Change broken glass in interior door
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When the interior door broken glass – it does not mean that it can’t be repaired with their own hands. Working with glass is very dangerous, so if you decide to replace it yourself, you have to be very careful.
The content of the article:
- Replacement glass: classic rectangle
- Replacement glass with the increase of the doorway
- Replacement of broken glass in the interior doors of a folding type
- That you cannot perform with your hands when replacing broken glass
Replacement glass: classic rectangle ↑
Replace the broken rectangular glass is not difficult, the main thing, accurately and methodically to observe the following instructions:
- the fragments carefully removed from the opening, to collect from the floor. For convenience, you can ease up a little mount referred to as patikami. Work requires adherence to personal safety, therefore, first necessary to wear gloves;
- The door neatly removed from its hinges, placed on a flat surface, preferably, if it is possible to make this work in the Studio and not in the apartment;
- if the glass is attached to a bead, then they need to be removed gently without damaging their integrity. As for the fasteners, then: the curly to save, if used regular, carefully review, rusty and damaged replace with new. Very often, especially in the models of earlier periods, the beadings were attached with nails. If you have this option, then the nails pulled with pliers and a chisel;
- decorative model glazing beads must be removed carefully and keep for securing new. If in the process of withdrawing or until they are slightly damaged, for example, formed small scratches and so on, they can be painted, broken to try to stick together, if the edges of the cleft are smooth, the join processing with a wax pencil;
- remove old putty, paint and other coatings from the bed opening;
- make the right measurements and test yourself (to measure need in different places, and the figures to compare), add the depth of a cell;
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order your new blank standards.
Replacement glass with the increase of the doorway ↑
Assume that you decided to change a little the shape of the opening, to improve the appearance of. Door upgrade to do with their hands is simple:
- the process of removing door recesses and fragments the same as the previous version. Beadings you can be unnecessarily, so when they are dismantling, careful to observe optional. The main thing is not to damage the sheet;
- in fact, the door leaf with a pencil, draw a future form of glasses;
- a new form of the opening start to cut corners, you can use the drill -press is not much need;
- after you done all of the corner holes, cut out the canvas in the form a jigsaw;
- if the design is hollow inside or filled, then the edges to finish (close) the end panels, as shown in the video at the bottom of the article;
- remove the right sizes. You can use the simple way: to substitute under a sheet of cardboard and pencil to walk through the shape of the future a glass slide. Do not forget to consider the depth of a cell;
- to order a new form of glass;
- replace the bead in the doorway with your hands, start with one side of the fabric;
- next, install glass in the opening;
- strengthen his shtapikom the other hand;
- if necessary, you can upgrade, paint the door a different color or just varnish.
Replacement of broken glass in the interior doors of a folding type ↑
The replacement process is simple, but more time-consuming and available only in cases where the design is not too complicated. The difficulty lies in the fact that it will be quite difficult to disassemble the first structure, and then again to fold it correctly.
If estrelada and you strongly want to replace the broken glass with your hands, follow these steps:
- Unscrew all the bolts and screws on a door;
- gently disassemble design;
- vieraita right broad leaf;
- order a new;
- install and assemble the design.
That you cannot perform with your hands when replacing broken glass ↑
This section neocodesoftware, because there are moments in the process of replacing that can be done with your own hands.
For example, impossible to replace broken glass on their own, if it with photo printing, stained or laminated.It’s not even the difficulty of mounting or size, just it’s very fragile and expensive, if you make a mistake or it will burst – it is fraught for you at great cost.
One more thing – mounting using the special hidden wedges inserted into the groove, referred to as the hidden fixation. Extracting hidden wedges himself better not to start.Leave it to an experienced master.
Impossible to properly replace the broken glass in doors, if it is round, has an intricate shape, or corrugated. Replacement should be done by the masters. There are models in which to deal with the replacement process only for the manufacturer of doors.
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