Thursday, June 16, 2011

No creaks, no pops

Vladimir Mikhailov Interior doors - regular, we can say mediocre, interior element in a country house, but nevertheless can be a lot of trouble. Remember, if you are comfortable, if a door slams? If she is nasty squeaks? Finally, if it gets jammed and an adjacent room can be reached only some effort? And because the selection and installation of interior doors should be approached very responsibly. By the way, this winter the owners of suburban property are, as ever, feel the urgency of the problem. Of course, if you're constantly living in individual cottages with all modern conveniences and there throughout the winter to maintain normal temperature and humidity, it is no problem, most likely, you will not. But most homeowners still get over the cold season in the "winter quarters" and in his suburban property dropping in March-April, when the first thaw holes. And pulls you to your house, open the front door, then pulls the interior, but it does not in any does not want to open! You take a helper tool, casing, cracking, warping, and although in this battle you go out a winner, alas, the door will be repaired. Meanwhile, at one time was enough for reasonable and without undue haste or go to the acquisition of interior doors or to install them. Not possible that you simply decided to save (or not found the time) on the cover of interior doors painted, and eventually they were filled with plenty of moisture - a house with no heat was! - As expected, straight out. Or, suppose you initially installed the door frames, which got hold somewhere on the occasion, and then started picking them under the door. With difficulty, but the gap between the frame and door leaf has remained minimal, and now even after a slight swelling of wood door tightly jammed. Plows, however, to start yet one should decide by the designs of internal doors. Varieties of interior doors, in fact, only two: the folding and sliding, but within those types there are many different subtypes and variants. Swinging doors can be single and double. And the material? Doors are made from solid wood and particle board, followed by coating fine wood veneer. In the first case, the door gets a serious and expensive, as shown in the wood without the natural defects - knots, cracks, which increases the cost of raw material. Production of doors from an array of rather tedious, using the manual labor, and it also helps to increase prices. Finally, the traditionally tselnoderevyannaya door more carefully and richly finished, knowing the demands of wealthy homeowners, for whom the door of some kind of particle board - a symbol of shame and a sign of financial insolvency. Rich clients prefer massive pretentiously decorated wooden doors and are ready for a quality product to put considerable money. Each tree species selects for his taste, though experts recommend hardwoods - beech, ash, oak, which are stronger than soft - spruce and pine. Doors of soft conifers while much cheaper, but also in quality, of course, are inferior. However, such conifers as Siberian larch, on the strength and durability is virtually identical to oak, is not afraid of water and do not rot. Its wood is very beautiful, has a lot of different colors and still much cheaper than oak or ash. Some CPD models in appearance almost indistinguishable from the expensive wooden doors. But for quality, durability, and in terms of potential environmental harm chipboard laminated sheet, of course, concedes tselnoderevyannaya. The door of the array, it must be said, can change size. That is why modern door from the array, to avoid warping and other misfortunes, are made of separate elements of solid wood, glued together at a certain angle relative to each other. This is, firstly, provides strength, and secondly, creates some tension between the elements, not allowing the door leaf warp or warp. This door does not warp over time, and looks exactly like a door from a single piece of wood, as the glued joints invisible. The doors of the array can be as dull (ie, completely wooden), and glazing. If you want to close the curious looks from some of the home, such as master bedroom or guest, then put the blank door if the door is symbolic, as, for example, in the kitchen or the pool, you can apply and glass. Again, the design of the door may be modest, perhaps - a rich, issuing a homeowner aesthetic and sybarite. Decorating swing door with glass inserts used a number of different technologies used stained glass and drawings deposited by screen printing. If the door is blank, it will be the main decoration of panels - special overhead elements to give relief. In the manufacture of expensive door panels are made of the same species of wood, and skeleton leaf. A more important role in the decoration and design of doors is fitting: door handles, hinges, staples, etc. They can be gold, chrome and stylized in the form of an antique. As a result, ordinary, seemingly, the door can become a real museum piece. Doors made of solid natural wood obtained heavy and expensive, as shown in the wood without the natural defects in the manufacture of using manual labor, and get off tselnoderevyannaya doors traditionally carefully and richly. On the swing doors of chipboard will not say much - they are in most of our city apartments and are familiar to domestic consumers. These doors are usually combined, they are made of pine wood bars, small fraction of cold-pressed wood and wood or fibreboard, and then pasted with thin plates of precious wood - wood veneer. Ironically, some DSP-model in appearance almost indistinguishable from expensive luxury models of laminated wood. But for quality, durability, and in terms of potential environmental harm chipboard laminated sheet, of course, concedes tselnoderevyannaya. In conclusion, we mention the all-glass swing doors, which have their advantages - for example, the great possibilities for decoration and the exclusion of such troubles, as the warping and the subsequent change in shape. However, the mass such doors in the suburban house-building does not recover, but rather look whim or desire to pass for the original (which is why their range and in the domestic market is very poor boy). and pushed the fans do not plow and push the interior barriers in country houses, too, have something to quench their desires. Sliding doors lead to the openings between rooms more original and aesthetic. Although arranged quite simple: the door leaf or retracts into the wall, or slide along it on special rails or a roller, located inside the door frame. To open at least 90 degrees to swing the door to free space (not to mention a full plowing - 180 degrees), but the sliding doors do not require open space. Further, if the sliding door is wide enough, then its bias towards the two rooms actually become one that in some cases (large number of guests, etc.) is very handy. In appearance, sliding doors are very diverse and can meet the most demanding homeowners. Suffice it to say that, apart from the mass models, which move apart as the crow flies, as in a train compartment, there are a number of structures involving the opening of the radius, as in some models of showers. Only in comparison with per capita they are more original in design and are suitable for homes with non-standard layout. In a typical embodiment as a sliding door is a frame made of wood and a transparent or decorating elements: glass, stained glass, mirrors, etc. As in the swing, there can be the use of panels, inlaid with mosaics. Not uncommon, and some kind of Japanese style, because the most common is the sliding door in Japan. Pitfalls are, as always, appear where you least expect them. One of the problems in any home - high-quality sound insulation, which should provide interior doors. It is considered that best absorbs the extraneous sounds solid wood. However, preventing normal rest noises make their way through the gap between the frame and door leaf. So, if you care about soundproofing of the rooms (for example, a child's room "for the little ones"), you should pay special attention to the quality of the installation of doors. In the country house, special attention should be paid to high-quality lacquer coating of interior doors. Transparent or opaque lacquer, water-based polyurethane or protects them from moisture and therefore keeps unchanged the form of paintings. How to ensure that quality? Some owners of cottages believe that the most important - buy good quality doors and proven in the market the manufacturer. However, installation of modern doors - it is rather complicated and troublesome, so that if you entrust him with some "hack", you may regret it. Yes, and lose the warranty, since the leading manufacturers to provide it only if the doors are their own experts. For this work, of course, will have to shell out the money, but you'll be completely sure about its doors. In the country house, special attention should be paid to high-quality lacquer coating of interior doors. Transparent or opaque lacquer, water-based polyurethane or protects them from moisture and therefore keeps unchanged the form of paintings. In addition, the doors painted in different colors. Some manufacturers even take into account that in country houses, if the owners do not live there permanently, within a year the temperature and humidity change, and this form of doors, too. As a result, for example, can move panel, and from beneath it seem neprokrashennoe tree. So, painting and decorating elements better to paint before assembly separately (which is the leading manufacturers and do). As mentioned at the outset, a country house in the more susceptible strains, rather than the urban apartment. And as a result of frost heaving of soil, and changes in temperature and humidity, and many other factors. Meanwhile, for jamming the door just enough small shift or warp the door frame - just a few millimeters. From this requirement: doorframes in a country house should be set carefully, firmly, with the expectation of possible "force majeure". Another major pitfall awaits save at every step. When buying interior doors, they usually opt for cheaper models made of particleboard. But after several years of operation, the appearance of cheap doors changed (and not for the better), they are not very strong, in addition, the DSP contains formaldehyde, which is slowly but surely seeping even through the veneer coating. To save problems did not look back, get a better combination doors of bars is relatively cheap pine, finished with a veneer of noble breeds - they and the health of safer and more reliable.

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