Interior doors: is everything so simple with them?

Doors between different rooms in the house perform many functions. For example, noise protection falls on them. Of course, this way it is only partially blocked. But still, the mumbling of the TV in a locked room makes it less difficult. If necessary, they also block odors, drafts, and light. And besides, they provide inviolability of personal space.

In a word, this constructive element is necessary in the apartment for purely practical reasons. But besides this, it also plays an important aesthetic role, participating in the formation of the interior. A well-chosen door is comfortable and beautiful. But choosing a suitable door is not so easy. We will understand what moments can not be missed.

Type of opening matters

What does "well chosen" mean? First of all, when choosing, you should look at the type of opening. it main characteristic reflecting the type of product design.

By the type of opening the door there are several types.

Swing

This option is most common. He is solid rectangular canvas, with the help of hinged fasteners clinging to the doorway on the side. To open such a door, you need to pull it by the handle from yourself or yourself.

  • Minus swing construction - she needs free space to openI. This is not always convenient, especially in small apartments, narrow corridors.
  • Among the benefits such a solution is to call it availability, ease of installation, harmonious combination with most artistic stylistics.

And some historical styles, whose homeland is Europe, do not look at all with other doors. For example, classicism, Art Deco, Gothic, Baroque.

Attention! Swing models are recommended to be installed in such a way that they open in the direction of travel from the apartment. This is necessary so that in case of a fire a person can leave the premises as quickly as possible.

Sliding door

This design is used in trains, airplanes, wardrobes. It is a rectangular canvas, moving along parallel walls with special rollers. To open this, you need to pull it to the side.

  • Among the minuses This type of opening is usually called relative installation complexity.
  • Main plus - saving usable area indoors. Such doors, unlike swing doors, do not eat a square meter of space in front of them.

From an artistic point of view, this type of opening is very interesting. Special It fits well into modern styles: hi-tech, minimalism, eco-style.

Attention! For the operation of such a construction, it is necessary that next to the opening there should be a wall not less than the opening itself. Otherwise, the door leaf will simply have nowhere to move.

This means that sliding opening cannot be applied in the narrow end of the corridor or for a group of doors that are too close to each other.

Folding

They are also called "accordions". They are relatively rare on glazed verandas, terraces, in authoring design projects. This design consists of several narrow vertical rectangular canvases fastened together by movable hinges. They, like sliding doors, on rollers below move sideways, developing, as accordion.

  • In a number of minuses must be called installation complexity, modest selection of standard models in the shop. And relatively low sound insulation characteristics.
  • Significant pluses there are two. First, such a door takes up significantly fewer placesand, than the most standard swing. Secondly, the "harmonica" always looks original.

Attention! This type of opening is well suited for large openings that usually require the use of multiple sashes.

As it is easy to see from the above, the type of opening is of great importance.

What affects the door material

Raw material from which the door is made determines its weight, appearance, ability to noise protection. There are 3 main types of materials that make this element of the interior. Each of them is characterized by its own set of pros and cons.

Tree

It may be solid piece of wood. Then among the advantages you will need to call the excellent protective characteristics, wonderful appearance, durability, reliability. But there are obvious disadvantages - a lot of weight and price.

Or it could be wood based materials - for example, chipboard. Their advantages are low cost, external similarity with all-wood products, a relatively small weight. The downside is the fragility, not too impressive ability to protect against noise.

Plastic

Modern plastic doors have a whole list of advantages:

  • relatively small price;
  • small weight;
  • significant strength and resistance to damage;
  • excellent sound insulation characteristics.

They lose only from one point of view - aesthetic. To many, plastic seems too cold and uncomfortable. Besides he It is badly combined in historical styles, modern classics.

Glass

Glass enclosing structures miss the maximum light. This is their main advantage. For technical specifications, they lose the door of other materials. And installing them is relatively difficult.

Attention! There are models of mixed type. For example, made of chipboard with glass inserts. Or with a wooden frame and plastic panels. Such options can be an excellent compromise, combining the advantages of different materials.

The value of the correct installation

Even the most wonderful door, durable, reliable, ideally matching the interior style, can be a disappointment if it is installed incorrectly. "Wrong" in this case means unevenly, with deviation from the vertical, with gaps. Such things can lead to rapid deterioration of the structure, the emergence of creaking, deformation of the hinges, hinges or rollers.

For effective long work, you need the correct installation. Usually the manufacturer offers this service to its customers. But you can do everything yourself if you have an understanding of what to do and how. And relevant skills.

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