Sliding interior doors .All you need to know .

Basic principles of technology.

With sliding gates, faced everyone.They can be found in the shopping center, the train on the train compartment and in other public places.But their main difference from the interior that they are automatic (pneumatic).The apartments are set the same mechanical sliding doors.

Their main advantage compared to the swing - saving space.

This door consists of several components.These elements included supplied by the manufacturer:

• door leaf.
• box;
• rail kit (or, alternatively, a mechanism for sliding doors, via which the door is hung in an existing door frame to the upper guide rail);
• handle
• cassette

Some elements of the user often has to re-buy their own, but without them does not do (where the same without a handle?).

Species sliding interior doors

Sliding interior doors come in several forms:

• Overhead
• Cassette
• with folding doors

Overhead easiest option.They are easy to install, have a sophistication and elegance.

Cassette - more complex.The canvas, as if hidden in a box (on a tape in the VCR).This door becomes as if invisible.The disadvantage is the complexity of the installation.

«Gate" with folding wings look more beautiful than the previous two options.Blades folded in an accordion and can move in any longitudinal position.It is also not possible to remove the bearing wall (between the kitchen and great room, for example) and use the harmonica as a partition.

Moving can be done on two principles: either by the upper track roller (the mechanism for sliding doors), in which you do not need the threshold;either via lower.

door installation

Often the question arises whether it is possible, to install sliding doors with their hands?No problem!The technology is fairly simple installation (if it does not view the cassette).In fact, the only thing that is required - is to set the guide rollers and secure.The first provides the horizontal movement, the second allows the door to slide.

to visually increase the space, will set out the sliding glass door.Due to this, it turns out the effect of association between the rooms.

By the way speaking for any on sliding doors, you can put any kind of handle: wood or metal;with lock or without a lock.It is best to buy them in a set (for a total warranty), although you can also individually.

the downside of this technology include the following: sliding "gates" better pass the air, the smells, the light (it may not be negative).In addition, the sliding doors do not differ special durability.But in any case, the manufacturer (vendor) provides a warranty of five years.

As for the price issue, it all depends on the choice of options and the door leaf material.The minimum price the normal door about 7000 rubles.On Web sites of various manufacturers can be found firms and absolutely fabulous money (up to 300 thousand rubles).

Should I spend money on this kind of technology?Here solved only by customers.The pros and cons have any things.Do overpower advantages of sliding doors is their disadvantages?It all depends, again, from the buyers themselves.