other materials. Today, the lightest and strongest aluminum door.

How to decorate the door

If the apartment already has a coupe door, but it is not representative, then you can decorate it. It is easier to do this by drawing a picture on the glass. In order to make such a picture, you need:

• PVA glue;
• aluminum wire;
• paint for stained glass.

With this composition you can decorate not only the compartment door, but also the usual interior door.

1. First you need to pick an ornament. You can come up with a drawing yourself or pick it up. After the ornament is chosen, it should be applied on a sheet of graph paper.
2. Then you need to remove the glass from the door. A moistened paper with a pattern is applied on the glass.
3. Next you need to take aluminum wire, bend along the contours of the pattern and smear with glue. Glue the wire to the glass, you have to wait until it dries.
4. When the wire is glued, it remains only to color the pattern.

It is possible to make paint for glass from aniline dyes. To do this, dilute them in distilled water, and then strain the composition to remove all the lumps.

Sliding doors are convenient if you want to visually expand the room. They are often used in such a design direction as high-tech. This is where aluminum compartment doors became so popular. By the way, such designs are practically not decorated with drawings, this is a requirement of style. But in the oriental interior you can experiment.

One of the main advantages of such a door is its absolute security. Therefore, it may well go to the nursery. In order to open it, no need to make special efforts. Also, compartment doors serve as mobile partitions. To transfer such a structure, having the skills to work with it, is quite easy.

Coupe doors break stereotypes. Most people are accustomed to simple swing structures. Sliding doors - an alternative, which will have to get used to.

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Technical details of the installation of sliding interior doors are discussed in detail in the following videos: