The appearance of the whole house depends on the quality of the front door. However, it is not enough just to install it, because you still need to draw up an opening. Making high-quality and stylish slopes is a simple task, for which you can use various facing materials. The rest of the article will tell you how to finish the doorway of the front door.
Slope function
Finishing the opening is an important stage of repair work. It is necessary to close the slopes in the case when a new door has been installed. If you ignore this requirement, as a result, the whole view of the room will be spoiled. Therefore, after installing the door, you need to think about how best to ennoble the opening. However, there are other reasons to perform these repairs:
- Prevent gradual shedding of dust as the concrete will eventually be covered with finishing material.
- Give a decorative look to the doorway.
- Eliminate cold air currents (drafts) that contribute to heat loss indoors.
Masters advise before finishing the doorprotect the opening, entrance doors with plastic wrap or a regular rag. This must be done, since the plaster, which must first be covered with large gaps, can accidentally stain the canvas. In addition, defective places are sometimes filled with mounting foam, on top of which a sand-cement mortar or gypsum mixture is applied.
Stucco slopes: general information
This is a classic and cheap way to decorate a doorway. Such a slope will not deteriorate due to sudden changes in temperature, high humidity and extreme cold. All cracks and voids, as a rule, are filled with plaster mortar. Upon completion of the main work, such a slope can be decorated. To do this, use paint, wallpaper, artificial brick, various panels and a reflective film that is attached to a flat surface.
However, this method has one significant drawback: it is a laborious and dirty way to finish the doorway of the front door. A beginner will also cope with this work, but first you need to buy painting beacons and corners, plaster mixtures and construction tools. In addition, it is recommended to pre-insulate the door slope (for example, with mineral wool), since this type of finish will not provide the room with high thermal insulation properties.
Plastering a doorway: step by step instructions
It is desirable to carry out these works during the repair of the whole house, when the final finishing has not yet been completed. Before you finish the door with your own handsopening plaster, you need to prepare the following tools:
- spatula;
- building level;
- trowel;
- painting tape;
- fiberglass mesh;
- lighthouses (flat wooden slats or metal profiles);
- fine sandpaper or abrasive mesh;
- drill mixer.
From building materials you will need a plaster mix, finishing putty, acrylic primer, alabaster, and water-based paint is often used for decorative finishes. The plastering process consists of the following steps:
- Clean the surface and remove the old coating.
- Ground the prepared slope.
- Wait approximately 5 hours for surface to dry.
- Fix the guide beacons on the alabaster.
- Before finishing the doorway of the entrance wooden or metal door with plaster, the box and the walls around the slope must be pasted over with masking tape, and the canvas covered with foil.
- Fix the fiberglass mesh onto the prepared surface.
- Make a mortar.
- Plaster the gaps between the beacons and the walls with a spatula.
- Fix cracks, if any.
- Wait until the solution hardens.
- Smooth the surface with putty.
- Clean the resulting slope with fine-grained sandpaper or abrasive mesh.
As a result, the surface is decorated with any facing material. Usually, facade paint is used for these purposes.
Slopes from MDF-panels
Covering a doorway with this material is a simple task. Such panels are cheap, but at the same time they look good and have high technical qualities. In addition, MDF panels normally tolerate moisture and do not deteriorate due to sudden changes in temperature. However, the material has one drawback: it is flammable, so it is mounted only on the frame.
To make slopes from MDF panels, you need to prepare the following materials and tools:
- wooden bars, each should be about 30mm wide;
- platbands;
- decorative rails and mounting brackets;
- guides;
- self-tapping screws;
- dowels or anchor bolts;
- liquid nails and mounting foam;
- chisel;
- stationery knife;
- tape measure or laser level;
- hammer drill and concrete drill;
- screwdriver.
Before finishing the doorway of the front door with MDF panels, you need to study the following rules:
- Material should be fixed 15-20mm below the level of the box.
- The distance between the inner slopes must be less than the distance between the outer slopes.
Installing MDF panels on door slopes
It is necessary to line the opening with this material in the following sequence:
- Clean the surface and seal large gaps with mounting foam.
- Drill holes for fasteners along the perimeter of the slope with a puncher.
- Set guides(slats are recommended to be treated with an antiseptic).
- Take measurements.
- Fit panels to desired dimensions.
- Cut out details.
- Fix the first prepared MDF panel with self-tapping screws to the rails.
- In the same way, install the part on the next section. Repeat these steps until the entire doorway is closed. The main thing is that gaps do not form in the process.
- Fix decorative corners on the outer corners with liquid nails. As a result, the heads of the screws and irregularities will be hidden.
- Paste over the inner corners with slats.
- Install trim.
The essence of the described installation work is simple: first, a frame is built, and then MDF panels of the desired size are attached to it.
Laminate slopes: benefits and installation
The advantages of doorways sheathed with this material are as follows:
- high strength:
- wear resistant;
- service life is 10-15 years;
- exquisite design;
- Protection of the room from drafts;
- easy surface cleaning from dust;
- the ability to fix various decorative ornaments on the slopes with glue or screws.
The craftsmen came up with the best method, which is recommended to use if you need to finish the doorway of the front door with a laminate. To do this, you need to follow these simple steps:
- Carefully measure the slope.
- Prepare strips of the required size according to the obtained indicators. You should know:it is better to cut the laminate with a hacksaw or a jigsaw.
- Fasten the resulting parts from the back with thin aluminum strips.
- Fix vertical slats to the walls.
- Screw the finished panels on the inside to the resulting structure.
If it is necessary to veneer a plastered opening, the laminate in this case can be fixed on a flat surface with liquid nails.
Slopes made of plastic panels
This is a cheap finishing material that is easy to install. The indisputable advantage of plastic panels is their color and texture variety. A good option for finishing a doorway is a material with imitation wood texture.
Before you finish the doorway of the front door with panels, you need to organize a wooden or metal crate. However, on a flat surface, the material can simply be attached with special glue. But plastic panels have one significant drawback: they are easily deformed if accidentally damaged.
Plasterboard slopes: installation
A doorway lined with this material will look spectacular. With proper installation, such a slope will last for several decades, and its advantage is that the free space between the wall and the material can be filled with insulation (for example, foam). There is a good way to finish a doorway with doors that will be subsequently varnished. To veneer the slope with plasterboardsheets (GKL), you must complete the following steps:
- Remove dust, dirt and excess foam from the surface.
- Drill holes along the perimeter of the opening at a distance of 20 cm.
- Measure the height and width of the slope with a tape measure.
- Cut out guides.
- Measure the opening and, according to the data obtained, prepare the necessary pieces from moisture-resistant drywall.
- Apply glue to the received parts of the GKL.
- Get each individual sheet into guides.
- Check with the building level the slope for the horizontal and vertical.
- Wait 6 hours for the glue to dry (remove excess with a damp cloth).
- Putty the resulting slope.
- Apply a coat of lacquer to a wooden door to update its look.
The final step is decorating the doorway with paint, tiles, wallpaper or artificial stone.
Slopes from wooden lining
This expensive material is made from natural wood. Slopes lined with clapboard will look beautiful, however, this method also has its own characteristics. You need to attach the material to the crate, and to organize this design you will need a lot of space. You should know: trimming a small doorway with this material is a bad idea.
Another advantage of lining is that it can finish the doorway and the front door without buying additional parts, since this sheathing board is sometimes attached to the walls with dowels, and on the canvas (if you need to "refresh" its appearance) - with self-tapping screws. In addition, the material is recommended firsttreat with special antiseptic compounds, flame retardants and other protective solutions.
Slopes of stone
This finishing material is artificial and natural. The first option is cheaper than the second. Nevertheless, stone in any form has a high price when compared with other materials for finishing a doorway. It is used both for cladding internal slopes and external ones. To independently finish the opening with a stone, you must perform the following sequential operations:
- Create a template this way: lay out the material on any surface.
- Sand and trim individual pieces.
- Clean the doorway from dirt, debris, dust, grease stains.
- Irregularities cover with plaster.
- Putty the surface.
- Treat the slope with an antifungal primer.
- Fix the stone with liquid nails, glue or plaster mortar.
- Fill gaps with sealant.
If you have all the necessary materials and tools, you can quickly finish the doorway. In the photo, the slopes lined with decorative stone look just great (the picture is shown below).
Conclusion
The article discussed in detail the popular materials for facing slopes. However, there are still good options that allow you to trim the doorway of the front door. So, you can apply decorative plaster, sandwich panels, clinker tiles, mosaics, gypsum moldings or polyurethane linings. Everyone will choose the finishing method they like.
The cheapest is to use ordinary plaster, but this method is now rarely used. However, a smooth surface can be decorated with different materials: paint, wallpaper or panels.
