We install the door with our own hands. How to install a door yourself - detailed instructions

Have you bought a new home, or is it time to renovate your old one? You cannot do without restoration, replacement or installation of a new interior door. There is no talk of restoration today.

Let's talk about installing a new door. You can entrust this kind of work to specialists, but we do it ourselves. Installing an interior door with your own hands will save your budget and will give you pleasure if you are a real man.

The construction market is replete with offers. Interior doors are no exception. Choose whatever your heart desires, within your pocket. But don't rush into buying. It is necessary to take into account the specific layout of rooms in a house or apartment, the size of the doorway, and the specifics of opening doors. Interior doors are:

• swing single-door or double-door;
• sliding compartments (built into the wall or on top of the wall);
• harmonic;
• secret.

Each has distinctive features, requires an individual approach to installation and fittings. Handles can be installed on the surface of the canvas or recessed inside; rotary or push.

Loops for different types interior doors their. Most often they consist of two parts: one is attached to the canvas, the other to the vertical post of the box.

Swing double door design.

A system of upper/lower guides is provided for compartment interior doors. Knowing the features of installing different types of doors, doing everything yourself will not be difficult. Now let's talk about everything in order.

Determining the size of the future door structure

Let's take a single-leaf swing door as a basis. Understanding the calculations overall dimensions With this design, it will not be difficult to figure out other options.

1. We measure the interior opening in height and width. We take the size of the clean space without old door, if there is one. There should be no inaccuracies in the calculations - this will affect the quality of the installation of interior doors with your own hands.
2. If there is an old structure, dismantle it and level the surface.
3. The width of standard interior doors varies from 700 mm. There may be smaller sizes, but this is only for some utility rooms. Because it will be difficult to pass through such an opening, much less bring large objects.
4. For a door with a width of 700 mm, the opening must be at least 790 mm. It is necessary to take into account the thickness of the frame, the door leaf and the technological gap for comfortable opening of the sash. Typically, a gap of 30 mm is left on the right and left sides inside the box.
5. Let's move on to heights. The standard door leaf corresponds to a height of 2000 mm. Larger size made to order. We add to the height of the door leaf the thickness of the top strip of the frame and the opening gaps.
6. The design can be with or without a threshold. This must be taken into account when purchasing a door. Average height interior openings is 2100 mm. If the space is a little larger than the standard, don’t worry. During the installation process, the remaining space will be hidden by foam casing around the perimeter.

Dimensions standard door and boxes.

What to buy at a hardware store to install interior doors yourself?

• door leaf of the required size, type - 1 pc.;
• timber for the frame, if not included with the door - 3–4 pcs. (depending on the type of box);
• extras (if necessary);
• cash, if not included;
• hinges of a certain type (consult the salesperson in the store or read the information on choosing door hinges);
• door knob;
• screws for the box;
• polyurethane foam;
• masking tape;
• tools, if not available household, or rent it.

What tools do you need to prepare:

• drill;
• screwdriver;
• perforator;
• hacksaw or miter saw;
• level;
• roulette;
• hammer;
• chisel;
• miter box;
• mallet;
• gun for polyurethane foam;
• wedges and bars for spacers.

All parts have been purchased and prepared. Let's move on to installing the interior door with our own hands.

Preparing the door leaf and frame with your own hands

Each master has his own methods for installing interior doors. You can mount the box and the panel separately in the opening, or you can assemble it into a single set and install it in the opening. The main thing is that the result is positive. Step-by-step instructions will help you avoid mistakes.

DIY box assembly

Let's consider a technology where the box is assembled on the floor and then installed in the opening.

Initially, it is important to install the door frame correctly.

Knowing the size of the product, we cut off the required length of the vertical slats. To do this, take a tape measure, take a measurement, mark a mark with a pencil, and saw off the excess length.

There are two ways to cut timber:

• at an angle of 45 degrees;
• at an angle of 90 degrees.

Assembly with the first option is not available to every craftsman. You need clarity of action, a steady hand and a miter saw. At an angle of 45 we cut out not only vertical strips, but also horizontal ones. We connect the elements with self-tapping screws, tightening them deeper.

There are no difficulties with the second option. We saw off the required length and connect the parts at an angle of 90 degrees. We make a small recess on the top of the vertical bar for the upper vertical part of the box, a kind of groove. It will help to connect the timber parts more tightly with self-tapping screws.

Before tightening the fasteners, make holes with a drill to avoid cracking the planks and damaging the workpiece.

It will help you understand the technique of assembling a box with your own hands. step by step video instructions in this article.

We considered the option when the assembly interior box comes from special blanks for the door structure. They are recommended when an additional rigid frame is needed in the opening. For example, in wooden house the frame made of timber will act as a frame and will not allow the doorway to open when shrinking and to disturb the geometry of the door. The thickness and width of the timber is selected according to the type of door: solid wood, MDF, panel or other. Everyone has their own thickness. Choose the option you like for assembling the support frame and move on to assembling the canvas.

Assembling the canvas with your own hands, installing accessories

Assembling the door leaf involves attaching the necessary fasteners to the door leaf. Sometimes manufacturers make notches on the intended attachment points for hinges or handles. These are more exclusive and expensive models.

All fittings for the door leaf must be installed before the door hangs into the frame.

Often sash interior design universal, i.e. the product can be installed in the interior opening both on the right and on the left. Our instructional hint will help you understand this issue.

Advice: on technique fire safety any door should open outward in the direction of travel. Neither the handle nor the blade should touch other objects, so that there is no rebound from the blow back. It can be traumatic.

Try to be close standing doors did not interfere with each other when opening. Sometimes the corridor space is narrow, but separates several rooms that need to be isolated with interior doors. If you choose the wrong opening option, there will be a problem with one door hitting another or one of the doors may block the other. Architects do not always think through this point, especially in small apartments. Therefore, consider all the nuances so that the use of a useful piece of furniture is not deplorable. A sliding door would be a good solution.

Installing hinges yourself

We figured out the opening direction. Let's move on to installing interior door hinges with our own hands.

Apply markings on the canvas and vertical bar load-bearing frame. According to the standard, two loops are secured. If the door is heavy, for example solid, a third hinge will be required.

The hinges are attached to the door exactly according to the given pattern, observing the dimensions.

From the top and bottom we retreat 150–200 mm from the edge and make the first notch. This is one edge of the hinge strip. We mark the second mark - this is the other edge of the bar. We find out the size by measuring the length of the loop with a tape measure or applying the loop itself to the first mark. We perform the same actions on the vertical stand of the box.

Modern hinges may fit tightly to the ends of the product or require additional recess into the edge. To do this, take a chisel and select the required gap from the canvas and timber. Thus, we have outlined seats top and bottom loops.

We secure the fittings with self-tapping screws, having previously drilled holes for them with a drill.

Some experts recommend securing the hinge to the canvas and box before installation. Other craftsmen advise placing the box and then screwing the canvas together with the hinges in a standing position. What to choose is up to you. It’s easier to immediately attach the hinges to the frame and the sash in a lying position, and then install it in the opening. But adjustment difficulties may arise if the door connection is not symmetrical around the perimeter of the opening.

Installation and assembly of the handle

Let's move on to the handles. Step-by-step instructions for installing handles will help you do everything correctly. Although the door handles are presented wide range, their installation is carried out according to a certain algorithm. Latch handles are often used, which contain a locking element in the design that allows you to close the door with a key or latch:

• we measure the height where we will attach the handle and lock, according to the standard 90–120 mm from the floor;
• At the end of the blade, a hole for the locking strip is drilled with a large drill;
• insert the bar into the hole, mark its contours at the end of the canvas;
• we take out the lock and make a recess with a chisel so that the lock plate is flush with the surface;
• on the surface of the product we mark the place where the handle is attached, applying the lock plate from the outside;
• drill a hole for the handle;
• insert the lock back into the end and secure it with a handle;
• We will install the counter plate on the frame after hanging the door in the opening.

You can figure out how to fix the handles on the door with your own hands by watching the video instructions:

Installing a door in an interior opening

We move on to the next stage - installing the product in the interior opening. Let's make a small digression. If the door is installed in new apartment, then it is enough to check the evenness of the opening and correct unevenness using plaster and a trowel. Sand the surface, prime it and begin installation. door design. But if the renovation is carried out in an old room, then it is necessary to dismantle the old door or interior frame. This requires time, effort, and skill.

The entire space around the box is foamed with polyurethane foam.

Do the dismantling in advance so as not to spray and prolong the installation period of the door. We are doing this with our own hands and for the first time. Finishing work walls and floors must be completed before the doors are installed, so that later there are no inconsistencies. This requirement applies both to the installation of a U-shaped box and along the entire perimeter with a threshold. It is difficult to push linoleum or tiles under the door and maintain the ability to open correctly.

Correct installation of the door with your own hands requires the presence of an assistant. There are two options for installation in the opening, but in each of them it is difficult to do all the manipulations alone.

First way. Installing the box separately from the canvas

After checking the evenness of the frame with a level, we install it in the prepared interior opening. Accompanying each action with a level and plumb line, we set the frame level. It should not have even the slightest slope. This will affect the opening of the sash.

Installation door frame separately from the canvas.

We install wedges or bars to pre-fix the box. Don't forget about the gap between the jamb and the slats.

We drill holes in the vertical strip and screw self-tapping screws into the holes. They must pull the box towards the door frame. If the house is wooden, a long self-tapping screw will easily fit into the log. If the house is made of brick, you need to make a preliminary hole in the opening and insert a plastic dowel under the screw. The fasteners must be recessed into the bar so as not to interfere with the opening/closing of the sash.

We check all surfaces with a level.

There are situations when the box cannot completely cover the joint. Decorative additions help hide the opening. They are attached directly to the jamb or attached to the frame before installation. Select right size add extras or cut them in place. Such extensions are secured into the groove using foam.

The box is fixed. Let's move on to hanging the canvas. If the hinges are collapsible, then hanging the sash is not very difficult. The hinges are installed symmetrically on both parts of the product. We insert one part of the loop into the other and check all the gaps. They should be the same around the entire perimeter.

Second way. Installation of the complete product

Before installing the kit in the interior opening, we place cardboard spacers between the canvas and the box. This will maintain the gaps and symmetry of the kit.

• Carefully lift the product and install it in the opening.
• Align along the perimeter using a level and plumb line.
• We install wedges or bars around the perimeter to maintain gaps and space for foam.
• We move on to foaming the space around the perimeter. This process is similar in both the first and second installation methods.
• Before applying foam in the gaps, cover the front sides of the box with masking tape to prevent foam from getting on the product. It is quite difficult to clean it. Use a foam gun. The gun will reduce material consumption and the work will be done accurately. Take your time. Apply layer by layer from top to bottom.

After foaming the space, it is advisable to leave the door closed for a day. There will be no deformation at rest, and the cardboard placed between the box and the canvas will maintain gaps and will not allow the beam to bend when the foam expands.

The door leaf can be installed separately from the frame or together.

After drying, cut off the excess foam and remove the masking tape.

All that remains is to secure the lock strike plate at the end of the box and install decorative details- platbands.

installing an interior door with your own hands is the final process

At closed door We apply a notch to the place where the lock strike plate is attached. Use a chisel to select a hole for the plank. It should be recessed flush into the timber. We fix it with self-tapping screws. We check the operation of the lock and handle.

The final work is finishing.

The final step is to install the trim on the sides and top of the interior door. Platbands can be connected to each other at an angle of 45 degrees or at a right angle. It depends on the design of the product. Sometimes parts are sold ready-made or need to be filed. The cut is made with a miter saw. Connect the elements in place, secure with liquid nails or using nails without heads, driving into drilled holes.

Among the ancestors of door designs were simple exhibits resembling entry doors. Perhaps the owners of ancient housing believed that they were also installing doors. However, after the invention of hinges, the need to repeatedly cover the opening with them every day completely disappeared. Nowadays, entrance and interior “limiters” of personal space are installed once, but for decades. To accomplish this, country property owners often turn to professional carpenters. Meanwhile, installing doors with your own hands can be not only a successful, but also an economical undertaking. You just need to study the technological nuances and call on patience to help. The labor unit does not include one person.

Brief overview of upcoming work + preparation

The door, of course, is not overly complicated technical system, but not simple board, closing the entrance “hole”. Should she without extra effort to close, not to open spontaneously, to “endure” the nervous breakdowns of those who like to clap, without falling apart. In order for the design to adequately cope with its responsibilities, independent home handyman you will need:

• assemble a box - the supporting base of the structure;
• equip the canvas and box beam with the fittings required for use - hinges, a simple handle or a snap-on analogue with a spring mechanism;
• ideally position and secure the box in the opening;
• hang the canvas, making preliminary adjustments if necessary;
• decorate the result of labor with platbands.

In addition to the first two stages, the primacy between which is not dictated by technology, all other actions must be carried out in a clear sequence, having first found out how to correctly install interior doors in accordance with building codes.

Installation process in detail

A number of plastic and metal-plastic door blocks are supplied in full combat readiness for fastening in the opening. Everything is clear with them.

Let's consider the option with a box not assembled into a single element, which appears before the master's eye in the form of a set of boxed wooden blocks of arbitrary length, canvas and uncut to size strips for platbands.

Box collection options

Construction of the box is the most painstaking and responsible process. The slightest deviations in its assembly will lead, at a minimum, to complications in operation, and at maximum to the purchase of new material. At this stage, you need to forget about laziness and carry out all measurements with special care literally seven times.

Owners who want to figure out how to install a door with their own hands in the opening of an interior partition can make a base without a threshold in the shape of the letter P. To do this, you will need three bars:

• pretend stand (aka timber);
• loop beam;
• ceiling strip.

If you want to make a base with a threshold, a lower beam-plank of equal thickness will be added to the listed kit. Then the assembled box will resemble a rectangle.

Performer's task:

• accurately measure the size of the opening and the canvas;
• calculate the dimensions of the racks and lintels, taking into account the need to provide technological clearances;
• accurately saw off and connect individual bars into a single, durable whole.

The thickness of self-purchased box timber must be no less than the thickness of the canvas.

Measurements must be taken with one tape measure. Measure both the canvas and the opening along the length from the left and right sides separately, without relying on their obligatory “mirroring”. Identified deviations must be taken into account in further work.

What to consider when taking measurements:

• On the outer sides of the loop, lintel, and trim beams in contact with the planes of the opening, a gap of 1 cm should be left for the mounting foam.
• With them inside There should also be a gap of 0.3 cm. For boxes with a threshold, this gap is maintained along the entire perimeter.
• A “gap” must be left between the bottom plane of the door structure without a threshold and the floor. Above linoleum 0.8 cm, above shag carpet 1.5 cm, on average 1.0 cm.

The points for sawing off the vertical posts, that is, the actual dimensions of the door clearance with the frame, are found on the inside of the beam.

If the opening dimensions are insufficient, it needs to be enlarged. If the opening is too large, it is reduced by stuffing plasterboard cut to size along the U configuration.

What is the best way to cut timber for a box?

To make cuts it is better to use cross-cutting machine, but a miter box with a hand saw will work as an alternative. Traditionally, the technology for installing interior doors offers home craftsmen two ways to connect frame elements:

• With vertical posts and lintel cut at an angle of 45º. Enough difficult option for an inexperienced carpenter, requiring attention and scrupulousness. True, the carefully executed joining looks very beautiful. Self-tapping screws are used to connect the elements. The holes for them are drilled through and perpendicular to the cut. All holes for screws in the elements of the MDF door structure are made in advance to avoid damage to the workpieces. They are not drilled completely with a drill with a diameter equal to 3/4 of the diameter of the fastener being installed. Self-tapping screws for MDF doors you need to pick up with threading along the entire trunk to the head.
• With a 90º angle. The easiest way is to use a fine-toothed hacksaw. The size of the internal vertical line of the bars will be the sum of the length of the leaf, 3 mm at the top and 3 mm at the bottom if the door has a threshold. For a door without a threshold, leave 10 mm (8-15 mm) below. The ceiling crossbar is attached to the vertical posts with two self-tapping screws on each side. When calculating its size, you need to remember that between the false and loop beams there should be a distance equal to the sum of the width of the canvas and the 6 mm required for two side gaps.

For the threshold, the timber is cut only at a right angle.

The box must be assembled on a horizontal surface. Two tables placed side by side or a floor covered with cardboard will do.

Installation of door hardware

The arrangement of the interior space is accompanied by the obligatory stage of attaching functional fittings.

In order to ensure unhindered evacuation to in case of emergency entrance doors should open outwards.

Door hinges can be either right or left, or universal. We are accustomed to the fact that they are usually a flag design that requires careful insertion. However, you can now purchase devices that do not require cutting the veneer or laminated surface to fit the flag to the thickness of the loop.

The standard distance from the top and bottom edges of the fabric is 20 cm, with variations of 5 cm in both directions. If a third loop is used, it is placed 50 cm from the top line of the fabric.

The location where the hinge is attached to the box is calculated taking into account the technological gap. That is, from the top of the loop beam you need to retreat not 20 cm, but 23.3 cm.

The “landing areas” for the hinges should ensure that the flag is installed flush with the box and canvas. They are selected with a milling cutter and finished with a chisel. You can do all the work with just a chisel. This video will demonstrate how to insert loops:

Most independent door installers are convinced that it is more convenient to attach the fittings before assembling the frame, since on the hinged beam you also need to select the veneer for the hinges. However, this operation can also be carried out on an assembled basis.

It will also be useful to watch a video about inserting a lock:

The location of the handle with a latching mechanism is determined by the owner. The standard distance is from 0.9 m to 1.2 m from the floor.

Installation and fastening of the box in the opening

Experienced craftsmen who know perfectly well how to install a door correctly recommend that the anchors used to secure the frame in the opening be covered with hinge flags and a lock strike plate on top.

Three powerful and long self-tapping screws will hold the door structure in place perfectly. After all, the connection will also be supported by foam.

Do not forget that in order to screw screws into MDF box beams, you need to make preliminary holes. Bathhouse owners figuring out how to install wooden door, there is no need to pre-core the holes in the timber and sheet. You can drill a wood frame without preliminary preparation.

• We carefully (preferably together) lift the door base assembled on a horizontal surface and place it in the opening.
• To ensure that the centimeter gap necessary for foaming remains between the box and the wall surrounding it, we install wedges cut from leftover lumber.
• We screw the screws in.
• We align the base in vertical and horizontal directions, checking the positions with a level and plumb line. Deviations are corrected by loosening or screwing the screws.
• We hang the canvas on the hinges and check the operation of the door structure. There should be no distortions or discrepancies in the size of the gap between the box beam and the canvas.
• We seal the box along the future layer of polyurethane foam with construction tape, insert cardboard into the gap around the canvas, and close the door.
• We fill all the cavities around the base box with professional polyurethane foam with a dispenser.

It is advisable to foam in several stages, taking into account all the manufacturer’s recommendations and the degree of swelling of the composition. The door does not need to be used until the foam has completely hardened.

Now we can assume that you succeeded in assembling the structure and installing the interior door with your own hands. And experience has been gained, and there are many openings ahead, awaiting the caring hand of the owner. All that remains is to cover the not very presentable seams with platbands, the construction technology of which is worth getting acquainted with separately.

Installing interior doors is a very important process in renovating an apartment or private house. It is quite simple and does not require special skills, but it is still worth recognizing that making doors strong, reliable and durable is very important work, which should be approached as responsibly as possible.

At what stage of renovation are doors installed in an apartment?

Of course, before starting to install interior doors, their owners have many different questions: how to do this, which doors are better, how to make them more durable and reliable? Probably one of the most, very basic and very first - at what stage of the renovation are doors installed in the apartment?

In fact, there may be several options here:

• The first option is best considered when the doorway is planned to be expanded in the future. In this case, the door installation process should be completed before the room is finished. This is done so that during an action such as installing a door, a very large amount of dust settles on various pieces of furniture, and it, like the ceilings and walls, will not be able to remain clean.
• The second option is worth considering when the door already exactly fits the dimensions of the doorway. In this case, it would be best to install the doors after the ceilings and walls are finished. Then new door will not be damaged during repair work.

• And finally, the last case, the third, is after wallpapering, as well as processing and washing the ceilings, floors and walls. This will also help keep all furniture, doors and the room itself clean.

Which ones are better to insert and from what material?

The second question that owners of renovated apartments have before installing doors concerns the material of manufacture and the type of door itself. In fact, there is no single correct answer to this question, since something individual will suit each person and each apartment. But in this article we will try to weigh the pros and cons of each door option from each material.

The choice of an item for an apartment or house, such as a door, depends on several parameters:

• The first is, of course, the price. It varies from each company, the quality of the material and the product itself. For example, the cheapest and affordable option is a door made of cellular material, which usually costs around a thousand rubles. The most expensive and “elite” option is a solid solid wood and a door made from it; it costs about 20 thousand rubles, which is quite expensive. Of course, there are also intermediate price categories: for example, a door made of sheet metal costs 4,500 rubles in most cases, which is quite acceptable.
• The first parameter also implies the second – the material of the product. About honeycomb material, solid wood and leaf material has already been said above. The first, due to its cheapness, is of the lowest quality, the second is of very high quality, reliable and durable, while sheet (or typesetting) canvas, MDF, chipboard, and laminated wood have average quality. The middle price category also includes doors with metal and glass.

There are also doors classified by material, such as: glass, eco-veneer:

• The choice of door also depends on its design and color. Naturally, classic, very simple designs will cost less and will fit into the vast majority of interior styles, but at the same time they will not have much individuality and will not become a decoration for a house or apartment. So, it is a smart option to invest in a beautiful, distinctive door design, as it can make the atmosphere of your home even more cozy and pleasant. Do not forget that the combination of this product with the interior and style of the apartment is very important, and its incorrect selection can ruin appearance Houses.
• The next parameter is, of course, the design. Naturally, for the most part, the door has a classic, standard rectangular shape and average thickness, but it, like the shape, can vary. You need to focus on the width, height and other dimensions of the doorway, as well as, as in other cases, on the interior of the home. By design, doors can also be: double, sliding, sliding, double-leaf, hidden, hinged, folding, single-rail, on rollers, as well as telescopic and soundproof.

• In the end, we came to the last parameter in order, but not in importance: company manufacturer. A lot can also depend on it, since different companies offer different assortments and quality, and also differ in price, sometimes very much. The best companies, producing doors are “Vladimir Door Factory”, “Verda”, “Alvero”, “Bravo” and others.

What tools and materials will be needed?

Naturally, for such a process as installing an interior door, you will need a variety of special tools and materials. They must be purchased before this action. So, we will need:

• hammer;
• chisels (20 and 15-16 mm);
• roulette;
• level and crowbar;
• screwdriver and screwdriver;
• a hacksaw designed for woodworking;
• miter box;
• perforator;

• drill;
• milling machine (milling machine) and circular saw (if possible);
• installation kit;
• installation accessories;
• planks;
• Miter saw;
• vacuum cleaner (for cleaning the room).

As for installation materials, we will need:

• door leaf;
• door frame and fittings (this includes locks, hinges, handles);
• polyurethane foam;
• wedges;
• nails, dowels and several self-tapping screws.

Taking measurements

Step by step we approached the work itself. And the first step on the path to the result will be measurements - a very important step.

So, we need several measurements. The first, as you might guess, is the width of the doorway: it determines the size of the door itself. If the doorway itself has yet to be built, you must take into account the size of the furniture that will be carried through it in the future. An error in choosing the size can make it very difficult to repair and rearrange furniture in the future., although sometimes non-standard sizes are acceptable and possible.

Next is the next step. First you need to treat the door block with a primer, before that you clean it with sandpaper. Before the next step, you should try on the future door in the opening to check its size, as well as the direction in which it opens. In addition, we will need a level: with its help we will need to measure and check the level of verticality and horizontality and, by measuring the diagonals, make sure that all right angles in the structure are respected.

After all these installation measurements, you can proceed directly to the work itself.

Preparing the opening

Preparing the doorway is one of the most important stages in this work. Below we discuss in detail how to do it carefully and correctly:

• To begin with, you should evaluate the door leaf. In other words, it is necessary to initially remove the old door from its hinges, if there is one; if not, then this step, of course, is not required.
• It is necessary to remove all door frames, and those voids that were formed between the opening and the door frame and filled with insulating material should be disposed of.
• After all these actions, cuts are usually made in the places of the side parts of the door frame, while moving from top to bottom. The next step is to destroy the lower and then the upper elements of this very box. Then do the same with the upper and lower bars.

• Among other things, preparing the opening includes adjusting it to the dimensions of the door itself, which is very important for its reliability. Increasing the opening usually does not cause any particular difficulties, while expansion will require the use of devices such as a hammer drill and a grinder.
• In the event that we need to reduce our opening quite significantly, we will need a brick. If the size is slightly reduced (to about 50 mm), you just need to install a frame in it. It can be made either from metal or from a regular corner.
• This structure then needs to be leveled, the gaps in it filled, and treated with cement mortar, if necessary.
• A problem may arise that the opening loses its appearance. Then it should be leveled and plastered again. In any case, you should always very carefully check the condition of the doorway, its evenness and other parameters.

How to assemble the product yourself?

When we purchase furniture in a construction or furniture store, the purchase most often is not a structure that is completely ready for installation, but a set of many large elements, which you need to work with later independently. For beginners who are unprepared in this matter, the question often arises at first: how to assemble the product yourself?

The main problem with this work is this: the cuts and connections of the door components are often unusual and have a specific structure, which can significantly complicate the entire process. But even this problem has its own solution

This article presents the simplest possible interior door assembly diagram:

• The first step is to place the door frame beam on the floor (or on another necessarily flat surface), spreading it around the door leaf.
• Next, you need to create a gap between the door and this same canvas; here you will need cardboard from the packaging. Afterwards, it is necessary to attach the blanks of the upper crossbar to the upper ends of the frame bars, and very accurately measure the parameters of the lintel.
• The next step is creating cuts. They are best made with a hacksaw, which has fine teeth and is specially designed for carving metal surfaces.

• At the next, fourth stage, you need to add top part structures to the bars, lay cardboard to form a gap. Next, we cut off the profile, if it interferes with the connection of the elements, we screw the screws into the places for them.
• Final stage– leave a gap (about 0.8-2 cm in size). By analogy, we create the necessary threshold.

How to install the hinges correctly?

Installing hinges on an interior door - important stage, having many individual subtleties and nuances. Before this work, which includes such subtleties as insertion, installation of overhead hinges (as well as non-separable, non-mortise and simple canopies) you should also definitely check out correct instructions installation of hinges so that the future design is reliable and serves the owner long and faithfully.

This article describes one way to install hinges, it’s called the artisanal method. It is medium in complexity, but very reliable and promises durability to the product, in addition, it allows you to conveniently adjust the height of the hinges:

• So, first you need to mark the groove. To do this, you need to attach the canopy to the end of the floor (or box) and trace it with a simple pencil, there is no difficulty in this.
• Second step: edging using a hammer and chisel. The entire groove must be edged, very smoothly and efficiently.

• The last stage: cutting out the groove with a chisel. This process requires extreme care and accuracy, because even a slight careless movement of the hand can ruin the appearance of the door surface. There are other, alternative ways to install hinges. For example, a professional method that usually only professional workers can implement with their own hands, but the quality of this method is worth it.

As for what you can create with your own hands, there are several ways. Firstly, this is the installation of hinges without insertion. Secondly, non-standard, but very convenient pin hinges. Thirdly, screw-in hinges, although they do not have the most aesthetic appearance.

Mounting options

Ease of use depends on many different nuances. One of them is the method of fastening the door and There are several such ways:

• The first known option for fastening a door is the so-called frame system. Its essence is that the door is placed in a steel frame and can be moved by installing a groove on wheels.
• The second option is a rail system, the difference from the first is that instead of wheels or rollers, special rails are used here. They are very reliable and easy to use.

• There are also other methods and options. These include the well-known installation on hinges, as well as such unusual ways, as an option without screws or also without anchors. There are a large number of options for fastening doors, and everyone can choose something to suit their taste.

DIY installation: step-by-step instructions

Do-it-yourself door installation includes your own technology, diagram, and installation procedure in accordance with GOST. It has its own standards and nuances that must be known and observed, regardless of whether it is installing a box, cladding without additional elements or with them, and so on.

Box installation

So, this process has already been discussed in detail above. It is only worth mentioning that this type of repair installation work is one of the most important when installing and installing any door, because it can actually be considered the basis of the structure. It is very important to accurately take all the necessary measurements, perform the work carefully and follow safety precautions.

Proper installation of the box is the key to a reliable, strong structure.

How to insert with extras?

Two extras are called vertical racks and 1 horizontal bar, the purpose of which is to increase the size of the so-called box coverage area. That is, they are simply expanding it.

Such products are usually made from solid wood, as well as from materials such as MDF and fiberboard.

The operation sequence is not very complicated, but such an operation can help in many cases, for example, for installation of awnings:

• So, first of all, you need to use a milling machine to make a groove in the timber along the entire door frame, along its perimeter.
• Next, the false slopes need to be attached with glue, and then strengthen this structure with self-tapping screws.

• The next step is to attach the false slopes to the timber, and place the panel located at the top on the remaining vertical elements.
• In the middle of the work, you need to mate the already enlarged box, install it in the already made opening, for this we use self-tapping screws, as well as spacer wedges.
• Finally, wedges need to be placed around the perimeter of our door. The distance between the door frame and the door itself must be filled with special foam, and the excess must be cut off. Ready!

Self-set threshold

There are two ways to install a door part such as a threshold. The first is called open, the second, respectively, closed. The first method is quite simple, but still does not look very aesthetically pleasing:

• IN this method First of all, a hole is drilled openly, in which the fasteners are then fixed.
• Then the threshold itself is laid and fixed at several points using self-tapping screws.

Although the first method is many times faster, the result after the second one looks much more beautiful and aesthetically pleasing:

• First of all, we screw the first part of the threshold to the floor using several self-tapping screws.
• The next step is decoration; we insert the bottom strip into the resulting grooves.
• Another option is to attach the decorative strip with regular glue. This completes setting the threshold.

How to level?

Correcting errors such as unevenness in the design is very important. After the unevenness has been assessed, the door has been removed and re-measured in all respects, you need to start directly with the work itself:

• If there are gaps between the floor and the door itself, the first step is to apply a level approximately 1.2-1.4 meters wide across the door opening. This will help level the surface.
• Also, sometimes leveling the carpet, if present, can help in this case.
• At the end of the work, you need to hang the door again and check its condition

How to seal the cracks?

Gaps between the door and the frame are a common problem that many owners of apartments and houses are forced to struggle with. You can deal with it using ordinary polyurethane foam, but it is better to choose a higher quality and more expensive one in order to preserve the quality of the work performed longer.

There are also options such as the most common foam rubber and even moss! Another way: insulation materials sold in any hardware store.

Mounting nuances

Mounting a door is like any other renovation work related to furniture, there is a bunch of various nuances, which door owners should definitely pay attention to:

• For example, to install a door in a deep or very large opening, you need to purchase either additional accessories or install a second door structure as well. Also in this case, it is worth considering the option of purchasing and installing heavier doors.
• In order to correctly, reliably and efficiently install the door on the corner of the room, you need to take into account that the frame needs to be installed at a special required angle, you should also pay special attention to cutting the brick into the brick opening and fastening the structure of this very box, as this may cause some problems Problems.
• With different wall thicknesses, it is necessary either to make all measurements very accurately, or to align them before installing the door or mounting it.

• IN panel house When choosing materials and structures for the work itself, it is worth paying special attention to internal expanded clay concrete wall panels.
• Fitting a door into the opening of a load-bearing wall is a very difficult task, and during this process you should not forget these important points: the material used to build a house or create an apartment, the layout of the room and apartment or house as a whole, the condition of the ceilings, as well as the thickness and other parameters of the wall.

Installation in some cases is a very difficult type of work, but by following these tips, you can handle everything perfectly and without much difficulty.

Finishing

Decorating is a very simple, practical and convenient way to decorate and transform an interior door or even the entire interior of an apartment, house or cottage. There are several main types of finishing of interior doors: installation of structures such as slopes, decoration and installation of the door frame or door leaf, installation of platbands and, finally, finishing with laminate.

Finishing slopes is not the most difficult, but the dirtiest and most unpleasant type of design. For it you will need a primer, different types of putty (starting and finishing), corners, and a mesh for plasters. Using these tools you need to putty and clean the door and its slopes.

Designs that can decorate and transform a door beyond recognition are the door frame, trim, and door leaf. These options, as a rule, do not take much time and effort, but still require extreme care, patience and adherence to special rules.

How to check if the installation is correct?

In order to check that the door is installed correctly, you need to perform several simple, but at the same time very important actions for its further operation:

• The door should not creak under any circumstances, the hinges should move easily and stand firmly, and opening the door should not present any difficulties.
• When opening the structure to an angle of any size, it must stand straight, not wobble, or deviate.
• It is necessary to conduct a very careful external inspection of the door, check it in operation, and carefully examine every detail of the design.

Beautiful interiors

There are a huge variety of different interior options for interior doors. For example, a door in a white, light, neutral color is perfect for bright rooms or apartments with a minimalist design. Bright, for example, red doors will fit perfectly into non-standard interiors.

An interior door serves to divide the space in a room and also provides sound insulation in a private house or apartment. In addition, the door leaf is important detail interior, therefore it must correspond to the design style. Because installation work are quite expensive, the question arises of how to properly install interior doors with your own hands. The answer is in the detailed step-by-step instructions outlined on this page.

Dimensions and equipment

Depending on the opening method, doors can be folding, sliding or swinging. The latter are the most popular because they are structurally simplest and fairly easy to install. They are presented in a large number of modifications. According to the opening method, the following are distinguished:

• double-leaf and single-leaf;
• left- and right-sided.

Step 3: Installing the box and hanging the canvas

The box must be installed in a pre-prepared opening. The hinged post must be leveled first using a plumb line or level. It is imperative to check it from all sides. Then top bar and the stand must be spread apart with wedges. The stand will only be exposed when it is in a vertical position.
Next, wedge the second rack. Be sure to check the horizontal part of the box.

The old way– the side posts must be drilled through. To do this, holes for dowels are initially made in the wall.

The box must be attached to the wall with self-tapping screws no less than 150 mm long.

Old method of fastening In order to fix the box in the opening in a hidden way , you can use metal plates, which are usually used for installation plasterboard structures

. Most often, such plates are used together with anchors. In this case, it is worth choosing the number of fasteners in accordance with the expected load.

This is what the mount looks like

All that remains is to hang the door on the frame. After this, you need to make final adjustments to the box. The lock post must then be adjusted to fit the door so that it does not protrude beyond the wall. It is worth remembering that in order to maintain the integrity of the box and the canvas, you must first drill several holes for the screws.

Step 4: Foaming

After securing the canvas, you need to foam the gaps between the box and the edges of the opening. The foam should be fed carefully, layer by layer, and fed from above so that it does not protrude out. Then the door will have to be closed and not touched for a certain time so that the foam dries. Approximate drying time is 1 day.

If the composition accidentally gets on the canvas, immediately remove it with a clean, dry cloth; dried fragments can be cleaned using effective cleaning agents.

Step 5: Installing the lock and handles in the door leaf

The most popular today are handles with a built-in lock. The work order is as follows:

1. Make a mark one meter from the floor. The handle mechanism must be applied so that a mark is visible in the hole at the top.
2. Drill holes in the blade from the end. After this, the edges of the holes should be cut off with a chisel to level the hole.
3. Insert the mechanism into the hole. In this case, the lock must be aligned and then secured with self-tapping screws. The bar on the lock should be traced with a pencil to cut through the veneer, then the mechanism should be removed. According to the outlined contour, you need to select a platform to determine the thickness of the locking plate. This is done by using a chisel.
4. Drill holes for the latch and handles. You need to attach the lock to the canvas from different sides, align it and mark it. Holes must be made on both sides and they must not be through.
5. Remove the resulting shavings and install the handles.

Step 6: Installing trim strips

An extension is a plank approximately 2 meters long, 250 mm wide, and no more than 3 cm thick. The plank should be used during the installation of interior doors if the wall is thicker than the door frame.

The timber for the box is made in standard width– approximately 70 mm. It can be expanded according to the thickness of the opening with an extension. This will allow you to more clearly align the box and walls. The beam has a groove for the plank. You must first measure the distance to the edge of the wall, starting from the depth of the groove.

The allowance can be set in different ways:

• into the groove provided in the box;
• with cutting a groove in the absence of a ready-made one;
• attaching the extension from the inside of the beam in the absence of a groove, the box is installed together with the extension;
• fastening the extension in the shape of a “P”;
• if the extension is not too wide and there is no groove in the box, the bar should be drilled and screwed to the box.

The plank is sawn into several parts using a circular saw to obtain several pieces of the required dimensions. You need to prepare one short plank and two vertical ones. Explore our simple step by step instructions By .

Step 7: Fastening the trim

During installation of the platbands, the box must be located level with the opening on the front side. To connect the platbands, you must first attach a vertical strip to the box and place a mark 0.5 cm higher, retreating from the crossbar of the box. This mark will act as a cutting edge. In the same way you need to mark the cut on the other side.

How to install an interior door, video and photo

Interior doors not only delimit space into separate zones, but also decorate the interior and create a mood. The design should be comfortable, safe and practical. When purchasing a block in a store, installation services are usually offered, but knowing how to install an interior door, you are quite capable of doing the work yourself.

A variety of shapes, opening methods, materials and stylistic solutions allows you to choose an option for any room according to the owner’s preferences.

Doors to the room are made:

• made of wood, plastic, glass, aluminum and their combinations;
• swing, sliding, folding, sliding, double-leaf;
• symmetrical, right, left;
• deaf, glazed;
• with or without threshold;
• paneled, panel, frame.

The surface is finished with plastic, valuable wood veneer, laminate, leather, textiles. They are covered with paints, varnish, enamel, and pasted over with decorative films.

Before installing an interior door with your own hands, determine what is included in the kit and its design features.

What is included in a complete set of interior doors

The standard set of single-leaf swing structures includes:

• door leaf;
• box;
• platbands or capitals.

Additionally, the manufacturer may include in the kit:

• extras;
• threshold;
• crossbar;
• closers.

Sliding options are equipped with metal guides, rollers, a lower guide and a thrust mechanism. Accessories are usually purchased separately.

IN standard apartments standard openings - height 2060 mm, width 700, 800 or 900 mm, wall thickness 80 mm. Going on sale ready-made kits the most common sizes. In private homes, dimensions may be different. Then door blocks are made to order.

Step-by-step installation of interior doors

How to install an interior door is a simple task for an experienced installer. But even a craftsman who knows how to work with wood is quite capable of it.

The purchased door is unpacked and carefully inspected to ensure the color of the components matches, the integrity of the corners, glass, and mirrors. After installation, the store does not accept quality claims.

Installation of interior panels includes the following steps:

• dismantling the old door and preparing the opening;
• insertion of fittings into the canvas;
• inserting the striker and hinges into the box;
• door frame assembly;
• installation of the block in the opening;
• hanging the canvas;
• installation of additions and platbands.

Before installing doors in new buildings, walls, partitions, rough or finished floors must be ready. If an old structure is being replaced in a room, the canvas can be hung on the existing box if it is in satisfactory condition.

Dismantling the old box and preparing the opening

Dismantling the old box begins with the canvas. A pry bar is inserted into the lower gap near the floor or threshold and, pressing lightly on it, the door is opened slightly. The panel is lifted and removed from its hinges.

Using an ax and a hammer, the platbands are separated from the box. File the post in the middle of the opening and dismantle it vertical boards and crossbar. Construction debris is removed.

Before installing the interior door frame, prepare the opening. The standard gap between the block and the wall is 10-15 mm.

• 600x2000 mm - 680-700x2050-2070 mm;
• 700x2000 mm - 780-800x2050-2070 mm;
• 800x2000 mm - 880-900x2050-2070 mm.

If the dimensions of the opening differ on a smaller side, it will require its expansion or cutting of the canvas. Changing the width of the door is equivalent to redevelopment; for this you need permission from the BTI.

IN load-bearing wall It is prohibited to enlarge the opening. In non-load-bearing partitions, the width can be changed to 2 m, but a reinforcing lintel or metal frame around the perimeter of the door block will be required.

To narrow the opening, use wooden blocks 50-70 mm thick. They are stuffed around the perimeter of the box. To reduce the width by more than 10 cm, the wall is laid with blocks, bricks, or a false partition is made of plasterboard.

Important. The thickness of a standard door frame is 70-86 mm. If the depth of the opening exceeds this value, additional boards are used to refine the gap.

Inserting fittings into the canvas

Before installing the interior door, they cut into the panel necessary fittings- hinges, locks and handles. Common types of loops:

• straight;
• corner;
• hidden;
• screw-in

They are installed by inserting, screwing or laying on the canvas without preliminary preparation of the nest. Depending on which hand the door is opened with, the hinges can be left- or right-handed, universal. It is important not to make a mistake in their location, otherwise it will be impossible to correct the defect after installation.

The hinges are fixed at a distance of 150-300 mm from the top or bottom of the canvas. First, trace the outline of the fittings with a pencil, a chisel or manual router select a recess corresponding to the thickness of the element. Make sure that the surfaces of the hinge strip and the door are located at the same level.

If the landing area is too deep, cut out a rectangular spacer from thick cardboard and place it under the loop.

The insufficiently spacious nest is carefully expanded and deepened. The final processing is carried out with fine-grained sandpaper.

The loop is secured to the canvas with self-tapping screws 35 mm long, which are usually supplied with fittings. The holes are marked with an awl and pre-drilled. The fastener caps are slightly deepened.

Step-by-step insertion of a loop

After installing the hinges, mark the location of the handle and lock. 90-100 cm are retreated from the bottom of the canvas, and the contours of the side strip are applied to the end of the door. The groove under the body of the locking device is made in the same way as the hinges.

Place a lock into the mounting socket and mark the contours decorative strip and select a groove. After drilling the hole for the handle, secure the fittings with self-tapping screws.

Markings for attaching hinges to the door post can be done in two ways:

• on a fully assembled box;
• on a hinge stand.

In the first case, the structure is assembled, observing the technological gaps between the canvas, the top bar of the box and the floor plane or threshold:

• 3-4 mm from above;
• 8-15 mm from below.

The canvas is placed in a box and the markings of the loops are transferred to the side beam.

In the second case, the stand is cut with a miter saw at an angle of 45°, observing the necessary allowances. Apply to the side of the sash and mark the contours for the second “wing” of the hinges. Carefully select the grooves with a chisel, drill holes for the screws and secure the fittings. Similarly, mark the grooves for the lock strike plate on the other frame beam and install the part.

Important. For elements thinner than 8 mm, no recess is prepared.

When the racks have already been manufactured according to the right size, saw down the top beam. To do this, add a technological gap of 6 mm to the width of the web - 3 mm on each side. The excess is cut at a 45° angle using a miter saw or miter box. Bottom part there is no need to touch the racks.

The elements are assembled in the shape of the letter P, connecting at the joints with three self-tapping screws 45 mm long. They are screwed in straight or at an angle, having previously prepared holes with a diameter of 4 mm. If this is not done, there is a high risk of wood splitting. The threshold is installed in the same way as the top bar, maintaining a gap of 4 mm at the bottom.

Door frame installation

The assembled structure is mounted in the opening. If the box is narrower than the partition, it is placed flush with the wall of the room into which the door opens. Strictly monitor the verticality of the racks and the horizontal position of the top bar. Fix with wedges from scraps or bars, fasten to the wall with self-tapping screws to a depth of at least 30 mm.

Over time, the structure may shrink and the fabric may sag. Experts recommend how to install an interior door with your own hands, so that you can later adjust its position. To do this, screw in self-tapping screws in the places where the hinges and lock are installed. Firstly, the heads of the screws will be hidden under the fittings, and secondly, if necessary, slightly unscrew the fasteners and re-position the box without compromising its integrity.

Hanging the canvas and foaming

After the block is securely installed in the opening, hang the canvas - insert one part of the loop on the panel into the other on the box. Each part is temporarily secured with two self-tapping screws.

To prevent the sash from warping, the position is fixed using 3 mm thick cardboard spacers. They are inserted into the gaps between the canvas and the racks.

Sometimes craftsmen additionally install spacers. This will help avoid deformation of the racks when the polyurethane foam expands. Before foaming, the box and part of the canvas are sealed with masking tape so as not to stain the surfaces of the structure with sealant.

Foaming the box

Installation of platbands and additions

Sometimes, before installing platbands on an interior door, installation of additional parts - extensions - is required. They are glued into the groove, which is formed by a quarter and a strip or solid board, attached to the outside of the box.

In sloping openings for installation of extensions, a frame is made of slats glued or screwed to the wall. The top board is laid on the vertical elements. The voids are carefully foamed.

Platbands are installed according to the following scheme:

• the upper part is applied to the installation site, marked and sawed off at 45° angles;
• fasten the element with thin finishing nails 25-40 mm long, deepening them by 1 mm;
• install the side trims, fixing them with fasteners every 100-150 mm;
• mask the holes with a wax pencil.

By using telescopic L-shaped trims, you can do without nails.

After installing the platbands, check the operation of the locks, the size of the gaps, and the tightness of the closure of the canvas. Visible fasteners are masked with plugs.