The door is an indispensable part of every home. It is designed not only to protect against intruders, but also to reduce the penetration of noise from the street.
Doors for residents of apartment buildings can be not only a security guard, but, on the contrary, a real enemy. It is precisely because of improper installation, installations with the wrong side of opening that the chances of playing an important role in moments on which the future life of people may depend.
When installing, the owners also often ask the question of which direction the interior door should open. To answer it, one must take into account both convenience and fire safety requirements.
In terms of convenience
Often people install interior doors so that they open into the room. They do this to facilitate the introduction of equipment or furniture into the room.
In the case of children's rooms, the doors are specially installed so that they also open inwards. If the child closes in the room, it will be much easier for thembreak.
How fire safety doors should open
Documents such as GOST and SNiP contain fire safety standards. With their help, you can determine which structure needs to be installed in the room, in which direction the interior door should open. There is also other information regarding installation.
According to these regulations, all doors in the room must be installed so that the simultaneous opening does not block each of them. Entrance canvases open strictly outward in order to make it easier to remove all residents or guests of the apartment from the premises during evacuation.
When drawing up a plan, it is necessary to take into account the scale of the entrance doors (not less than 800 mm). When opening them, no obstacles should appear. If this is not feasible, only then can an inward-opening installation be considered.
The door installed in the bathroom should open outward. These are safety requirements. If a person loses consciousness, then his body will not interfere with the opening. For the same reason, kitchen doors open outward. This is due to the fact that the kitchen is a place of increased danger in the apartment.
Fire safety regulations are not rigid. From the very beginning, it is necessary to exclude all options when the doors interfere with each other, for example, collide or block the passage. This will not only prevent you from quickly leaving the premises during an evacuation, but can also create dailyinconvenience.
Choice
When choosing a door, it is important to pay attention to the country where it was produced. For example, if it is made in Russia, then it is called left-handed when the door opens towards itself with the left hand, and the door handle is fixed on the right side. If it can be opened towards you with your right hand, and the handle is located on the left side, then it will be called right-handed.
In many European countries, the right and left doors can be distinguished from each other by the position of the hand. What does this mean? If the design opens with the right hand to the right side, then it is right.
How to choose loops?
Most countries use universal loops, but it is in Russia and Switzerland that they are most often divided into left and right. Such hinges are more convenient due to the fact that, if desired, they can be removed and swapped or replaced with doors.
To find the right ones, just stand in front of the canvas. If it is opened with the right hand towards the person, then the right loops will be needed, if the left hand is the opposite.
Particular attention here should be paid to the manufacturer. For example, hinges made in countries such as Italy, Spain or Israel are defined differently. If the left hand will open the right door, right hinges are needed, and if with the right hand, then left hinges will be needed for such a door.
Opening side affects design
Considering which way should openinterior door, in no case should you first buy the last one, and only then choose the side of its installation. It is not right. First you need to choose the side and the appropriate design. To understand how the door should stand, it is recommended to install a frame.
The castle will play its role here. Because for him it is necessary to choose the installation side, which will depend only on the opening side of this door.
The following factors play a major role in determining the design:
- opening specifics;
- kind of door lock;
- security measures.
Usually, doors are mounted on 3 hinges, equally spaced from each other. The interval is calculated from the bottom and top edges and is 250 mm.
Fastening on 3 loops, in turn, will guarantee the most rigid grip of the box in the opening without disturbing the appearance of the surface. But let's allow the door leaf to be mounted on 2 hinges, provided that each of them, according to its technical indicators, can withstand a mass of at least 80 kg.
Scale
When installing an interior door, it is important to correctly determine the scale of the doorway. You also need to know the standards and characteristics of various types of structures.
Today, you can buy products from both domestic and foreign manufacturers on the market. Do not forget that their GOSTs may differ.
The parameters of the door leaf are calculatedwhen measuring the opening. The size of interior sheets established by GOST:
- kitchen - 70 cm x 200 cm x 7 cm;
- bathroom, bathroom - 60 cm x 190/200 cm x 7 cm;
- room - 80 cm x 200 cm x 7 cm;
- double door (2 sheets) - 120 cm x 200 cm x 7 cm.
If any repair work related to the doorway was previously carried out, for example, the walls were leveled, then the depth may not correspond to the dimensions established by GOST.
The market offers a huge selection of canvases and components from Russian and foreign manufacturers. As a rule, the height of the product is 200 cm, the width of the interior door is 60-80 cm. And the thickness of the box can be from 15 mm to 45 mm. Given the scale of the doorway, it will be possible to choose the right option the first time.
Conclusion
According to statistics, the majority of deaths in a fire in apartment buildings are due to the inability to get out of the building. Experts say that after analyzing all similar situations, one can draw a definite conclusion.
Lethal outcomes provoke mainly violations of the rules for installing interior doors, or rather the wrong choice of the wrong side. Subsequently, this leads to the blockage of the passage and the death of people.
This question is particularly acute regarding children's rooms. In a dangerous situation, people will act subconsciously. Because of this, when choosing the door opening side, it is necessary to consider all possible options and choose the one that will first of all make it possibleprotect the lives of all residents of an apartment or a private house.
If there are any doubts, it is recommended to contact a specialist who will not only advise, but also recommend the best option for which direction the interior door should open.
