Roller doors: what you need to know about them ...

Roller doors are a modern innovation, which is primarily designed to save space, and only then for decorative purposes. The problem of the lack of square meters is now very common - not everyone can afford spacious dwellings. Therefore, more and more various “tricks” appear in order to at least somehow make life easier in small apartments.

Although it is not necessary that the sliding doors are used only in small rooms, they are also spacious in spacious rooms. Doors on casters - it is stylish, beautiful and unusual.

Now let’s talk separately about the reliability of sliding doors. Someone considers them less reliable than oar. Others, on the contrary, note their strength. To be honest, a lot depends on the quality of the door leaf, that is, any door can be made either good or bad. Further, it is important how the door is installed, if it is a quality mechanism and it is installed correctly, the conclusion is obvious.

A bar is mounted on the wall. Further, the guide of the sliding mechanism is installed on it (rollers move along it). The rollers are mounted on the end of the door (top) using a special bracket. To keep the door from vibrations in the area of ​​the lower end, a groove is cut for the guide flag, which, in fact, holds the door. Then the doorway and the guide trim trims and extras.

With this installation option, we get low sound and thermal insulation, as well as poor tightness.

Here the mount is hidden inside either a false wall or drywall wall.This installation requires redevelopment, that is, you need to make a U-shaped groove in the wall. It is much easier to mount the necessary groove if you are building a new wall. The hiding door can also be installed in a finished metal structure, this is a pencil case or cassette. They are first installed in the wall, then plaster or drywall is applied. And do not forget that such a door is hiding in the wall, so you need to think about the correct location of the handle.

This option assumes excellent insulation of sound and heat, since the door leaf is tightly connected to the opening, hence the tightness.

And now let's dwell on the types of sliding doors.

This type of door on casters has standard sizes. Unlike cabinet doors of the same type, they are not so thin and light, given their purpose. The handle and lock are different from those at the swing door. There may be one door leaf or two. The mechanism involves movement along the wall or inward.

Many call these doors a “compromise” between sliding and swing doors. Opening, the door leaf slightly rotates, becoming perpendicular to the opening, and moves to the side, and to the right and left. Compared with a conventional roto-door, when open, it takes up half as much space. In addition, this type of door on casters has good tightness and sound insulation, as there is a special sealant around the entire door leaf.

These doors have two (book) and more (accordion) elements that are connected using movable hinges. The upper or lower end is equipped with rollers moving along the guide. A particular advantage of a folding door is that when opening it does not need additional space due to the fact that its wings fold. This version of the door is perfect as an interior, and even for a wardrobe or pantry.

– Upper (hanging). There are two carriages with rollers, an upper guide and a stop (stop) to lock the door. There is no bottom mount, which visually facilitates the design. In addition, there is no possibility of extra items falling into the rails, which would cause the canvas to jam. However, with this method of fastening there is always a backlash, that is, the door swings, since nothing supports it from below. Of course, you can install a special guide flag on the floor, this will slightly reduce the swing of the door.

– Lower (floor). The canvas with the help of rollers moves along rails attached to the floor. The presence of the upper guide, which will support the door, is also mandatory here. That is, the floor design guarantees stability. True, dust, any objects and so on will always fall into the rail, which will be on the floor.

As a rule, the same door leaf can be used both as an oar and as a sliding structure. The difference is only the mounting mechanism. This suggests that the same materials and decor are available for swing, and for sliding doors. That is, there is no separate gradation in materials for doors on casters. They can be, like oar, shield or paneled. For their manufacture, valuable wood species are also used, and chipboard, MDF, lamination, an array of conifers; can be pasted over with a cloth, wicker, with an additional glass insert or without them, and so on.

When installing the door on the rollers, it should be borne in mind that if the wall is made of drywall or foam block, this slightly complicates the process. The thing is that this type of wall is not strong enough to install similar structures in them. To solve this issue, it is necessary to use some kind of embedded element, which will play the role of a bearing support and thereby strengthen the wall. It can be a metal guide or a wooden beam. It is better, of course, to use a special pencil case, which has a minimum thickness and high strength.

Many worry that sliding doors will not fit into the interior due to the box. The fact is that the finish can be any, matched to any style and design. So there will be absolutely no problems with this. Because when installing the box, the joints are closed with platbands, which can be finished, for example, with veneer of valuable wood species and so on. The design is selected in accordance with the door itself and the surroundings. As for glass doors, they use an aluminum doorway design, profiles can be anodized or painted with enamel. Of course, you can generally not frame the opening, just plaster it, then putt it and wallpaper it or paint it. The taste and color, as they say.