DIY sliding doors have a number of undeniable advantages compared to ordinary doors. The main thing is that the place is significantly saved due to the fact that the doors walk along the walls. Also, this option of doors is convenient for disabled people in a stroller, t. To. it opens quite easily, while there is no threshold.
The first stage of the installation of sliding doors is that the doorway measurements are performed. On the basis of the data obtained, a door leaf is selected, which should be more than five to seven centimeters in height and width than the size of the opening.
The direct process of installing sliding doors begins with the fasteners of the metal bar to the bar. To do this, drill holes after fifteen to twenty centimeters and put the bar on self-tapping screws, the length of which is thirty-five million.
The resulting design is strictly horizontally fixed with anchors to the wall. The work of sliding doors depends on the accuracy. If the bar is distorted, the doors will open or close independently depending on the resulting inclination of the bar.
After that, you need to take the doors and select the groove at the bottom. At home, this can be done with a chisel. The lower guide roller will ride it. His task is to ensure that the doors do not deviate during movement. Attach the specified video to the floor in a strictly vertical position under the bar. Otherwise, your doors will be constantly skewed. In order to check the verticality of the video, use an ordinary plumb line. After that, put the door leaf into the lower video, and then fix the upper rollers. After making sure that the doors are installed strictly vertically, attach limiters that will not allow the doors to leave for the guide bar.
The box -shaped rack for sliding doors must be installed from the side of the door box. The doors in a closed state will fit her. Note that it is attached to the wall with anchors with a metal corner, which after which is camouflaged with inlets.
The casuals for the opening are nailed last, using the finish nails.
The last stage of the door installation is the installation of handles.
In order to ensure a denser fit of the sliding door on the jamb, it is worth gluing dustproof brushes.
