To diversify the interior of your home, you can make repairs or install interesting double doors. They fit perfectly where regular doors won't fit. At the same time, they look good in residential buildings, industrial and warehouse premises, shops, shopping centers. These designs have gained popularity due to their functional features.
Advantages of double leaf doors
These doors are best installed in spacious rooms, because they need a place to open the doors. They will also "eat" part of the wall, which will interfere with the installation of furniture. But still, double doors are valued for their advantages:
- The opportunity to embellish the interior. Similar designs are often chosen when decorating rooms in the Rococo, Baroque, and Empire styles.
- Variety of sizes. This allows you to mount doors in almost any opening.
- Different ways of opening. There is an opportunity to save space and adjust the doors to different openings.
- Variety of materials and decorative elements. Doors are made of wood, metal, plastic,glass, etc. As for decor, they are often complemented with stained-glass windows, glass, mirrors, etc.
Door material
The most popular material today is wood. It makes beautiful and durable double-leaf interior doors. They are environmentally friendly, durable and fit perfectly into any interior. These structures can be made from solid wood, glued solid wood, MDF, fiberboard and chipboard.
Solid wood doors are expensive, and if improperly processed, they accumulate moisture. You should not choose tinted products, as various defects can be hidden behind tinting.
Glued board doors look good, although they are assembled from single elements. They are not very highly valued, have high strength, good moisture resistance. Such designs are cheaper than solid ones and look no worse than them.
MDF in appearance is no different from an ordinary wooden product. In these fibreboards, the fibers are glued together with lignin, which has better characteristics than glue. They are low cost, light weight, resistant to moisture. Among the shortcomings are fragility, a tendency to chipping and cracking.
Fibreboard and chipboard doors are in high demand because they are made from cheap by-products. These are inexpensive, resistant to microorganisms products. They have not very good performance in terms of strength, moisture resistance and environmental friendliness. Difficulties with installation may also arise: screws do not hold well incanvas, holes are poorly drilled. If you cover the product with veneer, then at a low cost you get a good option with good characteristics.
Metal structures are quite affordable, but it is not entirely reasonable to use them indoors. Of these, double-leaf entrance doors are most often made, which will protect against drafts, noise and intruders. At the same time, they open and close easily with little effort. Such products are more reliable, stronger and more durable than conventional counterparts. Long service life is due to the fact that two blades weigh less and evenly distribute the load.
Aluminum doors are suitable for pharmacies, shops, various salons and other public places. Very often they are supplemented with glass. They have many advantages: strength, lightness, durability, moisture resistance, resistance to temperature extremes. The only drawback is the film coating, which is easily damaged and difficult to change.
Plastic doors are not as harmful as many people think. But you can choose any color that will retain its original appearance for a long time. Plastic indoors has nothing to be afraid of: neither temperature changes, nor mechanical damage. Due to the cellular structure, the material has good heat and sound insulation.
Size and shape
Usually doors have either both opening doors or one fixed door. In the first option, both canvases have the same size, and in the second, the fixed element can be larger or smaller. When choosing, it is importanttake into account the principle of opening: in one or both directions.
Designs have a standard height of 2 m (in some cases it can be 1.9 m). But the width of the canvases varies and is made to order. Most often it is 600, 700, 800 and 900 mm. If the dimensions of the double-leaf doors do not allow them to fit into the opening, then you should think about narrowing it.
As for the shape of the doors, rectangular models are in great demand. Fans of an unusual interior will like arched designs.
Opening Methods
Depending on the method of opening, the structures are divided into folding, sliding, rotating and swinging. Interior double doors of any of these types will perfectly fit into the interior of any room.
Swing designs. They are suitable for almost any room, and the doors can open both in one direction and in both directions. Depending on the position of the hinges, the doors are divided into “right” and “left” (the hinges are located on the right and left, respectively). Their main disadvantage is that they need a lot of space to open.
Folding doors. They are used in small-sized rooms in which swing products do not fit. Guides are installed in the opening, along which individual sections of the structure move.
Sliding doors. Their way of opening is very similar to the doors in wardrobes. At the same time, they are moved either parallel to the wall, or pushed into it. It is possible to install variousoptions: with one, two doors or an accordion.
Revolving double doors. This type has found application in public buildings or in apartments with spacious rooms.
Design
No matter what is being arranged - a private house, apartment or office space, all doors should match the style of the environment. Designers believe that doors complemented by decorative elements look very elegant. Stained glass, mirror and glass compositions can add sophistication. To get original designs, it is worth embedding an unusually shaped window (one or more) in the canvas.
Emphasize the interior will help models, the color and texture of which will match the surrounding objects. Properly selected colors of the canvas will create a harmonious spatial atmosphere. For example, you can choose doors to match the furniture. To enhance the stylization of the room will help various combinations of color shades. For example, warm tones with ginger accents and woody textures fit well with country style.
Dark double doors will make the interior more strict. But light designs will tell you that we have a classic style. Products of rich colors are used in high-tech rooms.
Installation work
Before you install the doors, you need to prepare the opening. To begin with, the old canvases are removed from the hinges and the box is removed. Then the opening is cleaned of the remnants of mounting foam, sealants, plaster and wallpaper. If you need a wideropening, then they take a grinder and remove part of the wall. To reduce, masonry is made of bricks or gas silicate blocks (placed on glue or plaster). As a result, there should be a gap of 5-10 mm between the opening and the box.
After that, the following operations are performed:
- determine the opening side;
- saw off the bottom of the posts to fit them to the height of the opening;
- fix the position with wooden wedges;
- align horizontally and vertically with a building level;
- attach the box with bolts and other fasteners;
- install longitudinal and transverse wooden spacers;
- fill the space between the box and the opening with mounting foam (wait for it to dry completely);
- hang one of the paintings, check the ease of opening and closing;
- do the same with the second canvas;
- Check the operation of both doors.
Beautiful double doors create a feeling of prosperity, reliability and success. That is why they are so often found in unusual private cottages, large public and office buildings.
