Step by step instructions for installing folding doors

integral part of any room is a doorway, and each host it prepares differently.Someone sets the standard, miniature, and even the metal door, someone prefers arrangement of arches, although the latter option is associated with certain difficulties.Recently appeared on the market model, called "accordions", they are the same - the doors swing, the installation of which we consider

Features door

• substantial space savings.Quite often in the placement of furniture you have to navigate to the location of the doorways.Next to them, so it is impossible to put the required cabinet or for the convenience - a sofa, hang a shelf or picture.The reason - it will prevent the door from opening.When it comes to "accordion", then this problem does not exist.
• Possibility of wall decoration materials, all without limitation.Very often his opening door handle damages the surface of the lining: breaks (eg, plastic panel) or simply scratch.Folding door design eliminates such "trouble" in principle.
• Quiet."Accordion" glides along the guide rails, so not many heard the familiar creak of the door opening.
• Security.In families where there are kids, rather there are cases when they manage to pinch my finger.And not every child is the door is able to open.In this regard, sliding models are ideal.
• reliability.Opens the door inherent disadvantages fairly common.For example, the "sag", "skew".Over time, or under the influence of variations in temperature, humidity, their geometry does not coincide with the opening.Many faced with a situation where in certain seasons the door opens and closes easily."Accordion" this ailment not exposed.
• It is also important that such products can be equipped with an aperture of any size, even where standard door is not suitable.

Regardless of the design, all door- bellows are necessarily the same components: rails, stops, clips.Their installation - it is simple, and therefore available to the layman.

Standard kit (option):

• rails (1 or 2);
• connecting loops and carriage rollers (2 or 4 pcs.);
• panel;
• accessories and adjusting key.

is necessary to pay attention to the number of panels and width.Together, they must completely cover the doorway.In addition, matching names and numbers of fasteners.Otherwise, the installation will be delayed for a long time.

installation "bunching" Stages

door assembly plates into one, for which they are laid out on the floor, next to each other.A method of bonding with each other may be slightly different (depending on the manufacturer), but the principle is simple.The result should be an integral web.

side bar.They are installed vertically (check level) and rigidly fixed in an aperture.
installation guide.If their length more, aluminum (plastic) can easily be cut with a hacksaw for metal.

necessary to pay attention to the holes in the rails for mounting to the opening.By shortening cut of the part where the holes are located.It is necessary to prepare the strip so that they are at the ends of the edge by about 2 - 3 cm. Then the rail will be fixed reliably.The entire length between holes 25 cm is enough for the top - no more than 15, since the entire burden falls on it.

mount rails.After partitioning is done drilling holes and installing sleeves Wizard.

Before starting work check the "geometry" of the opening.Here the main thing - horizontally, especially if the guides 2 (top and bottom).Therefore, we must use the building level.Experience shows that when removing the casings and the dismantling of the box opening aperture is not a perfect rectangle.A parallel top and bottom, and sides of the installation "accordion" is obligatory.

We must be guided by circumstances.Or, leave the box and align the timber, sand, or remove all but ensure horizontal stacking additional layer of solution.But at the same fasteners and should be longer so that it reached the material opening.

After that, the door is hung on the fence (the sliders are inserted into the slot), and "assembly" is attached to the top of the opening on the previously made markings.Then - back bond polupaneli installed vertical bar.

On the "front" polupanel (Castle) is placed a magnetic latch. At least set the doorknob.

Recommendations

• «runners» desirable lightly greased with petroleum jelly - so they will be better to slide;
• desirable that she "accordion" was a little wider than the opening.

Please note that this is only a general technology of work, since different models of their structural differences (for example, by the method of slat connections, according to their material).In each case, you need to follow the manufacturer's instructions.