How to install an inlet metal door to the apartment

If the repair of the room has just begun, the contract with the construction team has already been signed, then one of the first tasks will be to install the entrance door. The most common material for the manufacture of the entrance door is definitely the metal. This opinion adheres to most owners of both suburban estates and urban premises. Considering this topic, it should be borne in mind that the issue of price and quality is touched by everyone. But when the issue of security arises, it is not worth saving. Then an excellent solution will be the installation of an inlet metal door with your own hands. Such a solution will save about a quarter of the price of the door kit. How to install a metal entrance door yourself and make the most accurate and without unwanted consequences further.

Advantages and disadvantages of metal doors

Doors, like any other material designed to decorate the room, have their own positive features and disadvantages.

Let's start with advantages:

1. Long service life due to special processing that protects the door canvas from corrosion. Unlike a wooden door - metal is not exposed to mold, fungus and malicious insects.
2. The high strength of the canvas due to the thickness of the metal, as well as the total mass of the structure reduces the risk of illegal invasion into the room.
3. Flexible pricing policy designed for buyers with different income levels.
4. A large number of finishing material options will make it possible to make sure the door for the necessary interior as accurately.
5. Applying modern materials, you can achieve good thermal insulation, as well as protect the inner room from extraneous noise.
6. The complexity of the inner design of the door will reduce the chances of ill-wishers to remove the cloth with the loops or hack the castle. Most metal doors are equipped with additional protection tools and shut-off mechanisms that are located at once on several levels.

Unfortunately, metal doors have some drawbacks. So, dents and scratches on the surface of the door canvase will not affect the characteristics of strength or functionality, but quite strongly can spoil the appearance of the product. In addition, they allow rust instantly to penetrate the metal surface, which leads corrosion and reduce the life of the canvas.

How to choose a metal door

If you are determined with the size and design of the entrance door, and also listened to all the advice and prompts of friends and acquaintances, you can go to a specialized store for the purchase.

However, much could not be taken into account, so before installing the installation, we suggest paying attention to the following:

1. Metal in the linen cover should be in a thickness of 2 mm and above.
2. In the closed state, where the loops should remain a gap, closed on top of the seal. The absence of gaps may entail a lot of difficulties at the time of closing the door.
3. So that the metal door can not be squeezed, cutting off the loop, the castle around the perimeter of the canvas must be special locking rods. It should be in advance about the material of the rods. Some models use plastic to simulate steel rod.
4. It will not be superfluous to ask about the manufacturer, composition and quality of the anticorrosion layer applied to the surface of the door.

Tip from the Master: Since the threshold in the design of the metal door is more than the other parts of corrosion, then when choosing, pay attention to its composition. It should be from the "stainless steel".

Installing metal entrance door with your own hands

The door block of the metal door, as well as wood, aluminum or plastic, consists of a box and canvas, which are hosted over the loops. A distinctive feature of the metal door block is the presence of a threshold (special crossbar located at the bottom of the proof). Often in such a design, the locks are already embedded in advance, and the loops are attached to the canvas. When the door fittings are installed immediately, it allows several simplify the installation process, but it will require more frequent measurements of the vertical and horizontal structures. You will also need to repeatedly try the cloth to the box, hanging it on the loop. These manipulations may require not only patience, but also additional physical strength, so the assistant in this case will not be superfluous.

Master Council: Free the door cloth and package from the package after installing the door. Having done it before performing the work, the risk of the appearance of dents and scratches will increase. But note that in this case it is better to immediately check the canvas for the presence of marriage. The company manufacturer may refuse presented claims to the presence of deficiencies, so it is better to carefully remove the factory packaging, check the cloth for disadvantages, and then wrap again into the film using a painting tape or tape. These procedures will to some extent ensure the protection of the canvas from the damage to the instrument or by randomlyaring the mounting foam.

Usually metal doors are installed in buildings from reinforced concrete, gas (foam concrete), wood, brick or shell stone. Before starting installation, it is worth considering the feature of each of the types of surfaces. In later work, it will help to make the right preparation of the proof, avoiding additional difficulties.

Deciding with the type of surface, the following actions may be required:

• in the case of a concrete base, the discovery should be expanded so that there is a gap of 2-2.5 cm between the wall of the wall in the open and the door block. It can be done by removing the extension plaster to the surface of the base. To do this, you will need a perforator or a jackhammer. If there are no such, then take the usual hammer in a pair with a chisel;
• in wood structures, first construct a cluscle and only then start mounting the door frame. It should be noted that in such cases the door frame is installed with a gap at least 10 cm. To perform the conditions of technology in such a type of base, it will require a chisel, a burglar with a wood disk or knife.

Important information: Fire safety technique The entrance door should open from the room outward. If a forced evacuation is required, the process will occur easier and faster. This simple rule can save life.

Preparation of the door box

This work is slightly different from the installation of other types of doors, since work with a metal structure has its own specifics.

It consists of three main stages:

1. Prepare a deal taking into account the preliminary measurements and correct the shortcomings, if any.
2. Install and secure the door frame with the help of scoring bolt anchor, turbo screws, anchor plates, p-shaped suspensions or steel rods (thickness 12-15 mm, length 100-150 mm). When choosing a particular type of fastener, you should pay attention to the material surface material. In some cases, it may be necessary to install a kind on the inlet metal door. This happens when the expander closes the end of the day. Doblyar Planck is 5-30 cm wide and depends on the wall thickness. This can be done using in several ways: to adjust the kind of size, cutting it with an end saw or a grinder; Mount one top (horizontal) and two side (vertical) challenges; Fill out voids using a mounting foam and fix the strips using spacers.
3. Make sure the correctness of the work is to correct the shortcomings, if necessary, fill the technological cavities by the mounting foam and begin the installation of the door leaf.

Specialist advice: often the door box is flush with the surface of the wall, but there may be cases when it must be deepened in the opening. In the first case, the box is fixed on the anchor plates, in the second, they are fixed using an anchor of bolts and metal rods. Both cases allow reliably to secure the door frame in the opening, but we still advise you to combine both methods for even more reliable fixation.

The following video will help install the inlet metal door:

Installing a metal door cloth

The door box is installed, reliably fixed and now it is time to install the door itself. This process has no particular difficulties, but the correct sequence and accuracy of actions will help to install the metal door as correct as possible.

Next, consider every step in detail:

1. Insert the cloth in the doorway to the place where it will be installed. Open the door to 90 °, not forgetting to hold so that it does not fall. Under the bottom of the door, put the backup so that the upper part of the door frame does not move relative to the wall.
2. For the next action, you will need a construction level. When performing proper leveling of the structure, it should be achieved that each plane of the door leaf can be clearly located relative to the level of the vertical. First set the level in the part of the door frame where the loops are located. To achieve the right corner of the vertical, on the reverse side of the door box at the bottom of the required number of backups. When the design is installed, you can proceed to the next step - preparation of the adjustment of the canvas.
3. At this stage, everything solves the wall plane. When installing the door is usually repelled precisely from the plane of the doorway. If the installation is incorrect, it can lead to the fact that the door will start opening or closed under its own weight. Often, there is enough directly and due to the rigidity of the door box, the whole design is located in the required plane.
4. Getting Started with the installation of the door box, you should start with canopies at the top. Drill through special eye lunas in the wall surface and insert the anchor bolt, but do not tighten. Similarly, fasten the rest of the eyes, located on the same side. Then, from the side of the door box, we produce the same procedures. It is worth paying attention that all the anchor bolts at this stage should not be delayed, just insert them into a drilled hole in advance.
5. Now you should take a building level and proceed to the process of installing the door box in the plane. Begin to clamp anchor bolts should be first on one side. It is worth watching the vertical level very closely and do everything as much as possible. The level will help determine which of the anchors is better to screw, and what - to allow. Similarly, set the plane from the second side, not forgetting to periodically look at the level. By the end of the stage, the door block should be as if in a limp. If the design gives the backlash, the mounting foam will help fix it in the doorway more reliable.
6. Check out the performance of the entire block, closing and opening the doors. This will help identify shortcomings and may require additional adjustment of the design. Control of the operability of the door block. When everything is adjusted and installed in terms of the level, you can proceed to the final installation phase.
7. Put on the mounting foam on a special pistol and lock. Pretty shake it for 30 seconds. Direct the pistol tube inside the holes that need to be sealed. First, it should be blown up the slots from the sides, and then at the top. Remove the residues of the foam is better until complete drying with a special solution.
   The Master Council: Since the threshold is very often progressing under the action of human mass, it is better to choose a cement solution for its seal.
8. Lastly, on the perimeter of the door block, decorative platbands are installed. They close visible outside the shortcomings and additionally seal the design. Putnies have many forms, options for decorating and color solutions. Often they go in the set with a set of the door block.

As you can see, install the inlet metal door itself is not so simple. It will require great physical efforts, since modern doors are solid enough, which directly affects the level of security of your home.

Metal entrance doors: photo