Rules for the installation of interior doors

When arranging a new house or during the overhaul of the old, many of us have to deal with the installation of interior doors.





It is not necessary to be able to do this with your own hands, but it is very desirable to get some idea about the features of the process.





So you will be able to correctly orient the guest master and avoid expensive and annoying mistakes, to correct which sometimes you have to redo some of the finishing work.

Installation of interior doors

1. Door opening directions
   “Usually, we only after the end of the work understand where it should have started” – this statement successfully describes any repair and installation of interior doors, including, because it is always worth starting with planning. 416333
   
   
   
   Where should the interior doors open? The question seems simple, but it becomes a stumbling block for many. In especially severe cases, the installed doors even beat the canvases against each other when opened.
   
   As a rule, doors are installed in such a way that as a result they open in the direction where the space is larger. The SNiP (building codes and regulations) stipulates that doors must open only outwards. So, if a person becomes ill or loses consciousness, the possibility will be excluded that when he opens (breaks) the doors will be touched.
   
   From the point of view of feng shui, it is through the doors to the house and rooms that the energy of luck passes, and in order not to block it, the doors must open inside. So, to be guided by SNIP or Eastern wisdom, it is up to you, relying on your own taste and idea of convenience.
   
   
   
   
   
   Note that if in one corridor part of the doors will open outwards, and part inwards of the room, the height of the upper casings at the nearby doors will not coincide. This can disrupt the harmony and design of the designer.
   
   
2. Door width and doorway dimensions
   The doorway is usually 60/70/80/90 centimeters wide. The correct width of the opening is the width of the canvas + 8 or + 9 centimeters. The correct height of the opening is the height of the doorway + 6 centimeters from the clean floor, that is, 206 centimeters. The doors to the bathroom can be 190 centimeters high, so the correct height of the opening is 196 centimeters.
   
   
   
   Here are some examples of the correct openings.
   Canvas 80x200 - opening 89x206;
   70x200 - opening 79x206;
   60x200 - opening 69x206;
   60x190 - opening 69x196.
   
   The size of the doorways is important to determine before furnish. In rooms, they are usually made with a width of 80 centimeters so that you can easily bring (take out) furniture. The width of 90 centimeters is less common, since such canvases are heavy and over time can sag on loops.
   
   
   
   
   
   The doorway to the kitchen is usually planned with a width of 70-80 centimeters. The doors to the bathroom are made with a width of at least 60 centimeters, so that an average washing machine 60 centimeters thick passes freely through the opening.
   
   
3. Incorrect location of switches
   It is necessary to think in which direction a particular door will open even at the stage of electrical wiring. Usually we have as it happens: the electrician asks the customer where the doors will open, the customer answers without much thought.
   
   
   
   The electrician cuts the walls, installs boxes under the switches, when it comes to installing doors, it turns out that the open door does not allow you to use the switch and you need to open the door in the other direction or somehow move the switch, and the wallpaper (oh horror!) is already pasted...
   
   
   
   
   
   In order not to step on the same rake next time, you need to think about it. switchingFurniture and doors are still in the planning stage. Our article will help you do that.
   
   
4. The junction of different floor coverings is not under the doorway
   The place of transition of one sex to the other should be exactly under the door leaf in its closed state. Otherwise, when the door is closed, part of the floor of the room behind it will be visible. This should be taken into account when planning the installation of doors.
   
   
   
5. Gender differences not taken into account
   In bathrooms, the floor level is sometimes higher than in the entire apartment. If you do not take into account this level difference, then on the one hand, the length of the casings may not be enough.
   
   
   
6. Interior elements interfere with the installation of casings and capitals
   Be sure to consider whether something will interfere with the installation of profiled casings and capitals. When the casings and capitals are trimmed (furniture, wall cabinets, shelves, air conditioners, wall partitions located adjacent to the doors), then the owners of such "beauty" usually do not please.
   
   
   
7. Unaesthetic docking of tile with casings
   When mounting tiles with curbs, protruding moldings and other relief elements on the walls, you need not bring them to the edge of the doorway.
   
   
   
   This is necessary so that you can then perfectly dock them with casings. The distance from the edge of the casing to the edge of the other casing, as a rule, is known, but you need to take into account that the doors will be leveled in the opening, and this will require free space.
   
   
8. Damage to the warm floor when installing door opening limiters
   When installing floor limiters for opening doors, there is a risk of damaging the heating floor system. To prevent this from happening, you should check the plan for installing a warm floor. If there is no plan, it is better to install wall limiters.
   
   
   

Taking into account all the above requirements, technical standards and common sense, you can correctly plan the placement of interior doors so that it does not become a problem for you during repairs.