Every modern house and apartment has a bathroom. And for its functional use, a door is required without fail. The installation is practically no different from the installation of a conventional interior. The main thing is to choose the right one.
What to consider?
When making repairs in the apartment, each owner wonders which door to choose. The bathroom is characterized by high humidity, so first of all, you need to consider the following points:
- The volume of the room and its layout.
- How often the bathroom is used.
- How the ventilation system works reliably.
For a small room, the door to the bathroom should be chosen from high-quality and durable material. For a large and spacious room in which water sources are at a sufficient distance, you can mount any door.
Varieties of doors
Bathroom doors can be divided into several types:
- Models that are attached to the box with hinges. Turning onthem, they can open in any direction. Such structures are called swing structures. They are also divided into right- and left-sided.
- In small apartments, a sliding door to the bathroom is popular. This largely saves free space and does not interfere with the passage near it.
- All-over designs with durable glass inserts.
Materials for making
Today, the market offers a huge number of options for doors made of various materials. Therefore, each owner can choose the right model for himself:
- The glass door to the bathroom is made from environmentally friendly raw materials, is not afraid of moisture, does not deform, so it will serve as an ideal option for this room. Glass structures have good sound insulation, perfectly retain heat in the room. They are easy to care for, as they can be washed with any detergent that does not contain abrasive inclusions. But the glass door to the bathroom has a drawback. This is fragility. It can break under mechanical stress. Now on sale there are various types of these designs: transparent, mirror, matte and others. Therefore, you can choose any door you like.
- Bathroom doors made of laminated chipboard or MDF can be a good option, provided that water does not get on them and there is good ventilation in the room. Laminated structures are characterized by an affordable price, moreover, they have good operationalquality. A sliding door to the bathroom can be made from this material. It will save the surrounding space and, with proper care, will last for quite a long time.
- Doors to the bathroom can be selected from plastic. These designs differ from others in light weight, while possessing sufficient strength. And in terms of price category, they are more affordable for the buyer. This material is not afraid of contact with water, retains heat well in the room, is not afraid of temperature changes, and is easy to clean. Plastic is a kind of material that can be given any shape and color, imitating other materials.
- The wooden structure fits perfectly into any interior of the apartment, it is an environmentally friendly material. However, it is necessary to install such a door in the bathroom, provided that the room is large and spacious, equipped with good ventilation, the risk of water entering the wooden surface is minimal. Good advice from experts: it is recommended that such structures be treated with special protective impregnations against moisture penetration and varnished.
Installation recommendations
Installing a bathroom door requires following some rules: a compact design in the form of a compartment allows you to save space if there are doors to other rooms nearby. It is desirable to choose a design with ventilation holes, which are usually located at the bottom. If they are not provided, then a small gap should be left between the floor and the door or in its upper part.
Special attention should be paid to fittings. It is advisable to choose a canvas with an anti-corrosion coating, which, in turn, must be durable and reliable and, of course, fit the overall design of the apartment.
Preparatory work
Before you start installing the bathroom door, you need to prepare the opening. To do this, you need to remove the old openings, clean them of litter and dust. But usually new doors are installed without dismantling the box. The doorway must necessarily have good waterproofing, since the service life of the structure will largely depend on this. To do this, use a special waterproofing self-adhesive tape.
Installation
The easiest option would be to purchase a door along with an opening. Then the installation will take much less time. When choosing a design, be sure to consider the size of the door to the bathroom. To do this, you will need to measure the height and width of the opening.
The box is assembled on a flat surface. After it is ready, proceed to installation in the prepared doorway. Then it is recommended to wedge the structure and check the level so that there are no distortions in the installation. After that, you need to fix it with screws or anchors, foam the space between the wall and the box. Then put the spacers and once again check the correct vertical position. In this state, the opening should remain until it is completely set with mounting foam.
Fixing fittings
Whenthe strength of the installation of the doorway is beyond doubt, you can start cutting the loot. Hinges are first installed on the door leaf, then a latch, and only the handles are screwed last. The finished door is hung on hinges. Then trims are attached.
Sliding door installation
The sliding structure, compared to the ordinary one, takes up much less space, but for its installation it will be necessary to make additional devices so that it can roll freely to the side.
Such doors look better than swing doors. The package with the canvas itself includes rollers, guide profiles, fittings, fasteners and platbands.
Getting Started
Installation of a sliding door begins with fixing the box. After that, all the cracks are closed with platbands. Marking is done for the upper guides. With the help of the level, the correctness of their location is checked. The height of the roller mechanism is set; to perform this manipulation, you need to use the canvas. The structures are attached to the wall with dowels. When everything is fully prepared, you need to install the canvas, which should occupy a strictly vertical position.
When installing, it should be taken into account that during the movement on the rollers the element does not touch the surface of the wall. Accordion doors are mounted in the same way, because the main mechanisms and fittings they have are of a similar design.
Final information
Which doors to put inbathroom, each owner of the apartment should decide independently. Currently, among a large number of different designs available on the construction market, choosing the right model is not difficult at all. But you should always remember that the bathroom door will be constantly exposed to moisture and fumes. But if the room is provided with good ventilation, then there can be no restrictions on the choice of a door suitable for the interior.
Basically, buyers are guided by the size of the doorway. If the vending model is larger, then the owner will have to make some efforts to expand it. There is another alternative option - to order any kind of construction in a workshop that specializes in performing such services. In addition, specialists can carry out the installation of the door to the bathroom, if the owner has problems with the independent performance of such work.
