How to build interior doors
The contents
Finished interior doors are generally sold complete with the door frame. The sizes of these doors are standardized, releasing them with a carriageway width of from 600 to 900 mm (600-700-800-900), only 4 standard size. Accordingly, the box under the canvas are manufactured standard sizes. However, there are times when the box you have to collect yourself. This may be due to the characteristics of the aperture, buying paintings without box or for other reasons. But in any case, the Assembly of interior doors starts with the Assembly of boxes.
What is a smew ↑
The smew – the fixed part of the door structure. It is fixed in the opening and with the help of hinges provides setting of the moving part construction – door leaf.
The box can be rectangular (the most common) or arch shape. Material for the manufacture of boxes for interior doors may be wood, composite or pressed wood materials.
Design Lucci ↑
Box consists of frame, jamb, and sill sealer. The frame has a rectangular (U-shaped) which form two side plates and a horizontal crosspiece on top. The design of the frame should be rigidly fixed.
The side stand usually has a longitudinal recess which includes the door leaf. The notch is on ¾ the width of the side pillars. This recess called the vestibule.
The casing is made from decorative fittings to the ends at 45° and close them the gap between the door frame and the wall. The sealant is used to improve the acoustic properties of the door. The kit may include a nut.
Assembly
For Assembly you will need:
- Jigsaw or wood saw.
- Screwdriver or drill.
- Hammer.
- Chisel.
- Tape measure, square, pencil.
If the box is included, the buyer gets a canvas and a set of profile bars. It is from these boards and have to find the smew and then the entire structure.
The work on the Assembly starts with measurements, which depends on many things. Elements of the door frame prefabrication are made with a stock of about 50 mm for standard door opening. Pomeryaetsya opening and determined that it meets the dimensions of the box.
Standard cloth interior door has a height of 2000 mm. Clearances between leaf and frame on each side should be 3 mm (bottom 10-15 mm to the flooring to install the nut). Based on this determined height of the lateral uprights and the length of the horizontal lintel.
Elements of the box are fastened with screws, at least two in each junction. The smew from MDF or chipboard, first drill a thin drill along the Central axis, making the holes for the screws. If this rule be neglected, or locate the screws are not centered, then it is likely that the jumper and the rack is cracked. Slim drill should be at least 2 mm thinner than the diameter of the screw. Commonly used drill bit for wood 4mm.
Loop to set the to installation lucky. In the horizontal position is the markup the size of the loops with a space of 200 mm above and below the side posts. The loops can be used different. There are loops of butterfly that do not require a tie-in to the box. To mortise the hinges it is necessary to make a selection on the box and the canvas. Under the sheet placed something soft not to damage it when installing the hinges. The location of the loops can be left and right, it depends on the room where a door is installed. It is very important to take into account the direction of opening, usually in a small room the door opens outward, and the bedrooms and kitchens inside.
Loop first set the canvas, then on the box. It’s important to watch between leaf and frame on all sides there is a gap of 3 mm. you Can simplify this part of the work, placing alternately in the clearance of some small object.
The box is installed in the doorway and is attached to the first jumper. It will be enough to fix it with 4 screws, two on each side. The jumper must be fixed horizontally. You must make sure that and side rails were parallel to each other. If they are not parallel, so there is bias and they are not set correctly.
Completely to ensure proper installation of the doors can only be opened and closed several times the door leaf.
Requirements lutke ↑
The main requirement is that the boxes according to the size of the aperture. It should be less opening of 25-30 mm from each side. The upper jumper should be placed horizontally, and the side of the rack vertically. Carton width must allow the casing to be without bias.
As an additional sealing of the bathroom together with the door set the nut height 20 mm For kitchen installation nut is not desirable – clearance required for ventilation.
As a conclusion ↑
Buying a set of interior doors, do not rush to call the master. If all of the recommendations, which is not so much to perform accurately and carefully, the Assembly can perform with their hands. And perform a one-time Assembly, you will realize that the door frame will be able to make themselves.