The door is the first structural element of a house or apartment that comes into view immediately before entering the room. Repair work in an apartment or house, office is often accompanied not only by the restoration of finishes, but also by the replacement of doors, entrance or interior. To deal with the types and methods of dismantling, you need to know what types of doors exist and how they differ from each other. Because you will need this material.
What type of door structures are distinguished
Types of doors are determined by:
- accessories: entrance, balcony, interior;
- material from which they are made: wood, chipboard / MDF, plastic, metal, glass;
- mechanism of operation: hinged, sliding, folding (accordion), retractable.
Each of the designs differs from the other in features inherent in a particular type. This nuance must be taken into account when dismantling the doors. Such work is carried out according to the need to install the door leaf completely or for restoration, followed by installation in its original place. Work related to the removal of doors can be carried out in full or in part, that is, with or without disassembling the door frame.
When replacing the door leaf, which involves dismantling the box, the procedure is performed in full.
Dismantling Features
Builders identify two main methods for carrying out door removal work and call them simply: sloppy and neat.
Using the first one, the door frame is sawn at an angle of 45o. So it will be easier to remove it from the opening. The process involves tools such as a crowbar, an ax, a nail puller.
When choosing the second dismantling method, get ready for more time-consuming and painstaking work. The main task of the accurate method is to preserve the holistic original appearance of not only the door leaf, but also the box. In this case, you can not do without a screwdriver, pliers, chisels - the most commonly used set of tools at the stage of the upcoming work.
Subtleties of the process
"Break - do not build" - this is the motto that guides most of the craftsmen who dismantle doors. In fact, you also need to break it correctly. Professional removal of interior doors involves carrying out a procedure so that, as a result, the removed doors and the frame, as well as the surfaces adjacent to it, are not critically damaged.
Performing such a procedure is not as easy as it might seem, especially if glass or plastic was used as the production material for the doors.
Working with such material, you must be extremely careful, because despite its strengthcharacteristics, modern materials used to produce doors can be damaged. Even a small scratch will be noticeable on a matte plastic sheet or a transparent glass structure, and this is just the tip of the iceberg. If carelessly handled, the door may even crack, then you will have to buy a new one, and this, as you can see from the dynamics of market prices for door and window structures, is not cheap.
Stages of work
When dismantling the doors, be sure to follow the order of work:
- Remove the door leaf from the hinges. There should be no problems with detachable and cardboard hinges, and when working with universal ones, you will have to first unscrew the screws.
- Remove the decorative plugs from the trim screws, "press" the latter until the fastening nails appear and the trim is removed.
- Remove the box, then remove the fasteners from the structure. Dismantling the door frame is laborious, therefore it requires some skill in carrying out actions. If the procedure is done illiterately, the dismantling of interior doors may lead to a curvature of the doorway, which will later have to be leveled, and this is fraught with additional material costs and prolongation of the period during which the repair is carried out.
It is interesting that the scheme for dismantling the front door, interior or balcony, does not differ significantly. Features of the procedure depend on the type of material from which the door leaf is made. Where force can be applied when working with chipboard or MDF, with glass or plasticyou won't work to your full potential. Care must be taken here.
Dismantling the doors in the house
Starting each of the processes, it is necessary to follow the steps of removing the doors, the accuracy of the work. It is important not to rush when removing old doors. Be aware that removing them is still easier than installing them, but it still requires precision.
In general, dismantling is not difficult, you can do it yourself. Such a move will require more labor, but will save material resources. Or entrust the work to professional builders who will be able to cope with the task without any problems.
Use the provided recommendations - and then you will be able to dismantle the doors without much loss.
