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Inserting interior doors with your own hands. Do-it-yourself installation of interior doors. Work with construction foam.

Install interior doors not as difficult as it might seem at first glance. If the master has at least a little experience working with doors, then this is a big plus. The only thing that is better to entrust to a specialist is the insertion of fittings. Incorrectly installed fittings can ruin the entire result of the work.

Stages

Installation of interior doors occurs in several stages:

1. Installation of the box.
2. Installation of canvas.
3. Installation of additional elements.

Preliminary stage

The technology for installing interior doors is quite simple. However, before starting work, there is one important step that cannot be skipped. This is the door selection stage.

The final result largely depends on how responsibly you approach your choice.

1. The first thing to do is go around the shops. You shouldn't take the first option you come across. If we are talking about online stores, then you need to carefully check the characteristics of the designs.
2. The door leaf should fit the frame perfectly in size. All characteristics of the door must be known in advance. You can't do this without measurements.
3. Sometimes very cheap options appear in stores. After purchase, the owner may discover that the box or accessories are not included. You have to spend time and select the remaining parts. It's not always possible to do it right. Therefore, there is no need to look at door designs that are too cheap. As a last resort, you must first clarify the presence of certain parts in the kit.

Materials and tools

Materials and tools for installation must be prepared in advance. Tools you will need:

• wood hacksaw;
• screwdriver;
• level.

Materials you need to purchase:

• polyurethane foam (cylinder);
• self-tapping screws;
• wedges

Assembly and installation of the box

Once the door has been purchased, you can begin to work. At the first stage, the box is assembled.

Assembling the box is a simple process. The only thing you need to remember is that it is necessary to trim off the frame frames in order to establish a gap between the door leaf and the floor. For ordinary apartments, the gap is set to about 10 mm.

After the gap is established, the racks are connected using self-tapping screws. After assembly, the stage of installing the box in the opening begins.

It is advisable that the opening be pre-treated. To do this, check the verticality of the walls, as well as the height and width of the opening.

The box is installed using a level and wedges. The level checks the position of the structure in the opening. The procedure is as follows:

1. The box is fixed in the opening with wedges at the top and bottom.
2. First, the door must be fixed with wedges from below, before checking the position of the structure in two dimensions with a level.
3. The average gap between the frame and the opening on all sides should be about 10 mm.

The door leaf is hung on hinges. At this time, the box is secured only with spacers and wedges.

You should not foam the door frame before hanging the door leaf. The point is that you still need to make sure that the door in this position will not open on its own.

After the canvas is hung, you can foam the gap between the box and the opening.

It is necessary to ensure that the foam does not get on the surface of the door. The composition of the polyurethane foam can easily damage the surface, so you should work carefully.

Now you need to install the additional element.

1. The additional strip is measured to fit the distance from the edge of the box to the edge of the wall.
2. Using a hacksaw, it is cut along the edge.
3. The additional element is mounted in the groove and foamed. Foaming is done at several points.

Platbands

After the additional element is installed, you need to wait for the foam to dry. When working with polyurethane foam, you must remember about its expansion properties. The substance should always be applied in measured doses.

The next stage after installing the additional strip is the platbands.

1. To install platbands, you need to determine their size.
2. After this, the platbands are sawed off using a hacksaw.
3. Holes for nails are drilled.
4. The casing is fixed.

If the casing has a beak, then it is attached to liquid nails. There is no need to file it down.

Types of interior doors

Today in stores you can find doors from natural wood, glass, plastic, metal and composites. Mixed designs are also found.

Usually the choice is made taking into account the design of the room and this the right approach. However, it is necessary to consider all the main varieties of these structures in order to know their advantages and weaknesses, as well as the subtleties of care.

1. Paneled from hard wood. Such designs are very durable and prestigious. Moreover, they are very expensive. The most common paneled doors are made of oak and walnut. Designs are made either using glue or without it. The last type is the most durable. Caring for such a door is necessary, as with any natural surfaces. The door must be protected from moisture and high temperatures. It is recommended to wipe them with a napkin. The use of abrasives is prohibited.
2. Paneled from soft wood. Ideal for country houses and cottages. IN ordinary apartments These doors don't look very appropriate. They are more suitable for country style. Caring for such structures is the same as for hardwood doors.
3. Paneled combined doors. These structures are made of veneer. Valuable breeds they contain little wood. Therefore, such doors are quite inexpensive. Their service life, however, is shorter than that of solid wood structures. However, they can last about 50 years, which is also very good. No special care is required for veneer doors; this is their advantage.
4. Panel structures. The advantage of panel doors is that they are inexpensive and do not require special care, are easily replaceable, have a presentable appearance. In addition, they are well decorated and fit into any interior. About 85–90% of all doors are panel doors. This design can be glazed, decorated natural veneer or artificial materials. Panel doors - best option for most apartments and offices.

Video: instructions for installing interior doors

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Greetings to all home craftsmen! If you are confident in your work hand saw and power tools, then installing interior doors yourself will not be difficult for you. And we’ll talk about how to do this correctly later in the article.

Required tools and materials

To install an interior door, we need to prepare the following:

• building level (laser or alcohol), tape measure and pencil;
• a hacksaw for wood with a fine tooth, a miter box, an electric drill with drills for wood and concrete;
• screwdriver + galvanized screws, hammer and finishing nails;
• a chisel or milling cutter to select recesses for fittings and a plane;
• polyurethane foam, wooden blocks for spacers and wedges from scraps of lumber.

Preparatory stage

Before purchasing a door with a frame, take measurements doorways. The width and height of the box should be slightly smaller, otherwise you will be faced with the need to expand the openings in the walls, which is very troublesome and costly. The gap between the door frame and the opening in the wall should be from 10 to 40 mm - subsequently it will be filled with polyurethane foam.

If the depth of the opening exceeds the dimensions of the shaped timber that makes up the door frame, the remaining gap will have to be closed in the future decorative finishing. The easiest way is to use a special strip - an extension made in color door design. In this case, it is recommended to purchase a door frame with a special longitudinal groove for installing the extension; this will significantly simplify installation.

Door frame assembly

First of all, it is necessary to release the door frame elements from the packaging, being careful not to damage their external decorative coating. Box can be supplied:

• fully assembled and ready for installation;
• in the form of ready-to-assemble elements;
• in the form of a figured beam, from which it is required to make a structure to fit the size of the door leaf.

If the box consists of elements sawn to size (loop and trim beams, ceiling strip), it needs to be assembled. Using a wooden peg, knock out the plastic plugs from the top ends of the posts with a hammer.

Then connect the edges of the lintel strip to the top edges vertical racks, insert previously knocked out ones into the formed holes. plastic parts. In order not to spoil the appearance of the box, tamp the inserted element through a wooden spacer.

Making a box from timber yourself requires multiple measurements (use only one tape measure!) and accurate calculations. The dimensions of the box are selected in such a way that there is a gap of 3 mm between the door leaf and the frame around the entire perimeter. The frame elements are fastened using galvanized self-tapping screws, which are installed on the back side of the beam in contact with the doorway.

Experienced House master, using a miter box, will be able to accurately saw down the upper edges of the racks and ends horizontal bar at an angle of 45 degrees. To fasten each such connection, two self-tapping screws are screwed into pre-punched holes perpendicular to the oblique cut: top part horizontal element and into the side of the rack.

If you are not confident in your skill, make a U-shaped frame from rectangular pieces of timber - the top one should rest on the ends of the racks. To make the cuts perfectly even, use a miter box. Both ends of the horizontal element are attached with two self-tapping screws to the upper edges of the racks.

Place in the resulting frame door leaf, check the width of the gaps. Measure the opening in the wall and determine at what distance from the edge of the canvas the lower parts of the racks, which should rest on the floor during installation, should be sawed off. There should be a gap of 8 - 15 mm under the door.

If you intend to install a threshold, prepare this element - its length must exactly correspond to the distance between the frame posts. The threshold is inserted between the posts and fastened on each side with two self-tapping screws, which enter into its ends through the vertical frame element. The gap between the door leaf and the threshold should be 3 mm.

Mark the location of the door hinges and remove a layer equal to the width of the hinges, so that they are attached flush. If it is not possible to use a specialized tool (cutter), the recesses for the hinges are made using a chisel. It is important to act extremely carefully so as not to damage the outer decorative layer of the door structure. The hinges are installed 20-25 cm from the top and bottom edges.

Door installation

The assembled door frame should be installed level in the opening, strictly vertically. Using wooden wedges, hammered, the box is fixed in the opening. If the design does not provide a threshold, take care of horizontal struts that will prevent the U-shaped door frame from deforming - bars cut to the size of the internal width of the frame are used as spacers.

Framed with wood drills various diameters holes are made for fasteners - under the head, which should be hidden hidden, and under the body of the fastener. Then suitable drill holes are made in wall structure. To install the door frame, it is enough to use three anchors; their installation locations are hidden under the reverse lock bar on one side, under the hinge flags on the other. To attach the frame to concrete, dowel nails are required to install the door in plasterboard partition with wooden mortgages, sufficiently powerful self-tapping screws are needed.

The gap between the box and the opening is foamed. It’s most convenient to use polyurethane foam with a dispenser and fill the voids with small portions of foam - in this case you won’t have to cut off the excess, reducing the risk of accidentally staining the outside of the box with foam. When the bulk of the foam has set, the spacer wedges should be removed and the places where they are installed should be foamed.

When installing a box with an extension, the decorative strip is inserted into a special longitudinal groove in the frame and attached with glue. If the structure of the beam does not provide a groove and it is not possible to cut it, attach the strips to the back side of the frame elements before installing the box. For this, small galvanized self-tapping screws are used, installed flush, the fastening pitch is about 60 cm.

After polyurethane foam frozen around the frame, you can carefully remove the spacers and hang the door. Check how it closes and opens; if necessary, adjust the installation of the hinges if they are excessively recessed or protruding beyond the plane.

On final stage platbands are installed. Cuts at an angle of 45 degrees are made using a miter box. TO door frame platbands are nailed with finishing nails or nails without heads. To avoid damaging trims made of MDF and other fragile materials, drill holes in them for fasteners. Fill the joints of the trim strips and the fastening points with mastic to match the color of the door structure.

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