The door to the bathroom is installed according to the same principle as all the interior doors. Most importantly, to choose the right version of the product that can be operated in conditions of high humidity and frequent temperature fluctuations. How to choose and correctly install the door to the bathroom we will tell in this article.
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Choose a bathroom door
During the repair, many are wondering: which door is installed in the bathroom? When choosing the desired option, you should pay attention to the following factors:
- the size of the room and the features of its layout;
- frequency and intensity of the use of the room;
- the presence or absence, as well as the serviceability of exhaust ventilation.
If the bathroom is small in size, while using a shower or sink, water spray constantly falls on the door, and ventilation works poorly, the door for the door should be especially high -quality, unpretentious and durable. In this case, it is better not to choose wood products, but to give preference to glass or plastic, as more moisture resistant materials. If the room is large and spacious, and the door itself is at a great distance from water sources, you can safely install a beautiful and expensive door made of natural wood, although it must be impregnated with protective compositions for greater durability.
The construction market offers us a lot of products, consider in more detail which door is better to install in the bathroom:
- Glass structures are environmentally friendly and are not afraid of moisture, and also react normally to temperature differences. For a bathroom or toilet, such doors are considered the best option. Their pluses include the simplicity of the care and ease of washing, strength, good soundproofing properties, the ability to maintain heat. Glass doors are not deformed from water, and a rich assortment of textures, colors and drawings makes it possible to choose a product suitable for every taste and interior. The disadvantages of such products include fragility, but this problem is solved by compliance with the rules of operation. You can wash glass doors with almost any chemical means with the exception of those that contain abrasive additives. From the whole variety of types of glass doors, you can choose transparent, matte, tinted, mirror, relief and other products.
- Laminated doors to the bathroom from MDF or chipboard are also considered a good option that has affordable cost and good operational properties. If normal ventilation is present in the room, and the door itself is not subjected to constant exposure to water, then it will be very durable and will last you many years. Products from MDF and chipboard are quite strong and easy to care for, moreover, from such materials you can create compact models that save the space, for example, doors-wrappers.
- Determining which door is better for the bathroom, be sure to pay attention to plastic models. Plastic has a slight weight and acceptable price, while it has good strength. He is not afraid of high humidity and direct contacts with water, temperature fluctuations and most chemicals. Plastic is characterized by a long period of operation, as well as good heat and soundproofing characteristics. Plastic is the material that can be given a wide variety of shapes, textures and shades, so you can find many different options for plastic doors in the construction market. The surface of such a door can simulate wood, stone, skin, glass, etc.
- When deciding which doors to put in the bathroom and toilet, you can consider such an option as a wooden structure. If the room is spacious enough, the sink and shower are far from the entrance, and the ventilation works properly, you can well put a wooden door. This natural and environmentally friendly material looks status and can decorate almost any interior. However, remember that even the most durable and high -quality wood must be treated with protective impregnations, and then covered with varnish or paint. Moisture and high temperature are the main enemies of the wood, but if you properly take care of the door and follow the operating rules, the design will last a long time.
Doors installation recommendations
Before installing the door to the bathroom, listen to our tips:
- If there is another room next to the bathroom, and their doors are close to each other, put in the doorway of the bathroom door-wreck. This is a compact design that will save space. So that there are no difficulties with installation, you can use the services of specialists.
- It is desirable that the door to the bathroom itself is equipped with ventilation. As a rule, such ventilation is a small lattice window located at the bottom of the product. If the grille is not provided on the canvas, then during installation, provide a small gap between the floor and the door.
- Do not save on accessories. All fasteners and handles should not only be combined with the premises by stylistic performance, but also be strong, reliable, strong. Metal must have anti -corrosion properties, otherwise, in conditions of high humidity, it will quickly rust.
- If the door to the bathroom is made of wood, be sure to process the material with protective equipment. To simplify yourself, you can immediately purchase a laminated canvas, which perfectly repels moisture.
How to install a door to a bathroom with your own hands
Preparatory work
Even before the door installation, the doorway must be prepared. On the inside of the bathroom, the wall, as a rule, is protected from moisture with facing material in the form of tiles, plastic panels, waterproof paint or something like that. The doorway itself should also have good waterproofing, since the working life of the door directly depends on this. Waterproofing is especially important if you have chosen a structure made of wood, chipboard or MDF. Wood materials are very susceptible to moisture, over time they can be curved, spur, praut, mold, rot.
The waterproofing of the doorway of the bathroom is performed by using a diffuse waterproofing tape on a self -adhesive basis. Such a tape is very simple in installation, installing it with your own hands is not difficult. The waterproofing tape is glued along the entire perimeter of the opening, as well as on the door box. So that the material does not exfoliate and sticks well to the surface, the working base must first be cleaned of dirt and dust, as well as aligned and covered with a primer.
Installation of the door frame and door installation
Before installing the door in the bathroom, you need to assemble the door frame. The easiest option is to purchase a finished bathroom door with the box. Then you will not need to fit a fit, you just mount the structure with self -tapping screws. If you still have the need to collect the box yourself, then this is done as follows:
- The standard door height is 2 m. To make a box, first cut 2 racks of a loud -length 200.5 cm long. 5 mm - this is a gap between the door and the box.
- Now make the horizontal parts of the lollips, the length of which will be 60 cm plus 2 profile thickness and the same 5 mm necessary for gaps on both sides of the structure. 60 cm is a standard door width, but you can focus on your own size.
- From the lower and upper parts of the box, remove the protruding parts of the profile to the thickness of the louds in its widest place. To remove these protrusions, perform a transverse drink with a jigsaw, set the chisel from the inside and break all the excess.
- The next step is to cut the canopies. To do this, retreat from the top and from the bottom of the box 25 cm, attach a canopy and circle with a pencil. In these places, perform grooves with a chisel. If you do not want to spoil the structure, purchase special loops that do not require cutting.
- Now you can assemble a door box. It is most convenient to do it on the floor. First, fasten the horizontal and vertical parts of the loud, connecting them with self -tapping screws. Do the same with all other corners.
- Having mounted and putting the lutus in the doorway, prepare the doorway itself. It is necessary to install all the accessories in the form of a pen, lock, as well as loops. The loops are cut into wood in the same way as in the case of a rack, unless you use canopies that do not require cutting.
- At first, loops are mounted on the door leaf, after them - a latch, and lastly it is necessary to install the handles. After this, the doors are installed in their place. So that the structure stands into the opening evenly, from the side of the bathroom, put a rail to it, protruding about a loud for about 10 cm. This rail will play the role of the door of the door.
- By blowing the gaps between the box and the wall with mounting foam, take into account that after swelling and hardening the foam can squeeze the box and the door leaf will not fit into it. To avoid this, put 3 spacers in the box, the width of which is equal to the width of the canvas plus 5 mm of the clearance.
- When the mounting foam froze, which takes 10-20 hours, the door leaf can be hung on the hinges.
