Setting out to create unusual interior, using time-tested and well-known elements, you should pay attention to sliding interior doors. By using them in the interior, you can use the space more ergonomically, dividing it into different zones and at the same time maintaining the illusion of the integrity of the room. In addition, making sliding doors with your own hands is quite simple; you will need an understanding of the process and ability to use tools, as well as knowledge about sliding doors.

Advantages and disadvantages of sliding doors

Before using sliding interior doors in the interior, you need to know their strengths and weak sides. It will depend on what tasks you face when planning the interior whether you choose sliding doors or not.

Advantages:

• save room space;
• do not close when exposed to drafts, unlike swing doors on hinges;
• simple and easy opening of the doors. The only thing that should be taken into account is maintaining cleanliness and timely maintenance of the roller mechanism;
• can be easily automated if necessary. This is one of the main advantages of sliding doors, which can be realized very easily with the help of modern technologies;
• no thresholds. This advantage is somewhat controversial, since there are sliding door systems that have lower guides in their design, which can act as a threshold or be embedded in the floor.

Flaws:

• low rates of heat and sound insulation. Systems in which a door is glued to the end of the door have slightly improved sound and heat insulation characteristics. special seal, and the doors themselves slide into a special niche;
• inability to install as front door. It is worth noting that if it is a balcony, loggia or country house with a wall of sufficient length, then you can install sliding glass doors leading from the room to the street;
• the price of fittings and locks for sliding doors is an order of magnitude higher than the prices for conventional doors. In addition, prices for sliding doors are also slightly higher, which imposes some restrictions on the choice according to the budget;
• When using a certain type of sliding door, it will not be possible to place any furniture or large household appliances nearby.

Design and types of sliding doors

There are various sliding door systems that differ from each other appearance, but the design itself in its basis and operating principle remains unchanged. The design of sliding doors is a system consisting of roller mechanism,guides And door leaf. The roller mechanism is attached to the door, and the rollers move along guides fixed above the doorway. Various types of sliding doors interior doors may include from two to four or more roller mechanisms, as well as several guides and door panels. In addition, the design of the sliding door includes decorative panels covering the mechanism itself, various special door furniture, platbands and additions.

The picture below shows different kinds sliding doors:

But among all the diversity, the following main types of sliding doors are distinguished:

• sliding compartment doors;
• cascading sliding doors;
• accordion sliding doors;
• one, two, three and four-leaf sliding doors;
• radius sliding doors.

Sliding door fittings

Because of my unusual design Sliding doors require hardware certain type. Locks and handles for sliding doors are not the same as we are used to seeing on regular doors. A characteristic feature of the handles is that they are recessed into door leaf. This is done so that the doors can move freely to the side and, if necessary, enter the niche reserved for it. The locks are also not quite ordinary. If you compare it with a conventional lock, you can see that the locking mechanism is designed for vertical latching.

When purchasing a sliding door, the fittings usually come with the door leaf. But if there is a need to install handles and locks yourself, then you need to be extremely careful and choose them correctly. It is best to seek help from a specialist or search by catalog number.

Sliding door mechanism

Sliding doors got their name due to the opening method, which is ensured by the movement of rollers along guides. The roller mechanism and guides for sliding doors must be selected based on the type of sliding door, the number of leaves and the material of the door leaf. The whole point is that different systems have different weight and create different loads on the structure as a whole. So, if you compare a single-leaf sliding door made of MDF and a double-leaf glass sliding door, the weight of the first one will be much less, and you can choose a simpler and lighter roller mechanism for it.

Also, when installing some types of sliding doors (cascade, accordion, compartment), it is necessary to take into account the number of roller mechanisms and select the correct guides. For example, for a cascade door it is necessary to install 2 roller mechanisms for each door leaf and guides with two gutters. It is especially important to pay attention to the fact that to create sliding doors and cascade doors, it is necessary to provide one groove in the guides for each door leaf.

As noted earlier, the reliability of sliding doors directly depends on the roller mechanism and guide. But sometimes, as in the case of a glass sliding door, you have to install two guides - one at the top of the doorway, the other at the bottom. This is the only way to obtain a stable and a secure door with a large mass of door leaf.

Sliding door installation options

The functionality and convenience of interior sliding doors allow you to implement various design solutions both in rooms with limited space, and in rooms with a large area. Such doors allow you to transform inner space, organically fitting into the interior.

The most popular option is to install sliding doors between two residential areas. Using double-leaf doors, you can zone a room while maintaining its integrity. Behind closed doors it will be two different rooms, and when open - one, but with a large area. For example, by installing sliding doors, you can separate a small office, and when open doors- this will be a common room for business negotiations.

Another option for using sliding doors is to install them between living quarters and loggia, balcony or terrace in country house. In this case, it is advisable to use sliding glass doors. A large luminous flux will flow through them, and in the warm season, by opening them, you can expand the room indefinitely.

Quite often sliding doors are used for technical rooms. So, having installed sliding doors, you can separate a utility room or pantry while saving precious space.

One of the most difficult and expensive to install are radius doors. This largely depends on the complexity of manufacturing the door leaf and curved guides. But such doors can be seen in shower stalls or rooms with rounded shapes. It looks quite impressive.

Unfortunately, due to their shortcomings, sliding doors do not make sense to install between rooms such as the kitchen, living room, bathroom or toilet. Of course, with the development of technology, new materials and methods of their application appear. And perhaps the disadvantages of sliding doors with the use of new technologies will be leveled out or completely disappear, which will open up new horizons for their use.

How to make sliding doors

Having decided on the type of sliding door and purchased everything you need, you can begin installation. Let's look at the installation process using the example of a single-leaf sliding door. This is the simplest and most common door and the easiest to install. But it should be noted that the description will also indicate key points, which are also typical for other types of sliding doors.

So, to install sliding doors with your own hands, you need to do the following:

• The first thing is to make markings for the guides. To do this, you can go two ways. The first is to simply measure the height of the door from the floor with a tape measure, adding 15 - 20 mm to it for the gap between the floor and the door. And to this height add the height of the assembled roller mechanism and guide. Then put 2 - 3 marks on the wall and draw a line between them. The second option is similar to the first with the difference that the door leaf is placed against the opening, and marks are placed along the upper edge, to which the height of the roller mechanism and guide is then added.

Important! Before installing the guide, you need to make sure that the marks are strictly horizontal. This can be done using a level. Otherwise, after installation, the doors will spontaneously open in one direction or another.

• Now we install the guide along the previously marked line so that the guide is installed under it. Depending on the guide itself, it can be secured in different ways. Some are attached directly to the wall using dowels, while others can be mounted on special brackets or wooden beams. The guide itself should be at some distance from the wall so that when opening the doors they do not cling to the doorway or trim. It is necessary to carefully select guides and know how to install them. For sliding doors and other sliding door structures that have a height from floor to ceiling, the guides are attached to the ceiling and floor.

Important! To prevent the sliding door from flying off the first time it is opened, the length of the guide should be 2 times larger than the doorway, and another 4 - 5 cm of spare space should be added to this length. It is because of this feature that sliding doors require a lot of free space near the doorway, although they save space when opening.

• Having secured the guide, insert the fastening bolt inside the roller carriage and insert the entire roller mechanism into the guide. For a regular single-leaf door, only two rollers are required, but if we are installing accordion doors or cascading doors, we will have to purchase rollers for each leaf in advance.

• We install brackets for roller carriages on top of the door leaf. They are attached with a distance of 3 - 5 mm from the edge of the door.

Important! For glass doors a different fastening method is used. The fastener itself consists of two metal legs that clamp the glass together and are tightened with screws. In addition, due to the large mass of glass, it is recommended to install doors with two guides: one in the floor, the other above the doorway.

• Now that the rollers and fasteners for them are installed, we put the door leaf in place, lift it and screw the bolts into the brackets at the top of the door. This step of the job is best done with a partner who can lift and hold the door while the bolts are tightened. After this, we check the horizontalness of the door and, if necessary, level it by tightening the bolts.

• The doorway and slopes can be hidden behind platbands and extensions. But we hide the roller mechanism itself behind a decorative strip that is hung on top.

• Finally, we install the door hardware.

Installing a sliding door with a special niche in the wall will be somewhat more labor-intensive. To do this you will have to create from plasterboard sheets a partition into which the door will slide. But for doors with a track, you will have to cut out a groove in the floor, which will require the use of a hammer drill. In all other respects, installing sliding doors is a very simple and easy task.

To make the most of the useful living space, the owners make sliding interior doors with their own hands. They create unique design, capable of both dividing the living space into separate sectors and combining it in one room.

Attractiveness and disadvantages of sliding structures

You should understand in detail what advantages sliding doors have, as well as possible problems that will have to be resolved. Advantages include the ability to save space, even in ordinary apartment additional meters will appear. Plus, with such doors, any home acquires individuality and is transformed.

This design is not susceptible to drafts. Some options are executed without thresholds, which is important if among the residents there are elderly, disabled people or small children. Installation and subsequent use of the sliding partition is simple. Technologies today provide the opportunity to automate the product, which provides additional convenience.

Disadvantages may appear if the design is used incorrectly. The guides and roller system must be kept in good working order and clean at all times. Dirty mechanisms become damaged and the door leaf jams. Very weak sound insulation due to cracks brings additional inconvenience. Also, odors from other rooms will penetrate into the living rooms through the cracks.

Installing a sliding door is more difficult than a swing door; it requires high accuracy execution. Moving leaves require precise installation between each other and in relation to the door frame. Many people are afraid of the high prices for sliding structures, which cannot be considered an advantage.

Various design options

All hinged doors operate on the same principle: they do not swing open, but move along the wall and other door panels. The execution has several options:

• traditional using the wardrobe principle;
• cascade;
• in the form of a folding accordion or book;
• doors moving along radial guides.

In any design, the use of one, two or more sashes is allowed.

Sliding doors are among the simplest to make and have many subtypes. It is more reliable to make them with two – upper and lower – guides for moving the sashes. However, this option is complicated, as it requires absolutely precise adjustment of both guides. The bottom rail is attached to the floor, where it forms a threshold, or hidden in a recess. The big disadvantage is that dust and debris constantly collect there, slowing down and blocking the operation of the door. Therefore, it is necessary to constantly clean the bottom rail.

Suspended structures consist of one guide at the top, the bottom is not used. The mounting location for the rails is chosen depending on the height of the door: it can be a wall or a ceiling. The guide closes decorative panel or remains open. The disadvantage of this design can be considered the fact that from the side of the door opening it is problematic to place furniture or something else against the wall.

Cassette doors are made in hanging version or on two rails. They differ from others in that when the partition is opened, the door leaf disappears into a niche. In a private house, it is better to plan such a pencil case in advance; in an apartment, it is acceptable to make it from plasterboard. Of course, the niche will take up useful space, but the losses are compensated by good sound insulation. A lot of alterations will have to be done, and the cost of the cassette will be added to the cost.

The device of cascade doors is made with two guides - from below and from above, each leaf moves along its own rail. The advantages of a system made from sliding doors with your own hands are that you can fence off zones or expand the area into a hall by assembling the panels on one side. For doors, natural glass is often used as a material; the lower guide is sunk into the floor, and the upper one is attached to the ceiling.

Accordions consist of a certain number of blades on end loops. The width of the canvas is a multiple of the size of the doorway and is limited by the availability of free space. If an accordion-style interior partition is planned, the guides are attached to the floor and ceiling. A significant design flaw: very poor heat and sound insulation.

Radius systems are definitely suitable only for large-area housing. To install it, create a special plasterboard profile semicircular shape or buy finished design. Radius doors They work on two guides; their location is available on any side of the opening or in a cassette. Sound and thermal insulation excellent designs, but self-production causes difficulties, without certain skills it is impossible to cope.

Sliding doors fit organically into any interior. They have an amazing ability to transform living space. On practice sliding partitions used to zone large spaces. Closed door divides the room into separate zones, and the expanded partition returns the original area.

Deserves attention and experience of use sliding partitions between loggias, terraces and living rooms. Particularly impressive is the use of glass, which allows light to pass through unhindered. A partition, open in summer, will immensely expand the area, creating a single space. Sliding doors are also used in utility rooms, saving usable space. Sliding structures for separating the kitchen, toilet, and bathroom are not used, as odors will penetrate into the living spaces.

Selection of fittings, mechanism and door leaf

The fittings have their own characteristics, determined by the type of sliding door device. The handles are hidden in the door leaf so as not to interfere with the movement of the leaves relative to each other. Recessed handles also allow the door to be easily hidden in the cassette. Locks differ in that they latch the door vertically.

Buying a door leaf in a store has advantages: the product is equipped with already installed fittings or they come separately, but are selected specifically for this model. When searching for handles and locks on your own, extreme attention is required so as not to make a mistake in your choice. It is better to choose accessories from a specialist or from a catalog.

The roller roller mechanism and guides are selected taking into account the following criteria:

• constructive option;
• number of door leaves;
• door leaf material.

When choosing rollers, take into account the load that the door leaf creates on the entire structure. MDF, for example, weighs much less glass Therefore, simplified and cheaper carriage rollers are suitable in the first option. For a heavy door leaf such as glass, it is necessary to install upper and lower guides. Impeccable operation depends on the compliance of the guides and roller mechanisms with the design, their quality, as well as the accuracy and precision of installation. For cascade doors, books, compartments, take into account required quantity rollers and select suitable guides.

Market building materials provides the buyer wide choose canvases from different materials and diversity design solutions. The canvases should be as close as possible to the size of the doorway, taking into account the frame. The most acceptable door width is 90 cm, but can vary between 60–120 cm. Standard height 210 cm, but can be up to 250 cm.

When choosing a product, preference is given to those that do not heavy weight: plastic, MDF, laminate, bamboo. Such interior doors are easier to operate; it is possible to use lightweight roller mechanisms. For structures of large mass such as metal, glass, solid wood, a competent, even professional selection of mechanisms and guides is required. You should not purchase canvas with elements protruding outwards, no matter how beautiful they may seem. Protrusions can interfere with the free operation of the structure.

How to install sliding doors - general rules for any design

Various design and the variety of products do not allow us to dwell on the installation features of each individual type sliding door with your own hands. But the main points are the same for doors of any type. Having learned general rules How to make sliding doors with your own hands from one panel, it is not difficult to make a sliding product from a larger number of panels.

Before buying a door leaf, measure the opening in several places and make it according to size wooden box and install it. An installed but not secured box is thoroughly checked for horizontality and verticality and adjusted if necessary. A correctly aligned box is attached to the wall with anchor bolts, and the cracks are blown out polyurethane foam. The desired width of the doorway is 90 cm for one leaf and 120–150 cm for double door. For larger widths, three or more panels will need to be installed.

Installing a door on rollers with your own hands begins with determining the location for the top rail. To calculate it, add about 20 mm to the height of the door as a gap between the door and the floor and another 7 cm. Two marks are left on the wall above the opening along which a horizontal line is drawn. A beam is attached to the wall, the lower edge of which coincides with the drawn line. A guide is attached to the lower edge of the beam with self-tapping screws, departing from the wall by 7 mm.

The length of the guides is equal to the total width of the door leaves plus 5 cm for normal door operation.

Next in line is the installation of the roller mechanism; first, the staples are attached to the canvas. There is no need to describe in detail the installation of roller carriages; the process is described in detail in the instructions that come with each purchase. Clip holders are attached to the sides of the door, which the best way suitable for all models except the folding door, which uses . Used in glass products rubber gaskets for fixing glass. At the same time, you can install handles and locks if they are needed.

Next, proceed to the installation of the sashes. It is better if there is an assistant, then one person holds the canvas, and the second directs the carriages into the profile. Then the result of the work is checked. If the guides are initially installed strictly horizontally, the door should not move anywhere on its own. Using the adjusting bolts of the carriages, the door is set in an exact vertical position, if such a need arises. Check the movement of the web, which should be easy, without jamming. Stoppers are installed in the form of special plugs or pins so that the carriages do not come out of the grooves.

For silent and durable door operation, it is better to choose rubber stops.

So that the entire structure becomes complete and beautiful view, and also to ensure the safety of the mechanical part, which can be damaged by dust and dirt, platbands are installed. Open mechanisms require them; there is no such need for a door in a pencil case.

Making a sliding door with your own hands is not difficult. The main requirement is extreme precision and accuracy in work. By skillfully applying your talent as a master in practice, you can achieve excellent results the first time.

In an effort to free up as much space as possible in a small apartment, the owners even remodel the door blocks. One of the smart solutions is an installation whose sash rolls back behind the wall without forming a dead zone.

The main difference between sliding systems is the operating mechanism. Traditional hinges are replaced with rollers. The web moves along the rail. Rollers can be attached only to the top of the sash or simultaneously to the top and bottom. In the second case, the load is evenly distributed over two rails. The service life of the mechanism increases, but there is one drawback. The lower element often becomes clogged with dirt. If you don't clean it, the sash will jam.

It is not difficult to install interior compartment doors yourself. The main work is correct measurement, installation of the roller mechanism, guides, hanging the door leaf. The sash is suitable from,.

There are two types sliding structures:

• the door goes behind the wall;

• the canvas goes inside the wall.

The second option is more convenient, but difficult to manufacture. The system involves the assembly of a pencil case installed instead of a partition.

The popularity of sliding structures is due to the large number advantages:

• saving usable area due to the absence of a dead zone;
• creating a beautiful modern style;
• simple installation;
• single-leaf or double-leaf design allows you to close an opening of any width;
• increase in service life door block due to uniform distribution of load along the rail.

Disadvantage is considered to reduce the level of sound insulation and tightness. Up and down door design a gap of about 5 mm is formed, through which extraneous sounds and odors penetrate into the room.

What is needed for installation?

Having decided to install it yourself, you need to know what you will need materials:

• Railing. It is a beam secured with anchors to the wall surface. Usually a wooden beam with a cross section of 50x50 mm is used. A rail is fixed to it.
• Mechanism. The set includes rollers, stops, guide blade, and rails.

• Accessories. Special ones are produced for sliding systems mortise handles, locks.

• Sash, .

From tools You will need a drill, screwdriver, screwdriver, jigsaw, level, tape measure and pencil.

How to install sliding interior doors with your own hands?

The installation of sliding interior doors begins after the walls are leveled. The room must have a clean floor and check verticality doorway. If there is no floor covering, then its thickness is taken into account when taking measurements.

The main problem with how to install is the difficulty of installing the top beam and rail. The railing must be perfectly aligned in level and height, fit tightly to the wall, and securely fixed with anchors.

Before the beginning installation work determine in which direction the sash will roll back. If there are two products, then they provide free space on both sides of the opening.

The instructions for installing a sliding door consist of the following points:

• timber installation;
• rail fastening;
• assembling the mechanism and hanging the canvas;
• installation of accessories;
• decorative finishing of the opening.

Installation of timber

The beginning of installation involves marking the wall for the top beam. The sash is leaned tightly against the opening. Taking into account the width of the rail and a gap of 5 mm, mark the boundary of the beam location on the wall. The canvas is set aside. A horizontal line is drawn along the mark.

For a right-opening sash, the beam is positioned so that its middle is above the right side of the frame. The level is set to horizontal. Holes are drilled in the timber and the wall and reliable fastening anchors of the top beam.

Guide installation

When installing sliding doors, the top rail is screwed with self-tapping screws to the bottom plane of the beam. For convenience, it can be secured to the beam in advance. After fixation, rollers are inserted into the rail and driven to check for unhindered sliding.

If the interior installation involves bottom mount, then the installation of the guide is carried out in three ways:

1. A groove is cut into the floor covering. The bottom rail for the rollers is immersed inside.
2. The guide is fixed from above to floor covering without cutting a groove. They close with a threshold on both sides.
3. The guide is installed on the end of the lower part of the sash inside a pre-cut groove.

The third method is suitable if, instead of lower rollers, a guide knife is used, which simply holds the opening blade. The element is fixed to the floor covering.

How to assemble sliding doors?

Assembly begins by installing the rollers. The location is chosen based on the manufacturer's instructions. The rollers can be installed at a distance from the edge of 1/6 of the sash width or directly on the edge. In the second option, the indentation is formed by mounting plates.

At the end, mark with a pencil the place for the rollers. You can pre-drill holes for free entry of hardware. Mounting plates screwed with self-tapping screws no less than 70 mm long. Threaded supports are inserted into them, side covers. The roller platform is screwed onto the threads of the pins.

If a guide knife is installed on the bottom of the rollers, then a groove is made at the end of the blade 2 mm wider than its thickness. The rail itself doesn't even need to be installed. The depth is usually between 10 and 18 mm. The groove is not selected for the entire width of the end of the blade, but a section without a slot of about 10 mm is left at the edges. These will be the limiters.

After assembling the mechanism, they begin to install the sliding door with their own hands on the prepared guides. The product is rolled along the rail to check its progress.

Installation of fittings

The final step in installing a sliding door with your own hands is the installation of fittings. It is more convenient to attach all elements before hanging the canvas. First you need to install a door limiter - a rubber shock absorber - into the runners. The sash is checked again for free movement, the places for the handles and the lock are marked, and the leaf is removed from the guide.

Grooves are cut for fittings. Wood cutting is usually done with a chisel. Drilling helps partly. After installing the handles and lock, the sash is hung back on the guide.

Finishing the opening

After installation is complete hinged doors start decorating the opening and... The elements give the structure a complete look. In order to hide the mechanism, an additional board is attached to the beam.

Care and operation

During use sliding design The blade may need to be adjusted if sagging is noticed. To eliminate the defect, remove the top panel. An adjusting screw is located on the roller. It must be scrolled while simultaneously checking that the sagging of the canvas is eliminated.

Caring for the sliding system involves cleaning the guides from debris. The rollers are lubricated and replaced when worn. The door closes smoothly. With sudden movements, the rollers may fly out of the guide.

How to remove a compartment door?

Methods for removing the sash depend on the type of sliding system. If there are rollers with one wheel on top and a guide knife on the bottom, then the blade is slightly raised so that the knife comes out of the groove. The bottom is pulled towards you. The canvas is lowered to the floor at an angle. At this time, the rollers should come out of the guide.

If there are double rollers at the top and bottom of the sash, then first unscrew the stops. The door leaf is simply rolled out of the guide. Sliding systems premium class are equipped with a door closer. The mechanism fastening is unscrewed only from the canvas. The closer remains hanging on the door frame.

The sliding system is convenient to use and easy to install. If you follow the operating rules, high-quality rollers will last for many years.

Having decided to create an unusual interior, we advise you to pay attention to sliding doors. They significantly save space in the apartment, which is especially important in small rooms. By installing them, you can divide the territory of the house into several sectors, maintaining the visual integrity of the home. Let's try to figure out how to make sliding doors with your own hands.

Installing sliding doors brings convenience and adds comfort to your interior. Before installation, you need to understand whether this is advisable. First you need to consider all the pros and cons.

Advantages:

• significantly save territory;
• are not affected by drafts and gusts of wind;
• easy to open;
• there is a possibility of automation;
• there are no thresholds.

Flaws:

• poor sound insulation;
• impossibility of installation instead of the main door;
• high cost of accessories.

Design

Now there are several types of sliding doors. They differ in appearance, but their design is always identical. Interior doors contain several guides, 2-4 rollers that move along the guides, leaves, fittings and decorative panels.

You definitely need to purchase fittings, 5 m slats, strips, trims, handles with characteristic features, drowning in the canvas. At self-installation You have to be careful, otherwise you won’t be able to get everything right. You can purchase components in an online store, a construction hypermarket, or at the market. Their cost is quite affordable. Such materials are also used for built-in furniture: sliding wardrobes function perfectly and last a long time. Professionals can help you make drawings.

What you need to prepare for installation

Armed with a tape measure, take measurements of the canvas. Usually the height is 2000 mm - this is the standard, but the width of the canvas can vary. After taking measurements, go to the store to purchase necessary elements. The most important point is the sliding mechanism, the length of which is twice the width of the canvas. However, there is no point in getting hung up on this - just tell the seller the width of the canvas. Knowing it, he will select the right mechanism for you. If it's longer, it's easy can be shortened.

Preparing the canvas

The first thing you need to do is prepare appropriate tool. It is advisable to get a router, but a grinder will also do. Take the canvas, then cut a groove in the center and bottom. The width should be 3 mm, which will ensure the functioning of the lower guide.

Next, print the sliding device and connect the rollers to the brackets. Place the elements we received at the top end, trace the contours and select the grooves. Next, you should start screwing the rollers, installing the lock, then attach the handles, and for installation, make either two grooves or a through hole. The second option is more preferable.

Installing the mechanism

Installation is considered an easy task. First, secure the guide profile by calculating the height. Measure not only the height of the blade and rollers, but also the gap. The last point depends on the curvature of the floor. The gap height is up to 20 mm. Now comes the installation itself. You can mount the mechanism directly to the walls, but if they are crooked, then you need to move the guide and attach a wooden strip.
Now install the blade on the guide.

To do this, you need to insert rollers into it from the side. Once the door is in the desired position, attach the stop. Make a long groove at the bottom, open the doors as much as possible and attach a rubber pad inside the guide using a self-tapping screw. It will act as a limiter. Place the stop halfway into the groove from below. Next comes the floor fastening: move the canvas and select the desired position, and then fasten the upper stop and fix the stop to the floor.

The last step is the design of the opening. Twist the door frame from the slats yourself and secure it with foam. After the sealant has dried, you need install platbands on both sides. When installing a door with a lock, it is necessary to replace the casing with a stop beam.

As you can see for yourself, installing sliding doors yourself is quite possible. To do this, you only need certain components, an understanding of the operating algorithm and compliance with the instructions. You should also take into account some nuances. Installing sliding doors does not take much time - professionals spend no more than three hours on it. You can use your imagination and decorate your door frame. Sometimes instead wooden slats use laminate, tile, stone and other materials. With their help, your doors can be made a decoration of your interior.

The main rule is that you should not choose cheap materials if you want the door to serve you for a long period of time. It's better to pay once high quality than in 5-6 years, at best, to re-install new doors.

There are cases that an ordinary door, swing type, cannot be installed due to insufficient space or design features rooms (small area). Things and furniture can also get in the way and prevent you from opening it in normal mode (does not open completely, etc.), then a door on rollers comes to the rescue, which you can install with your own hands.

U this mechanism opening doors has its pros and cons, which can be formulated as follows:

Advantages:

• Can be used for any interior door, except for the option when it is made entirely of glass.
• Possibility of opening in both directions in relation to the doorway.
• In small areas - makes it possible to use it in limited space.
• Easy to use, makes it possible for people with disabilities to use it.
• There is no sagging of the door leaves during their operation.
• Long service life.
• Possibility of creating systems that provide automatic operation.
• No thresholds (for some models).

Flaws:

• High cost in comparison with swing analogues.
• Low level of protection against heat loss and low sound insulation.
• The possibility of using the wall surface in the direction of moving the door leaf (installation of furniture and household appliances, hanging decorative elements and design of room space).
• For doors that are heavy (solid wood, metal doors) service life is significantly lower than when used with lightweight materials.
• Not suitable for all types of interiors decorated in a certain style(Provence, Baroque, Empire).

How does a door equipped with a roller mechanism work?

In order to understand how the roller mechanism works, you need to understand what it consists of.

All types of roller mechanisms have two main elements, these are:

• Rollers placed on a specific structural element that has holes for attachment to the door leaf.
• Guides along which the rollers move.

Rollers mounted on a specific structural element(straight plate or complex shape) are attached to the door leaf, the guides are mounted in the doorway.

The door leaf with fixed rollers is hung on guides. With mechanical action directed towards the doorway, the rollers roll along the guides, thereby opening the door.

There are two ways to install the roller mechanism:

• A hanging system, when the rollers move along a guide, which is located in the upper part of the doorway and the door leaf is suspended.
• A rail system, when the rollers move along guides located in the upper and lower (along the floor) parts of the doorway. The door leaf is fixed rigidly.

In addition to the main elements, door fixation devices, materials that provide heat and sound insulation, as well as decorative elements, closing the roller mechanism.

Doors can be equipped with a roller mechanism various types, such as: accordion, coupe, cascade and radius type. These can be single-leaf or multi-leaf structures.

Types of sliding doors

As already written above, roller mechanism Different types of doors can be equipped, so to understand how they work, it is necessary to look at them all.

Accordion type

This type of door has a sliding-folding design, when when the door leaf is moved to the side, its components fold.

Depending on the number of folding elements, doors of this type also called a “book”, in this case two fragments are added together. When they talk about the “accordion” type, there are more than two folding elements.

The folding elements of the door leaf are connected to each other using a hinge joint, which ensures their pairing.

Accordion type doors come in single and double leaf types.

Coupe type

In structures of this type, the door leaf moves along the wall along guides installed on this wall.

Doors of the "compartment" type are single-leaf and double-leaf. For double-leaf models, the doors move in different sides in relation to the doorway.

A variation of this design can be doors cassette type, when the guide is located inside the doorway and when opened, the door leaf moves into the interior of the wall.

Type cascade

In this design, the door leaf consists of several components, of which one part is rigidly fixed, and the rest (one, two or three parts) move along their own, separate guides.

The opening of a door occurs when all the parts are assembled on one side of the doorway, and the closing occurs when the component parts are evenly placed along the doorway.

Radius doors

This type determines their shape, which has certain radius, corresponding to the radius of the wall along which they move.

Structurally, these are compartment-type doors, but with a more complex geometric shape.

Installing doors on rollers with your own hands can be divided into several stages, which require separate consideration, so that everyone who wants to do this work on their own does not make irreparable mistakes.

Preparation of materials for assembly and installation site

In order for the installation of a door equipped with rollers to be completed successfully, and no problems arise during operation, it is necessary to fulfill, before starting installation work, a number of requirements, which are:

1. The doorway must be level so that the door leaf overlaps it without overlap. If the door frame has a curved shape, you will have to use a larger door leaf.
2. Design door frame and the walls adjacent to it must be strong to withstand the weight of the mounted structure.
3. Before starting installation, it is necessary to finish the doorway, because... otherwise, finishing will be difficult.

When preparatory work completed, all that remains is to prepare the materials necessary to complete the work:

• To make a door leaf: wooden block section 50x50 mm, plywood or fiberboard, as well as decorative coating(veneer or self-adhesive film).
• The movement mechanism is rollers and guides.
• Fittings and decorative elements.
• Tools needed to complete the work: screwdriver, drill, chisel, screwdriver, hammer, wood saw or electric jigsaw.

Manufacturing of door leaf

Making a blind type door leaf is quite simple; for this you need:

• Take dimensions from the doorway;
• Using a wooden block, you need to cut out blanks for making the door frame. The size of the workpieces must correspond taken sizes doorway.
• Horizontal frame connections (3 pieces) must be equal to the width of the doorway, vertical racks(2 pieces) – the height of the opening.
• Cuts are made on the vertical bars, from the top and bottom, and a groove is drilled in the middle part, the length corresponding to the width of the bar used.
• On horizontal connections, a comb is made along a length corresponding to the width of the bar.
• Vertical and horizontal bars are assembled according to the “groove-tooth” principle, with the laying of wood glue or PVA glue.
• For structural strength, a hole is drilled in the middle of the connection through the connected bars, into which a wooden tenon is inserted.
• The prepared frame is sheathed sheet material(Fibreboard, plywood, etc.). Wood screws or furniture nails are used to secure it.
• When the frame is sheathed, a decorative coating is applied to its surface: the veneer is glued to wood glue or PVA glue, and the self-adhesive film is glued to its adhesive base.

Installation of suspension system

When the door leaf is ready, you can begin installing and assembling the hanging system. The work is performed in the following sequence:

• Depending on the design of the suspension system, the rollers can be installed on the edge of the door leaf, or with some indentation. The size by which to retreat, if necessary, manufacturers similar systems, indicated in the accompanying documents.

• The installation locations of the plates on which the rollers are mounted are marked;
• The mounting points are drilled, after which the rollers are installed.
• The guides are being installed:
• Markings are made on the surface of the wall so that the guide strip (rail) is higher than the doorway. The size of this indentation depends on the rollers used and the structure supporting them.
• For ease of installation, a beam is used, to which the guide is attached using self-tapping screws.
• A beam with a guide is attached to the wall surface.
• When the door leaf is equipped with rollers and the guides are securely fastened to the wall surface, the door is hung. To do this, the rollers are inserted into the internal cavity of the guide and rolled onto the suspension system.
• The suspension system is being adjusted. For this purpose, the design provides adjusting bolts, which allows minimizing gaps in horizontal plane between the door leaf and the guide, and also adjust bottom gap to the floor surface.
• The fittings are installed, and the guide is covered with decorative elements.

How to choose the right hardware for doors on rollers

When using doors equipped suspension system based on rollers, you cannot use fittings usually installed on swing doors. This is due to the fact that the door leaf must move without touching the surface of the wall or niche into which it moves when it is opened.

The lock used for locking must have a vertical latching system.

In addition, the fittings are selected in accordance with the style of the room where it is installed and the personal preferences of the user.

Each user can make hinged doors on rollers with their own hands, and the main conditions for success in this matter will be attentiveness, and the reward will be low cost and design, in an individually developed style.