In order to become an impregnable fortress prior to intruders you must fulfill several important requirements. One of them is to install a durable and reliable metal doors. As practice shows, the most appropriate way to do this would be iron exterior door. It is notable not only for its performance, strength, durability, but rather high cost.
Preparatory work ↑
High-quality installation of metal doors is impossible without the preparatory work, which includes several stages: from acquiring the necessary tools and ending with the preparation of the doorway.
What tools and materials you might need with the installation of an iron door:
- Roulette and construction line.
- A crowbar or pry bar.
- An angle grinder or hacksaw.
- A hammer or a sledgehammer.
Before you go shopping for doors, it is necessary to make careful measurements of the doorway. Tape measure to measure the height and width. You should also not forget about the indicators of the depth of the doorway. The choice of the door, this figure can have a significant impact.
If an iron door made under the individual order, the seller very fast will select the option based on your measurements. The most important thing is not to get distracted and to keep track of what manufacturer you are offering to purchase.
Very often, under the guise of quality products of famous companies, sellers offer not very good quality Chinese manufacturer. So ask for the quality certificates for the products, regardless of whether you came to a specialized store brand or choose the door on the market.
Removal of old doors ↑
The event of dismantling of the old doors went quickly and without injury, it is advisable to use a crowbar and grinder. To start old iron doors must be removed from the hinges. To do this, open the front door, back into the bottom of a crowbar and slightly raised, remove from hinges.
If the door leaf is lined with all-in-one loop, they just Unscrew from the door leaf. Then successively take off the trim and disassemble the door frame.
Remember, vertical racks, usually mounted by means of nails, screws, anchors or other fasteners. Therefore, you must first remove them from the door frame, and then remove the stand. If the old door was made of metal, the box in this case was mounted by welding to the metal fixture embedded in the wall of the building. Dismantling of these stands you should use the grinder.
After removing all fasteners, the box easily out of the doorway. Her gently use it to pry out the crowbar and, guided by the principle «lever» removed from the opening.
An empty hole clean off the old plaster, paint and other finishing materials. New door needs to stand in a clean, smooth, correct geometry of the aperture.
Ways of fastening of a door ^ the
After completion of the preliminary works commence activities for the installation of new metal doors. To date, there are at least three main ways of installation:
- Fasteners with built in wall reinforcement. This is the most popular option. For rebar, fixed in the wall, by welding for fixing a new door frame.
- Fasteners anchor bolts. This method requires the presence of special holes in the stands for anchor. They can be prepared initially purchased the product, but if necessary, they are easy to make with your own hands. ?It is important! This method of fastening is only suitable for those doorways, the depth of which does not exceed 15 cm.
- A combined method incorporating the key elements of the previous two.
To install the new door frame will need the following tools:
- roulette;
- fasteners;
- Bulgarian;
- wooden wedges;
- mount;
- level;
- the perforator;
- welding machine;
- mounting tape and foam.
The main stages of installation of the door ^ the
Install the door frame. This box gently slid into the opening and fixed with wooden wedges, a few pieces on each side. It is very important to leave a gap of approximately 3 cm After the box is fixed, the quality of the work and check the building level. If necessary, correction to spend before the entrance door will be installed.
To box was permanently fixed, you must use one of the three previously described methods of installation. As the work provide for the use of the punch, before finally lock the box in the doorway, the correctness of its location, be sure to check the level again. If fasteners are used the bolts without a wrench is not enough. In the case where fixation is impossible without metal reinforcement, it is necessary to prepare welding machine. The grinder will help to remove all unnecessary details and make the job clean.
Before you start the decorative trim of the doorway, after the installation of the iron door, you should wait until cool the welds. Loop before hanging need a good oiling. This front door lift, dripping oil on a loop and make a couple of opening-closing for the oil to thoroughly spread over the entire surface.
Begin installing the door lock. Using a drill, holes are drilled in the doorframe for mounting the lock on the iron door. As a rule, iron front doors, install the lock cylinder of the type with bolts. In order to correctly drill the holes in the doorframe, open crossbars applied the paint, then they pushed inside and the door closes. In the closed position of the door extended bolts leave marks in the right place, where will be made a hole.
In conclusion, it is important to carefully seal all the technical gaps between the door opening and the frame. For these purposes well suited construction foam. After it dries and hardens, remove the excess paint with a knife. This will give the work the care. As a rule, for the full hardening of the foam need not less than twenty-four hours. After this time it is possible to carry out finishing work: plastering slopes, install transoms, etc.
It is important to remember about installing high-quality seals, which are mounted as on the frame of the door opening and the door frame itself. Their installation provides good sound insulation and heat preservation in the house.
According to the rules of fire safety iron entrance door should open outwards only. This will allow to avoid unpleasant situations in evacuation in case of fire.
Conclusion ↑
At first glance, the installation of entrance metal door – lesson is available to everyone. But as practice shows, in order to set the input metal door will require not only physical strength but also skills of possession of the special tool.
If you decide to install an iron door with your hands, take help of a friend who will help you as good advice and a reliable shoulder. If this is in your environment no, it’s not worth the risk, entrust the installation of metallic doors to professionals.
Installation of metal doors in a wooden house requires some additional work. More about how to install an iron door in a wooden house, find out in the next video
