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Door coupe is one of the varieties of sliding doors. They may have one or more canvases. These doors are very convenient and practical. They perfectly fit into the interior of small spaces, because unlike hinged doors, they do not require extra space at the wall: when properly installed door coupe literally merge with the wall, and the doorway will open and close due to displacement of the paintings along the wall (or the wall itself).
Benefits and features-door coupe ↑
Doors have several advantages compared to other types of doors:
- Their main advantage, as mentioned above, it saves useful meters of space.
- These doors are easy to open, does not stick and does not fasten.
- If you decide to air out the room, they will not slam shut from the wind.
- Using door coupe can be zoned room by separating them using any part of the premises.
Choosing the compartment door for your home, you should consider a few things.
- First and foremost, it is the size of the aperture. The painting (or paintings) should have dimensions slightly larger than the size of the opening.
- Besides you should pay attention to the material from which made the door. Today, manufacturers offer doors of different materials: wooden, plastic, glass, chipboard and MDF. Of course, they vary in weight and price. And installation of doors of different materials may also be different.
- Not unimportant factor to be taken into account when selecting door-coupe – is their equipment. Except canvases must be present: the rack-rails, which moves the door rollers, stops, and lock and handles.
Installation of doors-coupe ↑
For the installation of doors you can invite experts. But really, it’s not such a difficult job, and deal with it for any man who knows how to hold the tools.
Tools and additional materials ↑
Of the tools you will need:
- roulette;
- plane;
- hammer;
- building level;
- plumb
- screwdriver and screws;
- hacksaw;
- wedges and pencil.
Additional materials needed are:
- Fasteners and door fittings (metal profile rails, rollers, handles, etc.). Although today these elements usually are included with doors but they do not always have the desired quality. If you are not satisfied with something, you can pick up the accessories separately.
- If the guides are attached to the wall, need a pine bar (5×5 cm), whose length is twice the width of the opening.
- For attachment of the bar to the walls will need anchor.
- In some cases, you may need new door frame and architraves and transoms. The latter is necessary for the final design of opening and cover any compounds.
- You should also stock up on screws in different sizes and finishing nails.
Preparatory work ↑
There are three main ways to install door coupe:
- The paintings are set inside the doorway go into the niche pre-need to make in the wall.
- Mounting the door is carried out to the ceiling. This option is normally used when doors are used for zoning rooms.
- Mount paintings against the wall. In this case, they move along the wall.
The complexity of the preparatory work is determined primarily by the method of attachment and material of the doors.
The most simple way to install third. In this case, preparatory operations include the liberation of the wall from furniture, and the implementation of the measure of the doorway. If the opening is not wide, it is better to use a single canvas, otherwise, you will have to choose double door-coupe. In any case, the width of the cloths must exceed the width of the opening of about 6-8 cm.
So, the door purchased, delivered, except one small thing – the installation!
Installation of interior doors-coupe ↑
Installation of doors-coupe to perform better with an assistant.
- Keeping tight to the wall the door leaf, it is necessary to mark with a pencil the upper edge of the.
- Attached to these lines (above) the bar should adjust its horizontal position on a level and fasten it to the wall. Note, however, that one half should be above the opening, and the second in the part where to slide the canvas. If two paintings, respectively, the beam should continue in both directions from the opening. Attention! Strictly horizontal position of the beam must! Other doors can spontaneously open and close.
- To the lower edge of the bar by means of screws is attached to the guide profile (rail). The distance between the screws should be no more than 20 see the position of the rails need to be adjusted so that the cloth can freely move it along the wall.
- Once the rail is fixed, you need to insert it into the rollers, and see how they move. If everything is in order, and the rollers move freely, close the ends of the guide rubber limiters.
- Next, go to the lower mount. Although you can get by with just a top lock, but if you want the position to be sustainable and durable, it is better to take care of additional bottom bracket. You can use one of several options lower mounting interior doors-coupe:
- installation on the bottom edge of doors two thin rails or U-shaped profile;
- cutting groove in the bottom edge of the blade roller or other engine;
- installation guide profile on the floor. The latter option is not convenient because the threshold is formed.
- On the upper end of the leaf doors are installed with special brackets, which it will be attached to the rollers.
- Securing the canvas on the rollers, it is necessary to set the lower device to a working state and move door to end position open. Check how loose the door, the verticality of its installation can be checked with a plumb line. After that the canvas is removed and eliminated all the shortcomings.
- So, we got directly to the question of how to install interior door-coupe in the prepared place for them. First you need to put the cloth in the groove on the prepared design, and then fasten it to the upper rollers. Remains using the adjusting bolt to perform a final alignment.
- Left to beat rejki – lock with both sides of the leaf (in the extreme open and closed positions), to mask all mounting frames and transoms and attach handles and locks.
