In every house you have to install doors (entrance or interior). In order for them to serve for many years without repair, to open well, you need to make the correct measurement of the doors before installation. Such measurements can be done independently.
How to properly measure doors: step by step instructions
You can measure the doors yourself. Measured in three places (A, B, C) the width and height of the opening. If there is any doubt about the correctness, you can use the services of a specialist to work on measuring the front or interior door. Measurers work in every store selling doors and fittings. In apartment buildings, the measurer arrives at the specified address and takes all measurements in 30 minutes. He can advise the model of the door, the manufacturer according to the individual demand of the customer.
Preparatory work
If wooden doors were installed in your house before, the replacement begins with the dismantling of the old ones. The door leaf with the bows is completely removed and the opening is cleaned. In private houses, there is a discrepancy between the upper andlower dimensions, low height, large wall thickness. The clearance at the top and bottom of the opening is measured and the discrepancy is cleaned to the desired size. The lumen is completely cleared of plaster. The lower edge of the threshold is also cleaned and leveled. It must be perfectly flat: the service life of the door block depends on this.
For an order for manufacturing, you need to measure the doors:
- height;
- width;
- wall thickness.
The height is measured in the center using a plumb line for strict perpendicularity of the measuring tape (10-15 centimeters from the corners of the opening). In this case, the smallest indicator will be provided for the production of the door. We also measure the width in three four verticals using a level: the smallest number will be correct. Wall thickness appears to be the highest measurement.
Interior doors
To install doors between rooms, three types of manufacturing material are on sale:
- Fibreboard;
- MDF;
- natural material.
The largest choice is the interior doors made of fiberboard. They are quite light, cheap, do not provide installation difficulties. Doors made of such material are not recommended to be installed in the openings of the kitchen, bath due to the instability of the leaf material to high humidity. Also, they are not marked by the strength of the coating.
MDF material is more durable, does not absorb moisture, has sound insulation quality. Doesn't differ bigcost from fiberboard doors. The coating makes it resistant to dirt.
Natural material is the most reliable and durable. The cost of eco-doors depends on the quality indicators of the material, as well as on the manufacturer. Cloths from precious woods are made and installed in orders of the author's design. They are more expensive, but the service life matches the price.
The installation itself is carried out in stages. All gaps into which the block is to be inserted must be thoroughly cleaned of construction debris. Along with the canvas, it is important to put a new boat.
Dimensions of openings between rooms:
For the door frame in each room, the measurement of openings is taken separately. In addition to three measurements of height and three measurements of width, an exact measurement of the wall thickness is required. After installation of the block without correct measurement of the wall thickness, it is impossible to correctly install the architraves. Standard doors are sold with a frame and architraves. That's why it's so important to take the right measurements.
In terms of sizes, it is indicated (measure these sizes in turn):
- door leaf height and width;
- height, width, and wall thickness (for a box);
- platband width;
- threshold height (if necessary).
To make sure that the standard model is suitable for installation, you need to add the thickness of the frame to the size of the door leaf, the allowance for the mounting filler (up to 2 centimeters) and, if necessary, the height of the threshold. If the dimensions matchissued standards, half of the problems are solved. If there is any doubt about the correctness of the measurement, you can use the services of professional measurers working in each salon to order and purchase doors.
Important! In a private house, there is always shrinkage of the building. An additional 5 centimeters are added to the width of the mounting openings on the top side of the box.
Entrance, iron doors. Correct measurement in a private house
Properly installed entrance doors are protection from outside penetration. To do this, you need to make the right measurement. The unit must be properly installed and reliable in operation. Additional locks after installation should work flawlessly.
After dismantling the old entrance, the correct measurement of the front door, clearance for installation work is carried out. The gap between the wall and the box should be from 1 to 4 centimeters. Such a gap is needed not only for ease of installation. If the doors go out to the sunny side in summer, the metal will heat up and expand, which will lead to deformation. In winter, under the influence of cold, the iron door shrinks, which should also be taken into account.
When installing a wooden boat, the clearance also matters. A large mounting clearance after installing the doors will be vulnerable to temperature changes. The ability to thermal insulation and stability will also be impaired. Large gaps require filling with building materials, and insufficient gaps are expanded.
Entrance doors for high-rise buildings
In apartment buildingshouses, all doorways have a GOST standard. To choose a model in the salon, you need to measure the door and familiarize yourself with the proposed options.
There are several reasons to look at standards:
- The store provides an endless selection of options and models of doors.
- Doors to order with individual sizes in a good woodworking workshop will be produced with great pleasure, but the payment for work and installation will be many times more expensive.
- When installing according to non-standard measurements, you additionally need to purchase platbands, accessories, fastening tapes.
Subtleties of taking measurements and installing entrance doors
It is worth considering the material from which the house is built. Block houses are not subject to shrinkage of the building. Therefore, correct measurement will provide the possibility of long-term operation of the door unit. When installing a standard door, mounting clearances in width and height should be 1.5 centimeters.
In private houses there is always shrinkage of the building, especially in older buildings. When replacing an input box in an old house, up to 5 centimeters of upper mounting clearance is required. It is blown with three layers of foam and closed with a moisture-resistant tape. Shrinkage of the house occurs gradually over a decade. With the correct measurement of the door block and high-quality installation, the deformation of the boat will not occur.
