Most repairs in private homes and apartments are often associated with the replacement of interroom doors. They can be changed due to the aging and destruction of the canvas or to change the design of the premises. As a rule, the replacement of the door canvase is necessarily carried out with the door frame. Typically, experts are hired for this. However, the operation on the assembly and installation of the door frame is not too complicated and does not require special joinery skills. If there is a set of simple carpentry tools, such work can be made independently. About how to collect and install the door frame with your own hands - hereinafter.
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Door Box Assembly Schemes
The methods of assembling the door frame are only two:
- The pressure is made at an angle of 45 °. For this, the stublog is used. It will help to cut the rack of the box strictly at a given angle.
- The pressure is performed at an angle of 90 °. To do this, you will have to gently sprinkle part of the preliminary profile, which is installed on the bars of the box. Otherwise, it will be impossible to dock items. When carrying out this operation, it is necessary to follow accuracy, because errors in the propylene preliminary profile will not be hidden.
For assembling the box use galvanized fasteners (wood screws). Self-tapping screws in the course of operation can begin to rust, transmitting corrosion of wood.
Wooden boxes in most cases are connected using thickening connections. The most popular due to its simplicity is open through single spike. In one of the interconnected parts, the inner excavation is made, the spike is cut into another, which should be coincided with the recess. When they connect, the connection of the parts of the door frame occurs. There are many different thickening compounds, however, most of them are rather complex and require the use of professional equipment.
Door box sizes
The main criterion for which the size of the door frame is selected is the width of the door canvase. The canvas should be placed in it with minimal gaps that will provide the doors free move.
The second criterion that affects both the size and the configuration of the door frame is the installation location. If you intend to mount the door in the room, in which you need to save the internal microclimate, the box is mounted along with the threshold. It will prevent the penetration of outdoor air. If the box is installed on the threshold, it is necessary to leave a small gap of 3-5 mm wide in case of a thermal expansion between it. Conversely, if the room needs to be constantly ventilated, the box is going without a threshold. Instead, it is left for a technological gap by a height of up to 20 mm. This allows air freely to penetrate the inside of the room, airing it. The door with a gap is installed in the bathrooms in order to reduce the humidity in them.
The most optimal option will be if the width of the box and the wall thickness will coincide.
Preparation of the opening of the door frame
The installation of the door box must be carried out on a rigid base. Before installing the door frame, the opening must be prepared. After dismantling the old box, the remains of plaster, sealing material are removed. If the walls are made of brick masonry, when dismantling the old box, it may be damaged. In order for the masonry not collapsed and caused the injury, it must be strengthened. Enharged by a doorway with a welded design. It consists of two frames of 50x50 mm from the corners of 50x50 mm, which are connected with each other segments of the steel strip. The finished design is installed in place and welded to the mortgage. The latter are pieces of sheet metal. In them, the through hole is drilled in the middle, through which a piece of reinforcement is driven into the wall. Armature and sheet are welded, getting a bookmark.
After the end of the work, the doorway is cleaned from dust and stuffed. If you need to pave communication through it, it is necessary to make it in advance before installing the box.
Build door frame. The easiest way
Before installing the interroom door frame, you need to properly collect.
The connection at right angles is the easiest way to fasten all the design elements of the door frame. Cut the spikes, make sections at an angle of 45 °, while not having practical skills of work - the occupation is not too simple. That is why novice craftsmen join the box with the simplest and fast way.
In the initial stage, it is necessary to prepare a smooth horizontal surface on which the assembly will be made. The best option will be the big table, as it is much more convenient to work on it. However, if there is no such, the floor is quite suitable.
To carry out the assembly, you will need:
- Drill and drill.
- Screwdriver.
- Wooden hacksaw.
- Electrolovka.
- Chisel, hammer.
- Screws with anti-corrosion coating.
- Roulette, pencil, square.
Procedure for work:
- The first stage is necessary to decompose the bars around the canvas. To ensure the gap between the box and the doorpace, it is necessary to use gaskets. As the latter, slices of fiberboard or packaging cardboard are perfect.
- After the racks are laid, the crossbar is trying. It is done in order to cut it off the size of the canvas. Having performed the required length, you need to make marking on the crossbar to produce a guilt. For marking, it is better to use a well-sharpened simple pencil. After the markup is made, a part of the crossbar is cut into place where it will be shrinking with racks. If the box details are covered with veneer, then the metal is used for the production of marbles. A similar tool for wood can leave Rvanina on the edges of the cut, which will not look quite aesthetic.
- After it was made on the necessary depth, the remaining of the wood is removed using the chisel.
- When working with the crossbar is over, it is again applied to the racks. If there are no big gaps or irregularities, then you can continue to continue working, otherwise the fastening site is slightly being finalized.
- The next stage is the cutting places under the loop. According to the standard, the loops should be located at a distance of 20 cm from the end of the door canvase. If you don't get a little in these frames, nothing terrible, of course, will not happen. When measuring the place of installation, the loops must take into account the gap between the web and the box. After the installation locations of the loops are defined, the hinges are screwed with one self-tapping screw and outline around the perimeter using sewing.
- Reception on outlined borders are made using the chisel. To begin with, a layer of veneer is taken carefully with a thin sharp knife, and then with the help of a narrow well-sharpened chisel is made. Its depth should be sufficient to hide the loop flush. After cutting the top loop, the bottom is made similarly.
- When the loop clipping is completed, the box can be collected. Make it is quite simple. In the crossbar, two holes with a diameter of the diameter of the screws are drilled at its premises. Then, with the help of the latter, the rack and crossbar are connected. The second one is screwed in the same way. When using the box assembly, it is necessary to monitor the perpendicularity of all connections.
- If the box is collected with the threshold, then it is installed below. The threshold is attached in the same way as the crossbar. Otherwise, it is necessary to ensure the stiffness of the structure to make it easier to install it. To do this, you can temporarily connect the racks to the bar, which can be removed after the installation.
How to install the door frame
The installation of the door frame is better to carry together. The finished design is set in the middle of the opening. In order for it not to move, it is fixed using wooden wedges. Then the level is checked correctly setting the box with subsequent adjustment. When the design is exhibited by level, it can be fixed. Anchor bolts are used to fasten the box to a brick or concrete wall.
Three openings are drilled in each rack: from above, at the base and in the middle. Then, with the help of a perforator, the holes for anchor are drilled through them.
After that, the box is screwed to the doorway. Last bar remained. The gap between the box and the doorway is filled with the mounting foam. This will make the connection stronger and improve the heat and noise insulation of the room.
After the foam is freezing (usually no more than a day goes to it), its excess is cleaned with a knife. Now you can inspire the door.
Next, the gap between the box and the opening is closed using platbands. The platbands are trimmed at an angle of 45 ° using a stub. They are attached to the box with small nails, which are trimmed with a hat.
In the preliminary rack, it is necessary to cut a hole to install the pad on the lock. To determine the location of its installation, you need to install the cloth, and determine the location where the lock tongue rests on the rack. There is a pad set, in the middle of which the excavation is made so that the tongue is fully entering. The recess is made in a large drill and is being refined by the chisel. After all the work is completed, the pad is set. It is attached to the rack with small screws.
