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The decoration of the doorway to the room is a very important detail, to build the interior of the apartment. Many people are starting renovations in your apartment, try to pay maximum attention to the decoration of the walls, floor and ceiling, completely forgetting about the interior doors. However, their choice need to exercise carefully, weighing every detail. You can’t buy them as it were in passing, focusing only on appearance. They create a unique interior, add style and personality, so choose interior doors must be responsibly and competently.
The main types and their differences ↑
When the customer gets to the store, the first thing he pays attention to is the design and layout of the product. It’s not enough to buy a really quality product. It is important to know what material it is made, how durable and what functional features. To take into account the entire information available on the specific model. Do not forget about the certificates of quality and positive feedback that will help you to understand what interior doors better.
What are the options for interior doors in the way of opening:
- swing – classic, most common type. Distinguish models with two and one fold. You can open them both on himself, and from himself, to the left or right side;
- foldable type. This traditional model used in the case where you want to save space in a small room. The cloth, consisting of two halves, called «owner», and if the canvas consists of several narrow strips – « accordion». This type of product can be attributed to economy class products, as most often they are made of plastic;
- door coupe. In addition to its primary purpose, the option of interior doors is an ideal way of zoning of the internal space. This model consists of fabrics (glass, wood and even metal) and special guides. It can become a highlight, touch, emphasizing the overall style of the room.
What is the material for doors to choose ↑
It is the quality of the materials used affects its durability, appearance and most importantly the cost. To date, the main for the production of the door leaf is a wooden frame, MDF and particleboard. Each of them has its advantages, disadvantages and application features. Therefore, before we can understand what material is better to choose the interior doors, consider each material separately.
Natural wood ↑
For centuries, the tree is considered the standard of natural purity, beauty and strength. For the production of wooden paintings, as a rule, use the whole array of pine, oak, beech, ash and maple, and the higher the quality of the wood, the more expensive it will cost manufactured goods. It should be noted that fabrics made from solid pine are much cheaper than the other options, as they are very poorly resistant to high humidity and very quickly change its structure and lose strength.
Also important is the production technology of interior doors made of wood. Quality dry wood – guarantee longevity of product. Unfortunately, many manufacturers ignore it. Therefore, in order not to be disappointed in the purchase, please only the proven manufacturers who value their reputation.
Doors from MDF ↑
This material was able to combine all the best properties of natural wood while maintaining low cost.
The advantages of this material are:
- excellent moisture resistance;
- beautiful appearance;
- a variety of veneering coating allows fit interior doors in any interior;
- affordable price.
The only drawback is a fairly low performance. The door leaf can be easily damaged, and it is quite often require routine repairs.
Door masonite ↑
This is a special hollow design. You can buy them already painted, but if necessary, the surface of the canvas will be primed and the main color is determined by the client. The advantages of this model is the light weight and the ability of the consumer to determine the color scheme for the door leaf. It is worth noting the very low sound insulation and fragility.
Plastic or aluminum ↑
It’s an option that combines practicality, good performance and relatively low cost. They are often installed in bathrooms, kitchens, utility rooms and offices. Practicality of use, good moisture resistance makes them very attractive for the consumer.
Doors with glass inserts ↑
Modern, stylish interior door is impossible without glass inserts. This allows not only to diversify the appearance of the product, but also enhance the ability to transmit sunlight into the room. Glass can be decorated stained glass patterns, make it matte, or colored. All this adds style and personality.
How to choose a color ↑
To date, a variety of colors of the door leaf is simply amazing. The use of different wood and lacquer coatings allows everyone to choose the best interior doors for a specific interior of the apartment or house.
Thinking about which interior door is best to choose for the apartment, it is very important to pay attention to the overall color of the interior. Interior doors made in bright colors, very well fit into the spacious rooms with lots of decor, they fit perfectly into the classic interior of the apartment. White interior door is a classic. They combine the ease lightness and versatility. This model is very well suited to design outputs in small rooms.
Carefully check the door leaf, tinted in a dark color. Very often, so unscrupulous manufacturers to hide flaws and defects.
Boxes and frames ↑
Before you can understand what interior doors to choose, you need to pay special attention to such important elements as the frame and casing. The materials of manufacture of these important elements can be solid wood, particleboard and MDF. Choosing modern extruded material, it is possible not to worry about the quality of the box or casing. Technology of production of MDF and DSF allow you to give them physical properties and high performance operation that will be little different from natural wood.
The size of the door leaf ↑
The doorway in the apartment may differ slightly in size. Therefore, interior doors should be selected on the basis of individual parameters of the doorway. The standard width of 90 cm, you can install traditional classic single interior door. For openings with width more than 110 cm for a good fit the double swing model.
Which door is better to put in the tub ↑
The bathroom is the room in which there is a constant high level of humidity. And so, to the question of which interior door is best suited for a bathroom, should be approached with great responsibility. If an ordinary room is not problem to choose a door, then installing it into the bathroom very quickly, you notice that the door leaf has lost its original appearance, and the box is deformed. Also not the right solution would be to install in the bathroom of the door leaf, which in appearance and the materials of manufacture is quite different from the rest of the doors in the apartment. The optimal solution will become doors of the same style, made of quality materials with good impregnation against moisture.
Price category ↑
It is important to remember that the cheapest product may not be of high quality and durable. Of course, you can install an inexpensive and beautiful interior doors, but do not expect long life.
Buying interior door to the apartment, do not forget that full set is a box, tracks, sills and frames, fittings. Everything must be made of identical materials, similar in style. Therefore, to avoid a situation of discrepancy of style, it is better to determine the budget that you are willing to spend on a set of doors for the entire apartment.
Conclusion ↑
Buying interior door, be sure to pay attention to the presence of certificates of conformity and quality door hardware. Only putting into practice tips on choosing interior doors, you guaranteed to purchase a quality and durable product.
Choosing the door, you also need to determine what door is better, laminated or veneered. What is the main difference veneered doors from laminated learn in the next video
