The door frame is a part of the door block, which serves as the basis for installing the door leaf. I wonder why the door frame bears such a name? Everyone knows what a telescope is, and the question arises: how can this be connected with a door?
It's actually unrelated, and you'll soon find out. In fact, this is an ordinary opening, but at the same time a little improved. What mechanism is added, and why put just this type of door frame at all - read on. Mounting features, which include assembly and installation of the structure, deserve special attention.
What is this?
The telescopic door frame is a set of strips fixed in a special way to move along the grooves that come with the kit. As you understand, it has nothing to do with the telescope. Since the openings are often distorted and do not quite fit in size, especially in old houses, inserts and extensions are used in such cases. It looks ugly, especially when you can't hide it with architraves.
And to solve this kind of problems, telescopic door frames were invented. What is their advantage? The fact that their fastening is similar to laminate locks. It's secure and looks nice. No need to hammer nails, making the door untidy and spoiling the architraves.
The door frame with telescopic architraves is also called compensatory and expansion due to the easy adjustment of the width. Such platbands make it possible to install a “flush” structure even in an uneven doorway, which from the side hides the imperfections of the walls and the building as a whole. The extension allows you to expand the telescopic door frame up to 15 cm.
Assembly
The assembly and installation process is very simple. Even a non-professional can handle it, but the installation of telescopic door frames has its key points that are worth paying attention to.
First of all, you need to prepare inventory. It includes: a box with grooves for installation and adjustment, an additional strip with the corresponding grooves, platbands and, of course, the door leaf itself with fittings.
Assembly of the telescopic door frame includes several steps:
- It is necessary to dismantle the previous door with a box.
- Then, on a horizontal flat surface, place the bars to assemble the frame. Attach the resulting workpiece to the ends and cut down. A hacksaw is best for this.
- Perform consistent fastening of posts and porch.
- Assembledthe structure must be placed in the doorway and fixed.
Installation
The simplest model has one corner trim. For installation, you need to fit and assemble the entire structure, cut where necessary. The starting point of the installation will be the selected quarter on the back of the box and nothing else. The additional bar, if necessary, is adjusted and fixed with pieces of the rail, but in such a way that they are not visible. The base of the box is fixed in the opening with anchor bolts. All gaps are filled with mounting foam.
The final step will be the direct installation of the door leaf. This happens by putting on loops that must first be screwed in.
After installing and adjusting the telescopic door frame, the trims are leveled and neatly trimmed. The process of their installation is an insert into the appropriate grooves. This is a very good and secure mount. If you are worried, you can additionally fix it with liquid nails, but it is worth considering that after that the structure will be non-separable. So the choice must be made according to the situation.
Comparison
Below are the advantages compared to a regular box. There are not many of them, but they are very significant. Keep this in mind when choosing your apartment, private house or even office doors and fixtures.
Unlike a conventional door frame, telescopic has a number of advantages:
- One-piece design always looks better.
- Fordue to the full fit and the absence of gaps, bevels improves the appearance of the entire room.
- Very strong, reliable design, the locks firmly hold the architraves and the door in the grooves.
- Easy mounting and assembly process that just about anyone can do.
- Excellent disguise of the imperfections of the old house, especially relevant, because in the Khrushchev and Stalinist buildings there are no even walls.
Conclusions
The telescopic door frame is perfect for installation in any buildings, even old ones, in which there is not a single even wall, due to the alignment and expansion of the opening with special strips and grooves. The platbands look very holistic and fit snugly against the wall to avoid gaps in which dust can accumulate that you cannot reach, which will lead to an untidy look of the house and a bad opinion of the guests about the hostess. The name of the box does not carry any practical information, just a beautiful and memorable epithet.
