Fashionable practice in apartment buildings to install vestibule doors in a corridor with several apartments, today is a common practice. In such a small corridor, you can without fear of placing some things, for example, a cabinet for shoes, or temporarily put something, place. There can be many options. The most important thing is that this small space is protected from an extraneous invasion.
You decided on the choice of a vestibule door and two more dilemmas arose in front of you: «How to mount this door? Who will be installed by installing?» Perhaps you will want to install a metal door on your own, and thereby save on the call of specialists. The second option is to attract masters to install the doors of the masters, who will quickly and efficiently install the door for the symbolic fee.
If you decide to dwell on the first version, you need to clearly know where to start and in what sequence you need to perform installation work. At first glance, it may seem that it will be very difficult to cope with the installation of the doors yourself. However, if everything is laid out by «shelves», then everything will become clear and simple.
Work on installing a metal front door can be divided into several stages:
– dismantling the old door if you decide to replace it with a new one;
– installation of a new door frame;
– installation of the door leaf;
– Installation of accessories, platbands and seals.
You need to remove the old door very carefully so as not to destroy the doorway. Before installing a new door frame, carefully inspect the doorway. When dismantling the old door frame, damage to the wall is possible, which can lead to loss of small pieces in the doorway. Perhaps it will be necessary to strengthen it with a metal frame before installing a new door frame. With this option, the new box will be attached to the metal frame.
If you want to make a call or a television cable in your housing, it is most convenient to do this simultaneously with the installation of the door frame, so you can successfully hide the wire in the box frame.
To correctly fix the design of a new box, it is necessary to use spacers, and constantly check the level or plumbing readings. The use of spacers or wedges will allow you to correctly install the box. A correctly installed door frame will not allow the door leaf to be deformed during operation. To fix the entire structure to the wall and floor will help anchor bolts.
Next, loops are installed on the door frame, the distance between them is thoroughly calculated, outlined and verified. Then the door leaf clings to the loops, while in the finished state the door should not come close to the lower or upper part of the box and with additional anti -detachable pins. When opening doors, an unpleasant creak from the work of the loops should not occur. If necessary, the loops are carefully processed with grease.
At the last final stage of work on the installation of vestibule doors, seals and soundproofing materials are installed. If free space has formed between the door frame and the wall, it is filled with mounting foam, the excesses of which are easily removed by a construction knife, after its final hardening. You can give the wall a neat appearance using plaster and staining the wall in the appropriate color. Decorative platbands are attached to the box in the last turn, it is they who will give your door a complete attractive look.
Thus, if you approach the business with all responsibility and follow the planned work plan, it is quite possible to mount the door on your own, and the result of the work will exceed all your expectations. Soul calm and saved finances fully compensate for the time spent by you on the installation of doors.