Each of us knows what summer heat is and how difficult it is to experience a lack of oxygen in the room. It is simply unbearable, and also harmful to health. In addition, in the summer, flies, mosquitoes and other insects are bought to us, which, at the first opportunity, penetrate the room to break the sleep and bite the owners.
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To get rid of these unpleasant moments, there are mosquito nets that are installed on windows and doors. Mosquito doors have recently been in demand, not only in city apartments, but also in private houses.
It is not difficult to install such a mosquito door on the balcony or in the doorway, the main thing is to determine the door of the door.
What are the varieties of mosquito doors
Doors with a thin mesh that protects people from insects, there are two types:
- Swearing.
- Sliding.
The first can be installed on any doorway. The main thing is to decide where exactly the protection should be: on the balcony or at the entrance. Due to the fact that the balcony door has a smaller size than the input, manufacturers make mosquito doors made of plastic.
For the front door, it is better to use stronger material - an aluminum or metal profile. This rule should be strictly observed if the room has a double door.
In this case, both on the balcony and on the front door an additional structure with a mosquito net is installed in the opposite direction of opening the main door. It turns out that the door protecting from insects will open inward if the main door opens out, and vice versa. The pen is placed from the opening side. If you see the design of a mosquito door in which there are ordinary loops (without a closer), then in this case there should be a small handle on the opposite side, which allows you to cover the door.
The sliding models of the mosquito door are made directly under the very door from the same profile, but instead of glass, a mosquito net is installed.
Features of structures
It is especially important to install swing mosquito doors on the balcony and loggia if they are not glazed. It is not necessary to carry out the installation of such structures only on plastic doors, you can on any, since the door is a separate element with hinges, latches and a handle.
The door profile can be both standard white or brown. If you choose a color profile, then in this case the cost of a mosquito door will be slightly higher.
The price of a mosquito door will also depend on the type of protective coating. If you have chosen a mesh processed by impregnation against scratches of pets (Antikoshka) or with a smaller cell with dust protection, then in this case the price of the door will be more expensive.
Installation of a mosquito door will cost from 400 to 500 rubles, but if you have the necessary tools, then if you wish, you can put it yourself.
The design of the sliding doors is a mobile element that is installed on the guides. The door to the rollers moves in a given direction.
The sliding door is made of the same material as the profile. The price will vary depending on the choice of a mosquito grid, but in any case it will be much higher than the hinged door.
How to choose a mosquito net
In stores you can see a different grid that will differ in the color and size of the cell. In order for the door to harmonize with the overall interior of the room, choose a transparent or white grid.
If you are afraid that over time, spots will be visible on the light canvas (especially this is relevant in the village), then buy a grid of green or blue.
When buying a canvas, take material with a margin. This will save you if you miscalculated a bit and made an approximate calculation. Add five or ten centimeters to your measurements.
Now on sale you can see a grid with different sizes of cells. Naturally, take the canvas with the smallest hole so that the insects cannot penetrate the room.
In stores you can also find a special mosquito net, its price will be slightly higher than that of a regular one. It depends on what composition it is saturated: with protection against claws of pets, repulsing dust or with anti -allergenic coating.
How to make a mosquito door
If desired, you can make mosquito doors with your own hands. You can purchase everything you need at any construction store.
What materials are needed:
- mosquito canvas of the desired size;
- wooden beam (four pieces, size thirty for forty millimeters);
- loops for doors (choose the right direction - left or right);
- wood self-tapping screws (thirty-second pieces);
- door handle;
- self -cuts in size sixty millimeters (twenty pieces);
- hook and ear;
- stapler for fastening the grid and brackets (size eight millimeters);
- nails with a length of two centimeters (fifty pieces);
- lubricant or machine oil;
- cord for attaching a mosquito canvas.
Tools:
- roulette;
- hammer;
- corner;
- screwdriver or screwdriver;
- hacksaw;
- pencil or marker.
Attention! If you want to install a mosquito door in the old house, then study the doorway - it can have a non -standard shape. Therefore, using a construction meter, measure the width of the opening from all sides.
Before starting work, take the sheet and make a drawing door, write down the door leaf size. Such preparation will help you not make a mistake in the future.
How to make measurements
Before starting the assembly of a wooden frame, it is necessary to make accurate measurements. The standard width of the profile of a wooden frame is twenty -five millimeters. It turns out that when the sash is open, the profile will not be visible, so you need to add another fifty millimeters to the opening to the width and height. Make sure that on the side (from the side of the wall of the house) there is a distance for installing fasteners. From above you should have forty -five millimeters, and below - forty.
If you see that at the top of the frame “leaves” in a quarter (features of the old windows in the “Stalinks”), in which case the mounts are installed on the sides.
How to make a wooden frame
- Cock the wooden beam into four parts with a hacksaw. For the upper strips, you need to subtract six millimeters on each side. If this is not done, then the door will be difficult to open.
- Prepare vertical strips. On each side, remove three millimeters from below and from above so that the strips are cooked with the transverse ones.
- Take a self -tapping screw and dip it in machine oil. He should easily enter a tree. If you want, you can drill holes in advance using a drill (the size of the drill is two millimeters),
- Now you can assemble a wooden frame so that the self -tapping screw “hit” the doorway.
- Using a building corner, check that all four corners are equal to ninety degrees.
- Now you can insert the frame into the doorway and fix the wooden chips in the corners to make sure that it is done correctly.
- An important point after fitting is the installation of loops. Due to the fact that the thickness of the beam in our case is only eighteen centimeters-it will not work to attach loops with self-tapping screws. The beam may split. Therefore, you need to gently drill holes using thin and long screws.
- If desired, you can paint the frame with paint, open with varnish or simply polish the surface.
How to attach a grid
Remove the frame from the loops and put on the floor or on the table. Take a mosquito canvas and put it on the frame. Make allowances of three centimeters on each side. Then it is easy to remove excess grid with scissors.
The resulting sticking edges, bent the inside of the frame and fasten them with a stapler with a frame. Fix the grid at the same distance. Make sure that the canvas lay evenly, and distortions are not formed.
Now the finished mosquito door can be put to the doorway and screwed with hinges at a pre -planned pencil mark.
Do not forget to fasten your ear and hook from the inside so that no one can open the door outside in the dark.
Now it remains to check the mosquito door in action.
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