Do-it-yourself interior door

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Classic interior doors

• How to make an interior door with your own hands?
• How to install an interior door with your own hands. (Master Class)
• We make the interior door of the boards.
• The advantages of using wood for doors. (Let's figure it out)
• Interior door of unusual design
• Door - a writing board in the nursery with their own hands.

Interior doors with windows

• The door with a glazed window from the American!
• How to make a wooden door with windows with your own hands?

Sliding

• We make sliding doors with windows
• How to make a simple sliding door with your own hands?
• Video: MINUSES AND MINUSES OF SLIDING DOORS.
• How to install a sliding door with your own hands.
• How easy is it to make a modern sliding door with your own hands?
• Sliding door made of pallets? YES! Sliding door made of pallets? YES!

Folding door harmonic (BOOK)

• Door accordion and door book. What is the difference???
• Door mechanism
• Folding door installation diagram
• A simple plan for installing an accordion door
• How to install an accordion door with your own hands. + Video
• Folding door system elements
• Accordion door leaf design
• Hidden and hinge butterfly for accordion door. Advantages and disadvantages
• Do-it-yourself installation of folding interior doors.
• Steps for installing a folding book door do-it-yourself.
• Varieties of folding doors
  • natural wood
  • from MDF
  • from chipboard
  • plastic
• How to install a door leaf of a folding interior door on a guide.

Drawing of the manufacture of parts and assembly of the interior paneled door

 

Master Class: how to make an interior door with your own hands?

(instruction + photos)

Your interior door has become too old, or for some other reason, it does not suit you anymore (for example, have you changed the style of the interior, and the door no longer suits you, or it just didn’t like you)? It's time to replace it with a newer, better door. But picking up a new interior door is not easy: you weren’t satisfied with the price in one door, the material in another, and the build quality in the third, was terrifying. If all I just said is about you, then this option is most suitable for you: to make an interior door with your own hands. In this article I will tell you how to make such a door quickly, cheaply and, most importantly, efficiently, as well as a little bit about the independent installation of interior doors.

Well, did you decide to create a door yourself? Are you ready? If so, then you will need the following tools:

• Planer for leveling end surfaces;
• Joiner's square - the longer, the more accurate the marking will be; Building level;
• A screwdriver with a set of nozzles (bit);
• A set of elongated screwdrivers;
• Saw;
• Roulette;
• Pencil;
• Miter box for the correct cutting of corners when fitting wooden parts;
• Construction knife;
• Hammer;
• Bit;
• Hole Saw;
• Electric drill;
• Self-tapping screws.

Do you need a lot? Perhaps, but, having all the necessary tools, it will be much easier to work!

The easiest option on how to make a new interior door with your own hands:

1. The old door leaf is removed, a handle and a lock are removed from it, if any. And also loops are removed.
2. A new canvas is taken (as an MDF sheet you can use it) and adjusted to the dimensions of the old. To do this, simply put the old on the new, and make a note in pencil where there are extra parts. Then these parts are simply sawn off.
3. Then, also along the old canvas, outline the places for installing the loops. You can either use the old hinges or purchase new ones, if desired.
4. Paint the door.

Done, you can install a new interior door that you made yourself!

Step-by-step master class

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Very fast insertion of hinges on a door leaf by means of a milling cutter

 

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A simple example of inserting a lock into an interior door in 5 minutes

 

We make the interior door of the boards.

(photos, instructions)

Consider a more interesting option for creating an interior door with your own hands. In the first fragment of the article, I explained to you how to make an interior door with your own hands, that model of creation was the simplest, since there was used a solid door leaf, and you would not have to collect anything. But if that option is not for you and you want to show the real skills of the master of carpentry, then this option is more suitable for you. In this model, only the canvas and design differs from the above-described interior door, of course, this will not affect the installation in any way, you can not worry. As you may have noticed, this canvas is not solid, it is assembled from separate boards, according to the principle of a tongue-and-groove connection, which, incidentally, is very convenient, so the boards will fit snugly together. After you have assembled the board for the interior door, you need to fit it exactly the same size as the old door, for this, do everything exactly the same as in the first example. In order for such an interior door to look like bought in a store, you need to properly arrange it, for example, you can glue the door leaf with veneer. But at the same time, you should clean the edges of the door with a planer in advance, if it is adjacent to the box closely, because the veneer has its own thickness, remember this.

Thus, for work, veneer panels with an adhesive base on its inner side will be needed. Choose the picture you need with the texture you like and proceed to pasting the canvas.

1. Turn on the iron and wait until it heats up;
2. Attach the veneer, with your chosen pattern, to the canvas and start warming the veneer facing side;
3. Everything needs to be glued over quickly and accurately, since the veneer glue base, after it has melted, cools quickly, so try not to remove the coating during gluing.

Step-by-step master class

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Making a double door insulated with chips inside

 

The advantages of using wood for doors. (Let's figure it out)

Why is wood used mainly for creating interior doors? The answer is simple: because it makes no sense to use something else.

Because:

1. Wood is easy to process. Therefore, you can easily give your interior door any shape, decorate with any kind of carved patterns, and so on;

2. For such a door, you can easily choose any design. Since the tree can be painted practically with any paint and coated with any varnish, even with the same veneer you can easily paste over a wooden door;

3. The tree has sufficient thermal insulation and sound insulation, you do not need complete tightness between the rooms, right ?;

4. Interior doors do not need high strength, such as entrance doors, but you also do not need too low strength, because then you could safely hang curtains in the doorway;

Rice for reference: a method of manufacturing a paneled door

5. In a wooden door, you can easily install a handle and a lock (if required);

6. Wood is not too light, such as PVC, and not too heavy, like metal, material. So it is easy to hang it on the hinges and each time you can freely open and close the door;

7. If you want, you can easily and quickly install glass in the door leaf, such a door, for example, can be at the entrance to the living room / hall.

Thus, wood is an ideal material for creating interior doors, namely interior doors, and not any other, doors. The door leaf can be either solid or prefabricated from boards, for example, this door model is again with a solid leaf.

 

 Interior door unusual design

(step by step master class + photo)

Since you and I have already examined the advantages of wood, and you are convinced that it is best to use this material for interior doors, then, in this case, let's take a look at another such model of a wooden interior door made by ourselves. The door model is quite modern, it was made according to a pre-prepared sketch, and was made by its creator to order. The door leaf is made of hard maple, it is a fairly strong material, even stronger than oak in its strength, since the chapel of strength, with an air humidity of about 12%, is quite high, which means that such a door will provide reliable protection for your room.

You, after all, need this, right? In addition, working with maple in the manufacture of such a door is a pleasure. The door is finished with varnish, but if you wish, you can, as I already said, paint it, or cover it with veneer according to the above scheme, of course, this is up to you, because you have to go through this door for a long time, and not someone else . You can also make the shape of the door suitable for you, the model is just an example of how you can make it. The door leaf of this type of door is also prefabricated from several boards, using the same spike connection (the classic never expires), this connection principle greatly simplifies the door assembly, you just need to spend a little time creating grooves and spikes. Such a door, together with a frame suitable for it, is quite strong and stable. The frame itself does not have a tendency to deformation, and it does not distort over time, which is a big plus of such an interior door.

 

Step-by-step master class

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The phased production of a door leaf from wood with hand milling cutter from a bad forest

 

The door with a glazed window from the American!

(well - learn to do?)

One American decided to renovate an old house (the house is over 50 years old). The turn came before replacing the doors.

Carpenters called him a price of $ 500 for one such door and + 2 months for manufacturing and delivery.

Without hesitation and experience, this American made these doors himself from successfully procured wood. Below you can see step-by-step photos of the manufacture made by this American. The only negative is that he did not describe the process of inserting the windows themselves, but shared in the comments that the windows are supposedly fastened with two strips of wood on both sides of the glass.

Follow the photo-instructions of the American and then you will succeed!

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Door - writing board do-it-yourself nursery.

(as cleverly decorate the interior door to the nursery)

This model is suitable for those people who have children.

The principle of creating such a model is very simple. The canvas for such a door is an ordinary rectangular board made of MDF, all you need to do is cut such a board of the desired shape. The interest of this model lies in its design, it is ideal for, for example, a children's room. After all, children will be able to draw with crayons right on such a door.

To create such a design you will need:

1. Insulating tape;
2. Black paint;
3. Paint of any color you like for the rest of the canvas.

This is really very simple to do:

1. Place 3 squares of the same size over the entire space of the door leaf so that they look even and beautiful, do not forget to leave a place for installing the door handle;
2. Tape the borders of the squares with insulating tape (you can use a wide paper tape, for greater convenience) this is done so that you do not fill the border with paint, and it remains flat;
3. Paint over the rest of the canvas and secure the handle.

You can make such a design on both sides of the door if you wish. Also, for a better effect, before painting, in places of squares, you can make indentations into the canvas by about 3-6 mm, so the door will not just be painted, it will have a simple texture. Your children will be engaged in further design, because on a black background you can safely draw with crayons!

Step-by-step master class

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30 do-it-yourself door decor options. Explore!

 

What to do if the new hollow door does not fit.

If you buy a solid interior door and the dimensions do not fit you, then you, of course, will adjust the door leaf to the dimensions of the door frame, just by cutting off the unnecessary parts. With a hollow door, this method will not work, you yourself understand why. What to do in this situation? There is always a way out. Carefully follow the photo instructions, and you can easily upgrade such an interior door. Everything is so simple that it does not even make sense to describe it.

Consider an example:

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 How to make a wooden door with windows with your own hands?

(photos, instruction, master class)

In the previous fragment of the article, I talked about how you can improve the old interior door by installing windows in it, and I also mentioned that you can also make such a door completely on your own, but how? Let's figure it out in more detail.

For example, such a model of a wooden door with a window can be used both as an entrance door and as an interior door, since it is quite durable. Moreover, such a door is not too heavy for the interior, and not too light for the entrance, the so-called middle ground.

This option is made of three layers of wood:

The first layer is a solid wooden canvas, with a cutout for the window frame.

The second layer is made of interconnected boards fixed to the base (wooden door leaf).

The third layer is the final one. This layer completes the design of the door, and is also aligned at the same level with the window frame so that it does not protrude forward.

The main thing to remember is that when creating the second and third layers, some part can move out by a millimeter, so it’s better to first attach the window frame to the door frame again to check, then you will have to redo everything.

All parts of the layers and the layers themselves are interconnected using a sufficiently large number of self-tapping screws and wood glue. The very creation of a door does not take as much time as the preparation of materials for its creation. Yes, and this version of the interior door will not be the cheapest, out of the models described in this article, but still it is worth the effort to create it, since it fits perfectly into almost any interior, and, besides, it has everything necessary for doors, qualities.

Step-by-step master class

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Video author: Bob Vila

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We make sliding doors with windows

This is another option for replacing outdated, unsuitable for you, interior doors with new, unique, doors with the design you need. Just if you have not yet decided on the choice, then this option may be suitable for you.

 

To create such an interesting model, you need window frames with glass, you can do it yourself or buy ready-made ones; for example, the creator of this model, bought inexpensively finished window frames, which, moreover, were in good condition. But do not forget that in both cases, it is best to sand wooden frames with sandpaper so that they are smoother, so it will be more convenient and safer to work with them. Since in this case the door is double, then it took two frames, but you can do the same with a standard door.

 

Further, if you require frosted glass, and not transparent, you can make the glass dull using a special spray.

 

Step-by-step master class

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Despite the fact that when creating this model, ready-made doors were used (which, incidentally, are hollow inside), you can make these doors yourself from a solid wooden canvas, using the above schemes. But if, just like in the example, you are improving an old ready-made door, you just have to install windows in it and paint it.

 

 

 

How to make a simple sliding door with your own hands?

(master class, photo instruction)

As I said above, the main advantage of interior sliding doors is that they are comfortable.But "convenience" is a loose concept, so the most important thing in sliding doors is that they are comfortable in every sense! They are convenient to create, they are convenient to install, they are convenient to use (both open and close), even replacing these doors is convenient. And this type of door does not take up much space, which is also very convenient.

 

If you are creating doors for the first time and do not have the appropriate experience, then this is the option for you to do with your own hands sliding doors. To create such a door you do not need a lot of materials, therefore, the cost of creating it will be small.

 

First you need to create a door frame - these are 4 boards fastened together and forming a triangle shape. The creator of this model used screws to connect the boards, but you can also use a spike connection (in order to learn more about creating this kind of doors, read the article “Doors with your own hands”). The boards are then attached to the frame, this can be done with glue for wood, and then fixed, for greater strength, with screws. It remains only to hang the door (or doors, if you, like the author of the model, made two of them) on the slider and you're done! By the way, you can buy a slider either ready or make it yourself, read more about it in the continuation of the article.

 

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MINUSES AND MINUSES OF SLIDING DOORS.

 

How to install a sliding door with your own hands.

 

In addition to a number of advantages of sliding doors installed in the house, they also have another plus - sliding doors look modern. And indeed, in fact, the tendency to install sliding interior doors has appeared, relatively recently. In addition, the ease of installation provides almost limitless possibilities, nothing limits you (in the literal sense, because there are simply no borders, that is, a door frame). By the way, how do you install such a door? And is it even possible to make a slider for a sliding door with your own hands? I will answer the first question, and I will have to wait a while with the second one, since it is recommended to buy a ready-made kit for creating sliding doors with your own hands, this will ensure the safety and durability of your interior door.

 

Installation instructions for sliding interior doors:

1. On the upper end of the door leaf with a pencil, outline the places where the rollers will be installed (the main component of the sliding system). Further, with the help of self-tapping screws and a screwdriver, the rollers are mounted on the door leaf.
2. Mark the height at which the guide will be above the doorway. Use the level to adjust the guide. Fix the guide to the wall.
3. Then, if you wish, you can arrange a doorway. You can do this in different ways and materials: wallpaper, tile, or by simulating a box (false box).
4. Mount the rollers with the blade into the guide. Adjust the blade using the same level.

 

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Sliding door installation

 

How easy is it to make a modern sliding door with your own hands?

You still doubt my words and think that to create interior sliding doors you need a lot of experience and some incredible physical strength? So this example is especially for you! He perfectly proves that the installation of sliding doors with his own hands is not only for strong men, but also for women, and the creation of doors does not depend on age either!

 

Such a model:

a) Easy to assemble;
b) easy to use;
c) It has an attractive appearance;
d) Free up the space you need that would clutter up ordinary hinged doors;
e) It is created from affordable and inexpensive materials (the door is made of plywood sheets);
f) Will delight your eyes for a long time.

And most importantly, experience for manufacturing is not needed! You only need to carefully think through everything in advance, and then everything will surely work out for you!

 

To create such a sliding door you will need:

1. Rollers and a guide of the necessary sizes;
2. Doorhandle;
3. Plywood sheets;
4. Building glue;
5. Circular or table saw (if available);
6. Sander or just sandpaper;
7. Wood screws;
8. Screwdriver.

Create the door leaf from plywood of the sizes you need, sand it well. Then prime and paint. To create the lower guide, take the bar of the required size and use a table saw to make a special groove in it along the width of the door leaf. Use screws to secure the frame to the plywood door leaf. Cut another sheet of plywood into several boards, then, using construction glue, attach the boards to the frame. Install the door handle. Attach the rollers to the upper end of the door leaf and install the door on the guides (lower and upper).

Step-by-step master class

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Sliding door made of pallets? YES!

If the materials for creating the models described above are difficult for you. Or do you want to save on creating a sliding interior door ... well, or for any other reason, you can use old wooden pallets! You just need to try to find the number of pallets you need. This material will be much cheaper, because many people are ready to give such old pallets for nothing, just to get rid of them! But with all this, the use of pallets will not reduce the practicality and strength of your interior door. The only difficulty you will encounter in creating such a sliding door is the need for extra time. Indeed, because in order to use boards from pallets, you first need to disassemble them, moreover, carefully disassemble them without spoiling the material. This process is quite painstaking ... don’t be afraid to talk about extra time, I don’t mean a lot of time, it needs a little bit, you need to sort out only 3-4 pallets, you are not building a house, after all. But, such a procedure will help you save a significant amount of money that you would have spent on buying the same interior door in the store, or on new sturdy material if you would have created a sliding door yourself. And the assembly of such a model itself will not greatly complicate you. Therefore, I highly recommend using this method of creating an interior sliding door with your own hands. By the way, for part of the savings you can just buy all the necessary materials to create a movable slide mechanism.

 

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Door accordion and door book.
What is the difference???

Door mechanism

The diagram below shows the mechanism of an interior folding door with two slats. Also in this drawing you can see the required hardware and its location when creating the door.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Folding door installation diagram

The drawing below shows a schematic of the principle of installing a folding door of a book and its parts. So to say "what-where" !!!

 

A simple plan for installing an accordion door

This collage sequentially shows us the process of installing a folding door in the opening.

And so we will consider installation in more detail on an example:

 

 

How to install an accordion door with your own hands.

(photos, video master class)

It’s somehow too easy to create a door leaf for a folding interior accordion door, agree? There must be some catch in this door. Let's think this door:

• Convenient to use;
• Easy to create;
• Compact, you save a lot of free space;

Moreover:

• Creating a door leaf does not take much time;
• Any materials can be used for this purpose;
• The design of such a door is suitable for almost any interior.

Some pluses, except for low strength and poor heat and sound insulation, but it generally depends on what materials you choose and how to install this door, so that too, everything can be fine. So what's the catch?

And the catch, just the same, is to install this type of door with your own hands. If you read the article "Sliding door with your own hands," then you must understand how difficult it is to install interior doors such as sliding. So, installing an accordion door (or a door-book, call it what you like, the meaning still remains the same) is even more difficult. Therefore, it is this stage of creating your own folding interior door with your own hands that deserves a separate, special attention. Let’s take a closer look at all the steps and nuances of installing this type of door. Again, I’ll draw a parallel for those who read the article “Do-it-yourself Sliding Door”, in this article you will find enough coincidences in the installation stages, because these types of doors are, you might say, related and are based on the sliding mechanism. Okay, without further ado, let's move on to the installation itself.

Step-by-step photo installation master class:

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Original title: How to fit an internal bi-fold door

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Folding door system elements

 

Accordion door leaf design

 

Hidden and hinge butterfly for accordion door

If you manage to find such hinges in the hardware store, then your door will close with special grace.

This is a hidden loop	And this is a butterfly loop

Pros:

If you choose from two types of loops, it is better to set hidden ones. In the open state, they almost leave no gap between the paintings. In addition, they are more powerful, can withstand solid loads.

Minuses:

Their cons: more complicated installation and high cost. But if the doors are from MDF or solid wood, then you need to install them. “Butterflies” will come up to a light door leaf or where to make significant recesses under the body of a hidden loop will fail.

 

The name of the structural elements of the accordion door

 

Do-it-yourself installation of folding interior doors.

(photos, instructions, video master class)

If you buy a folding accordion door in a store, you will probably be advised to pay extra for installing these doors, saying “it will be better, trust this matter to professionals”, do not believe it, it may be faster, three times more expensive, but not better. To establish a door-book is quite within the power of an ordinary mortal man who does not know anything about the “correct” installation of folding doors. And if you are the very person I am talking about, congratulations, you will be able to cope with this task, and it will help you, in this very case, this and subsequent fragments of the article.

Although the installation of both folding and sliding doors does not require the creation of a door frame, you should still think about how to design a doorway. In the end, the bare walls between the rooms cannot remain. For example, a doorway can be plastered and painted, or glued with wallpaper, but most often a decorative false box is used for these purposes. This is an imitation of a real door frame of this kind, which plays a purely decorative role and is not intended for anything else, that is, it is NOT possible to hang a door on such a frame. And it is a box of boards fastened together by screws installed in an aperture.

Accordingly, you need to start the installation by creating such a “door frame”, and before you create it, you need to carefully measure the parameters of the doorway itself (wall thickness, height and width of the opening). I’ll talk about the next steps in the article.

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Original title: How to Install Folding Doors and Bi Fold Doors

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Steps for installing a folding book door do-it-yourself.

(photos, instructions, video master class)

So, let’s look at the steps of installing a folding interior door using an example of a specific model, and, of course, a video master class will help us with this! In the last fragment of the article, I told that it’s best to create a decorative false box for a sliding or folding door, but I also mentioned other methods of decorating the doorway. In this case, the creator of this model did not use the door frame imitation, but simply painted the plastered doorway. Well, let's say you have properly prepared the doorway for installation, and you can already proceed to the next step. And the next step is the installation of the guide. If you bought the door in an unassembled state in the store, then the guide will be included in the kit, but in the same case, when you completely and completely make the door yourself, you can do the following: buy separately an aluminum guide and a set for installing a folding door, believe me, Thus, it will be possible to save much more money than when buying a disassembled door.

To install the guide, you must first measure the width of the doorway. And here the first distinguishing feature from installing a sliding door-coupe already appears. The guide for the folding door is not installed above the doorway, but inside it, therefore, if you created a decorative box, you will have to consider its dimensions so as not to make a mistake. Then, after you have made the guide of the required size, drill several holes in it and fix it in the hole on one screw, in the middle of the guide (this must be done so that you can then insert the door leaf into the guide), the first part is done.

Step-by-step master class

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Original title: accordion door mounting

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Varieties of folding doors

We can not claim the reliability of this drawing. Most likely it reflects a variation of only one type of folding door. And the list of door types is quite limited.

 

 

From different materials

Folding accordion doors, like book doors, can be made from different materials. Let's look at them in the photo galleries below.

Genuine accordion door wood

Natural wood. Durable material, provided it is properly processed: the wood is impregnated with an antiseptic, coated with stain and varnish. Over time, coverage is updated. A door made of this material is unstable to humidity changes.

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Accordion door from MDF

MDF. The most stable material, not subject to the destructive effects of fungus and mold. Compared with chipboard, the material is more suitable for the manufacture of doors of complex design. Particleboard is strong enough, has a low weight, is environmentally safe, moisture resistant and fireproof.

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Accordion door from Chipboard

Chipboard. Cheap, since it is a sheet of glued wood sawdust. A door made of such material will be flimsy. Since it consists of sawdust compressed and glued together, the screws do not hold in it too tightly. The advantage of the material is its good heat and sound insulation, however, the design of the accordion door does not allow the material to display these qualities in its entirety. Particleboard also has high moisture resistance and bioresistance, but still for folding doors this is far from the best option.

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Accordion door from plastic

Plastic. Cheap, wear-resistant and waterproof material. Ideal for shower. It is easy to process, does not give chips, scratches and cracks, does not dry out. For interior doors, plastic is usually used with a pattern: wood, wood, etc.

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How to install a door leaf of a folding interior door on a guide.

(photos, instructions, video master class)

So, suppose that you have prepared a doorway, installed a guide and are ready to install the door leaf. Well, then we won’t pull, we begin installation right now!

First, check to see if everything is the right size; if yes, then fine.
It is necessary to install the rollers on the door leaf - the main part of the movable mechanism, by the way, here is one more difference between the folding interior door-accordion and the sliding sliding door: the rollers are not located vertically, but horizontally relative to the ground, so they move along the walls guide, in addition, respectively, the rotating axis is directed in the opposite direction, and, in addition, the rollers also have a rotary roller unit, it is needed so that the door can be folded. Otherwise, the steps are still the same as for installing a sliding door, that is, to the upper end of the door leaf are installed on two parts of it one roller. After the rollers are installed, you need to install the lower axis, on which one part of the door leaf will be mounted. Now you can insert the rollers into the guide.

What you need to do for this:

Do you remember that the guide had to be fixed, so far, with only one screw, which had to be placed in the center of the doorway? So, now, due to such an unstable fastening, you need to deploy the guide and put the door leaf in it when folded, then the guide is deployed with the door leaf, one extreme part of which is fixed on the lower axis. Well, that’s all, now all that’s left is to fix the aluminum guide to a few more screws, and lubricate it for better sliding of the rollers. Your sliding door is ready, you can safely use it!

Here's another thing, I told you how important it is to prepare a doorway and what is best done with a false box, this model is the clearest proof of my words, just look at this broken doorway!

Step by step installation photos

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Link to the video master class: https://youtu.be/w6vJZtGeR9Q
Original name: Accordion Door. DIY installation

Watch the video master class:

 

But besides these functions, the interior doors have another, important, task - they are a special part of your interior. Interior doors are usually installed for a long time and, given this fact, it is extremely important to choose a door that suits you in all respects, so that you do not regret anything later. Now various kinds of shops offer a very large number of varieties of interior doors, but even with such a wide variety it is difficult to choose something for yourself. Suppose that you did not find a door suitable for you, what to do in such a situation? Do not despair, there is a way out! After all, if something cannot be bought, then you can always do it yourself! It’s the same with the door, if you didn’t manage to find a suitable option in the store, or you found it, but you could not afford it, then you can make the interior door yourself. Thus, nothing will limit you, you can make a door for every taste and color, while taking into account the shape you need. What door will fit your interior and you will like better than the door that YOU made exactly ?!

In this article you will find several options for how to make an interior door with your own hands, as well as step-by-step photos on how to assemble these doors, something will surely inspire you! Let that door that you make will surely please your eye and fulfill its functions for many years.

How to install an interior door with your own hands. (Master Class)

I mentioned above that I will also tell you, not only about how you can make an interior door with your own hands, but also about how to install it. Once promised - it means nothing can be done, you have to tell. Moreover, this fragment of the article will serve as a logical continuation of the previous one. When buying interior doors, in many stores, you can also purchase their installation. But why spend extra money on something that you can easily do yourself? So I think that there is no need. In addition, if you have already done the interior door with your own hands, then you can definitely install it, well, in the end, it won’t just stand on the doorstep, right?

In this case, instructions for installing interior doors are attached to the article.

If you have never installed interior doors yourself before and do not have significant experience in this matter, then carefully look at this photo instruction and check each step for photos. As they say: “Measure seven times - cut once”, - in this situation the rules are the same.

In this article I would not give examples of the installation of doors with your own hands, but, in fact, you also have to do a door frame, sometimes with your own hands. For example, if the partition wall is of non-standard sizes (for example, the thickness exceeds the norm, because the door frames for sale with a maximum thickness of only 10 cm). So, here you are, for your reference.

Step-by-step master class

(to enlarge the photo, just click on it)

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