Finnish entrance door installation technology. Do-it-yourself installation of interior doors: photo, video

The installation of the Finnish front door can be done independently, in this video the installation technology is quite clearly presented. You can additionally read the text version. You can also order delivery and installation of the door from us.

Okosyachka (casing) for installing a door in a wooden house or a log house made of timber or logs

The installation of doors and windows in a wooden house is significantly different from the installation in houses built of stone materials and frame houses. Everyone knows the phenomena of shrinkage in wooden house from timber or timber. To compensate for the negative effects of this phenomenon, before installing a door or window, an additional wooden frame, the so-called (casing, casing or pigtail), is installed in the opening. The casing is not rigidly attached to the log structure, which allows the window or door to "slide" in the opening, thus compensating for shrinkage deformations wooden walls. More details in this video. Our company offers you the correct installation of doors in wooden houses and log cabins in compliance with this technology

In this article, we will take a step-by-step look at how to do it correctly. Today, not every person is able to independently install interior and exterior doors, into doorways, or at least do it correctly. Turning to specialists will take a lot of money if you need to install, say, 10 doors in your new house or an apartment. To save extra money, I advise everyone to read this step-by-step instruction. Particular attention: we will talk about wooden doors for internal use. Do-it-yourself door installation from scratch consists of 10 steps.

Step 1.

Do-it-yourself door installation.

We start by unpacking the purchased set of interior or entrance doors, and door frame from her. This should be done very carefully, as often at this stage the door receives the first injuries. When opening the package with a knife, sometimes the surface of the door itself is touched, and if the above-mentioned door has a varnish or laminated coating, the defect is very noticeable, and it is not easy to eliminate it. Special attention: Initially, I advise you to unpack only the door frame. It is better to unpack the door itself before direct use, so as not to spoil its appearance even before use.

Step 2

Do-it-yourself door installation.

The unpacked door frame should be assembled. In the unpacked kit you will find three main components and one additional. Additional is a connecting wooden plank for temporary fixation.

At the ends of the door frame panels are plastic inserts hammered into special grooves.

These inserts must be knocked out, but this should be done very carefully so as not to damage the surface of the door frame. To do this, it is best to use a wooden peg, and not hit the insert with a hammer right away.

Step 3

Do-it-yourself door installation.

Details are assembled in a U-shape groove to groove. At this stage, it is important to keep correct geometry. Irregularities are not allowed here! The connected elements are fastened with previously knocked out plastic inserts described in step 2. They are hammered into the holes formed when connecting the door frame. this work done with a normal hammer. You should finish the bar using a peg, as before, so as not to spoil the wooden surface.

If, when inserting the insert, the elements of the box have shifted, they can be leveled with the same hammer. Beat on the body should be on the wooden plank attached to it.

The final result at this stage should be the same as in the photo.

Step 4

Do-it-yourself door installation.

At all subsequent stages, we will need a special power tool, which includes:

• screwdriver;
• drill;
• milling head.

Having completed all the steps described in step 3 and, thereby connecting the top of the door frame, we can move on to its bottom. The same additional element of the kit is used for this - a fixing wooden plank.

Having measured the width along the bottom of the box, we fix it with a wooden plank. We fasten it with screws in places that will subsequently be sealed with mortar into the wall. In this case, the screw should not be screwed in from the very edge of the bar, since at the place of fastening you will only split the bar. We twist at an angle approximately as shown in the photo.

See the photo below for the end result of step 4.

Step 5

Do-it-yourself door installation.

At this stage, you should measure the height of your doorway. It is necessary to take into account the height of the threshold or its absence. Having decided on the desired parameters, we cut off the bottom of the door frame. This is best done using a miter saw.

Step 6

We insert the door into the door frame prepared for installation for fitting. I remind you that even at this stage it is not necessary to unpack it completely. It is enough to cut out only the holes for the handles and the lock. How they are installed will be discussed later. If all is well, you can safely proceed to install the door frame in the doorway.

Step 7

At this stage, we proceed to the immediate. To do this, we need to set the door frame perfectly evenly in the opening. You can do this with a level. After that, we fasten the box to the opening. In our particular case, ordinary wood screws can be used, since wooden blocks are laid in the opening of drywall sheets. In other cases, you will have to use a dowel-nail, etc. materials.

Fasteners are screwed in at an angle in those places that will subsequently be hidden under the mounting foam and trim. In no case do not fasten your frame through front side. This will greatly spoil the appearance, and can also cause the door to malfunction, for example, it is difficult to open or close.

The gap between the door frame and the opening is foamed with mounting foam. After that, a slope is constructed in this place using dry construction finishing mixtures.

Step 8

Till polyurethane foam, with which we closed the gap between the box and the wall in the opening, it freezes, we will begin to prepare the door leaf. We will cut a lock into it, install handles and hinges.

Using a measuring tool, we outline the location door lock at the end of the door. Based on the shape of the lock, we outline the contour along which it will be necessary to remove a layer of wood so that the front part of our lock is flush with the surface of the door leaf. To remove wood, use a milling saw.

In the photo below, there is a lock used in our particular case, as well as a cut layer of wood necessary for correct installation the aforementioned castle.

For the working part of the castle, more than deep hole, which is best done with a drill with a drill of a suitable diameter.

The work on installing the lock does not end there, since it is necessary to make more holes for the handles on both sides of the door to be installed. This is done with the same drill with a drill. As I said, it is important in both cases to take into account desired diameter drill.

At the same stage, we set door handles. In the hole in the canvas, in which the lock is installed, lay the core. We put handles on it on both sides. Next, we clamp all the necessary fasteners and clamps. In the described case, three screws and a bolt, which is screwed in with a hexagon, act as clamps and fasteners.

The final step in this step is the installation of loops. In the designated places, by analogy with the installation of the lock, loops are attached at the ends. As for the lock, a layer of wood is removed with a milling saw so that the attached surface of the hinge is flush with the door leaf.

Step 9

Having prepared the door, we return to the box. As on the door itself, on the box we mark the places for screwing the hinges with a measuring tool. Just as in previous similar cases, it is necessary to use a milling saw.

Next, we outline the place where it should enter the body of the door frame. In this place, using a chisel, we make a hole of the required depth and fasten the plug, which comes complete with hinges, a lock and handles.

Step 10

We hang the door leaf on the hinges screwed to the door frame and, admiring the result, we can deservedly praise ourselves.
The end result is shown in the photo below.

It is better to unpack the door itself before the very start of operation.

Generalization: In each of the stages where wood was sawn, drilled or cut, its bare areas must be covered with plain paint. This will enhance the look and also preserve and protect the surface of the wood. Do-it-yourself door installation is real. And also adds you experience in the field of repair.

I hope the article helped you gain the necessary knowledge and the necessary level of confidence in order to independently begin installing doors with your own hands. Good luck in all your endeavors.

Do-it-yourself step-by-step video for installing doors

Wanting to install an interior door with their own hands, many overestimate their strength. Without presence necessary tool and certain skills in working with the material can hopelessly spoil an expensive product. If the decision is made, you must first familiarize yourself with the installation rules and carefully follow the recommendations of professionals.

Do-it-yourself installation of interior doors: step by step instructions

The process of manually installing doors between rooms begins with certain actions. We describe step by step the stages of the work performed:

1. Remove the old door from the hinges, then tear off the cashing. You can use a hammer and a wide chisel or a small hatchet for this. Using a bent crowbar, you should dismantle the old box.
2. Then you need to prepare an opening for the door to be installed. If its dimensions are suitable, everything remains as it was. If necessary, increase the opening should be used puncher. The width of the opening must exceed the dimensions of the door leaf by 10 cm, and the height by 5 cm.
3. To fit the box, you need to use a clean and even plane. First adjust the upper horizontal part. You can calculate its length by adding to the width of the doors twice the thickness of the vertical racks of the box and 6 mm as the necessary gap to ensure free movement of the door leaf. Then you need to adjust the height of the vertical racks. In this case, it should be borne in mind that for a door without a threshold, the length should be increased by 10 mm. Another 3 mm must be left for the upper gap.

1. After that, they begin to cut into the canvas and the loop box. To do this, at a distance equal to 200 mm from the edges of the canvas, recesses must be hollowed out. Insertion of loops begins with their application to the canvas to mark the boundaries of the recesses. The work must be done with a milling cutter or chisel. It is advisable to treat the resulting recesses with varnish, otherwise the tree will dry out over time. Then it is required to put a loop in the prepared bed and outline the places for fastening the screws. It is best to pre-drill them using a drill slightly smaller in diameter than the thickness of the screw. After that, you can fasten the hinges with screws, while attaching their halves with a ledge to the box, and those with a hole - to the door.
2. Now you can finally assemble the box by connecting its parts at an angle of 45 °. You can fasten the box with self-tapping screws.
3. Gently lift the box and begin mounting it inside the opening. Carefully check the verticality of the product, the perpendicularity of its components and the horizontality of the bar from above with a level. The gaps formed in the opening should be eliminated by using wooden wedges, and then mounting foam.
4. After installing the box, it must be secured with dowels.

Here are the steps to take. The video "How to install an interior door with your own hands" will help you finally understand all the details:

Installation of sliding interior doors

There are many different options for sliding doors. They differ in material appearance, other characteristics, although the principle of operation and design remain unchanged. Any such system has a canvas, rollers and guides.

Important: Do-it-yourself installation of sliding interior doors is carried out in different ways, it all depends on the purpose for which it is mounted sliding door. Usually it is installed to save space, since the space that is needed to open the swing door is freed up.

Schematically, the installation of the structure is divided into the following stages:

1. Installation of guides.
2. Fixing holders and fittings on the door leaf.
3. Door installation.
4. Installation of closers and limiters.
5. Fixing dobors and platbands.
6. Final adjustment.

A detailed installation of sliding interior doors with your own hands is shown in the video:

Installation of interior doors with extensions

If the thickness of the existing opening exceeds the width of the box, then to add aesthetics, you have to use extensions, fixing them directly to the block. The advantage of such components is the uniformity of all structural elements, quick installation. Before fastening, it is necessary to determine the dimensions of the extensions. To do this, measure the required width of the bar by inserting a box into the opening and measuring the uncovered width of the opening.

Important: door extension can be cut to size with a circular saw.

To fix the dobor, it is necessary to screw the mounting strips on the back of it and connect them to the box.

It is enough to use three fasteners on each element. Then you should install a box with an extension in the opening and fix it. After that, you need to go through all the gaps with professional foam.

Two ways to install interior door extensions with your own hands on the video:

Installation of loops "butterfly"

Overhead loops, referred to "butterflies"- do not need a tie-in, they are easy to install. It is enough just to attach the product to the door end and to the box, screw it with self-tapping screws so that the door is ready for operation.

Let's take a closer look at this process:

• We apply a loop to the door end, maintaining a distance of 20 cm from the edge.
• We mark with an awl the points where you want to make holes for self-tapping screws.
• Inner part the hinge is attached to the door, and the outer one - to the frame.
• We drill holes according to the marks.
• We fasten the loops.

Installing the lock and handles in the door leaf

To install the lock in the interior door with your own hands, you should perform the following procedures:

• Measure 90 cm from the floor, attach the lock body to the obtained point.
• Mark the place where the handles will be attached.
• Run a drill through hole at the point where the handles are attached.
• Mark the borders of the niche of the lock mechanism on the door end, then drill a recess under it with a pen drill.
• Check the depth, for which insert the lock into the recess. Then, with a chisel, make a small niche, which will include the mounting plate of the lock mechanism.
• Treat all recesses with varnish.
• Fasten the lock with screws and attach the handles to it.
• Embed the counterpart of the lock mechanism in the same way.

Fasteners for cashers

Are being completed installation work for the installation of doors between rooms with fasteners for cashiers. This process is easy.

Sooner or later you have to change interior doors. The procedure is not so complicated that it is necessary to hire a specialist. If you have at least some skills in handling a saw, a level and a plumb line, you can tighten a few self-tapping screws - you can handle it yourself. When replacing, before installing an interior door, the old one must be dismantled. And here, too, there are features. About all the subtleties - in the photo and video with detailed instructions.

Interior doors are made from different materials. Moreover, the material of both the door leaf and the frame is different. The door leaf is:

• From fiberboard. These are the cheapest doors. Represent wooden frame to which laminated fiberboard is attached. Differ in low sound insulation, are afraid high humidity are easily damaged.
• From MDF. They are much more expensive, but the quality is much higher. They are better in terms of sound insulation, are not afraid of moisture, are stronger and more durable.
• Wood. The most expensive doors They are made from different types of wood - from pine to oak or more exotic species.

Door frames are made from the same materials. The worst choice is fiberboard boxes, they even bend under their own weight, and hanging a door leaf on them is sheer flour. So try to take either MDF or wood. There is another material: laminated wood. The good thing is that you do not need to process and paint, but the service life depends on the quality of the film.

Dimensions and equipment

Interior doors are produced in standard sizes, it is a pity that the standards in different countries are different. For example, in our country swing doors make a width of 600 - 900 mm in increments of 100 mm. In some EU countries, the norms are the same - in Germany, Italy and Spain. In France, others are standard. Here the narrowest doors are 690 mm and further in increments of 100 mm.

Is the difference really that important? If you want to change only the door leaf without a box, then it is important that you have to choose from your segment or completely change it along with the box. There are much more interior doors of such a standard as in our country, as in France - many times less.

How wide doors are needed depends on where you are going to put them. In terms of standards, the following values ​​are recommended:

• in the living room width from 60 to 120 cm, height 2 m;
• bathroom - width from 60 cm, height 1.9-2 m;
• to the kitchen, the width of the door leaf is at least 70 cm, the height is 2 m.

If, when replacing a door, it is decided to make the opening larger/smaller, permission is not required for this, but it is necessary to remain within the limits specified for each room.

How to determine what width to buy doors? Measure the door leaf that is available and you will know what you need. If there are no doors, find the narrowest place in the opening, by measuring it, you can find out how wide you need a door block. This is a door leaf + door frame. So the outer dimensions of the door frame must be less than the measured value. For example, you got 780 mm, look for a block with parameters of 700 mm. Do not insert wider ones into this opening.

The most complete set of interior doors - with a box, extensions and platbands

When choosing a door, pay attention to the package. There are three types of assembly:

• Door leaf. You buy the box separately.
• Doors with a box. Everything is included, but the box is in the form of separate boards. You will have to saw down the corners and connect, hang the loops yourself.
• Door block. These are doors ready for installation - the box is assembled, the hinges are hung. Just cut the sidewalls to the height, set them evenly and fix them.

With the same quality of the door leaf, the prices for these kits differ significantly. But the difference in time that you spend on installation is decent.

Step by step installation of interior doors

In general, there are many subtleties. We will try to describe and illustrate the most common moments in a photo or video material.

Step 1: Assembling the door frame

If you didn't buy a pre-assembled door unit, the first step is to assemble the door frame. It consists of two long racks located on the sides, and one shorter crossbar at the top - lintels.

Connection methods

There are at least two options for how to connect these strips to each other:

Regardless of which way you are going to connect the elements of the door frame, the first thing you do is wash down the racks and lintels on one side. Then they are put into a box on the floor, checking the correct connection. Next, you need to decide on the height of the side parts of the door frame.

We determine the dimensions

In the folded state, the required length is measured along the inside of the rack. Racks are not always made the same: the floor is often uneven and this must be taken into account. To do this, take the level and check how flat the floor is. If it is perfectly level, the racks will be the same. If there is a deviation, it must be taken into account: make one of the racks longer. Usually it is a few millimeters, but even this is enough to warp the door.

When calculating the height, keep in mind that the racks should be 1-2 cm longer than the door leaf (including saw cuts). A gap of 1 cm is made under the door, if they do not intend to put a rug under it. If there is a rug / carpet / carpet, it is better to make it bigger. Don't be afraid to leave gaps. They are required for . Once again, pay attention: the height is measured along the inside of the door frame - from the bottom edge to the cut. Having cut off, try on the racks in the doorway.

Now you need to saw off the lintel along the length and, if necessary, saw it down on the other side (if the joint is at 45 °). The length of the lintel should be such that, when folded, the distance between the uprights is greater than the width of the door leaf. The minimum gap is 7 mm, but more is often done. 7-8 mm are distributed as follows: 2 mm for hinges, and 2.5-3 mm for expansion gaps. Any interior doors - MDF, fiberboard, wood - change their dimensions depending on the humidity. Clearances are required to account for these changes. And 5-6 mm is not always enough, especially in wet rooms. For the bathroom, just leave a little more, otherwise, with high humidity, they can be difficult to open.

So, we decided on the minimum gaps when installing interior doors:

• on loops - 5-6 mm;
• top, bottom and sides - 3 mm;
• below - 1-2 cm.

After cutting off all the pieces and making the cuts, lay the box on the floor. If you notice any shortcomings in the docking - eliminate it with the help of sandpaper fixed on a bar. The more accurate the match, the smaller the gap.

Assembly

Regardless of the material of the box and the connection method, holes are pre-drilled for fasteners so that the material does not tear. The diameter of the drill is 1 mm smaller than the diameter of the self-tapping screw.

The box is folded, angles are set to 90 °. Holding the rack and the lintel in this position, drill holes with a drill. If there is an assistant, he can hold. If you work alone, temporarily fasten the correctly set box with two transverse bars - closer to the top and bottom. This will help not to make mistakes and make the right connection.

If connected at an angle of 45 °, three holes are made on each side. Two on top - stepping back a centimeter from the edge, and one on the side - in the center. A total of three self-tapping screws are required for each connection. The direction of installation of self-tapping screws is perpendicular to the connection line.

If connected at 90 °, everything is easier. Drill two holes from above, pointing the drill straight down.

Step 2: Insert hinges

Most often, 2 hinges are installed on interior doors, but 3 are also possible. They are placed back 200-250 mm from the edge of the door leaf. If the frame and door leaf are made of wood, choose a place where there are no knots. First, attach the hinges to the door leaf. The order of work is this:

• We apply loops to the selected places, outline the contours. The easiest way to do this is with a finely sharpened pencil, but experts advise using a knife blade. So it turns out more accurately and smaller gaps remain.
• If they have it, if not, they take a chisel and choose the material for the thickness of the loop. More sampling is not necessary, only for the thickness of the metal.
• A loop is installed in the prepared recess. Its plane should be on the same level with the surface of the canvas.
• The exposed loop is fixed with self-tapping screws.

Having fixed two hinges, the door leaf is laid in assembled box, set the correct gaps: from the side of the loops - 5-6 mm, 3 mm from the opposite side and from above. Having exposed these gaps, the canvas is fixed with wedges. Expose exactly in the horizontal and vertical plane (you can use lining, if necessary).

After setting, mark the location of the reciprocal parts of the loops. Sometimes it is more convenient to remove the already installed loop, and then install it in place. According to the markup, they also make a recess. Depth - so that the surface of the hinge is flush with the surface of the door frame.

Do-it-yourself door hinge is described in detail in the video.

Step 3: Installing the door frame

The assembled box must be correctly inserted into the opening. This is a very responsible task. Before you install an interior door, knock down everything in the opening that can fall off. If the wall is too loose, the surface is treated with deep penetration primers with an astringent effect. If there are too many big holes, they are covered with plaster, very large protrusions are hemmed. It is easier to insert an interior door into the prepared opening. If this is your first time doing this on your own, make your job easier.

The box is exhibited without a door leaf. It is oriented strictly vertically. The verticality is checked not only by the level, but also by the plumb line. The level often gives an error, therefore it is more reliable to check with a plumb line.

To prevent the box from warping during installation, install temporary spacers on the floor, in the corners - slopes which give a high degree of rigidity. In order for the doors to open, they are inserted in the same plane with the wall. Only in this way will it open completely. If the wall is uneven, put the box not on the wall, but vertically. Otherwise, there will be problems with opening or closing the door.

How to insert an interior door with your own hands - in the same plane with the wall

After the position is selected, you can fix it. This is done using mounting wedges - triangular wooden or plastic bars. First, the wedges are placed on both sides of the lintel - crossbars, then above the uprights. Thus, the position of the box relative to the doorway is selected and fixed. Next, the verticality of the racks is checked again. They are checked in two planes - so that they do not turn out to be tilted forward or backward.

Then the wedges are installed at the bottom, then after about 50-60 cm, checking that the racks are exactly level. Wedged additionally and the transverse bar - in the middle. They check whether the elements of the box are bent somewhere, if necessary, correct. You can start fastening.

Step 4: Attaching the frame to the doorway

There are also two ways of fastening: straight through to the wall and mounting plates. If the wall allows and you are not afraid of the fastener caps in the box, you can attach it through and through. It's safe.

To install interior doors, it is quite enough to screw two self-tapping screws into the cutouts for the hinges and, on the other hand, under the plate of the counterpart of the lock. Additional holes are drilled in the cut out recesses. They are made so as not to fall into the holes for fastening the hinges or the mate. Make sure that the head of the self-tapping screws is recessed and does not interfere with the installation of the hinges and lining.

Installation of interior doors according to this scheme is shown in the video. There are also some interesting nuances about the exposure of the door frame.

If such a number of fasteners seems unreliable, they drill through and close the holes with decorative washers matched to the tone. Or there is also a special MDF molding with removable slats. The fastener is installed in the prepared groove, and then closed with a bar.

The second method is hidden, the fasteners are not visible. First, mounting plates are attached to the back of the box. In principle, it can be used for drywall, but there are also special ones - thicker, although drywall is enough when installing interior doors.

Step 5: Foaming

After all the gaps are set and the wedges are installed, the gaps between the box and the wall are filled with mounting foam. For better polymerization, the wall is moistened with water from a spray bottle. After that, the foam is squeezed out, filling no more than 2/3. Too much a large number of foam may cause the box to blow inwards. Therefore, do not overdo it.

To ensure that the foam does not warp the doors, spacers are installed. But if you do not overdo it with foam, nothing should happen.

Spacers for fixing the box - with this installation of the interior door, the box should stand exactly

After the foam polymerizes ( exact time indicated on the bottle), the spacers are removed, the door leaf is hung and the operation of the door is checked. Next come Finishing work: and platbands, if necessary - extras.

You know how to install an interior door with your own hands. There is nothing super complicated, but we tried to describe the main nuances. There is a lot of useful information in the video - these are recommendations from practitioners.

In this video, you will learn how to properly install interior doors from step-by-step instructions with your own hands.

• The work on the installation of interior doors is quite complicated and requires accurate measurements, compliance with certain technologies and good experience in this region. Therefore, the question of how much it costs to install interior doors has a definite answer - not cheap.
• Therefore, the alternative is to install the door yourself, but only after a detailed study of the basic installation technique. The first thing to prepare is materials and tools. This is a door with a frame and hinges, dowels and screws, anchors and wooden wedges, mounting foam; drill, level, tape measure, hacksaw, goniometer.
• After dismantling old door and taking measurements, you select new door. You cut the hinges (two or three pieces usually), paying attention to the location of the handle and the side of the door opening. For marking you will need a goniometer. Next, proceed to planting the door frame. The box must be aligned horizontally and vertically and fixed in the opening. The door leaf is tried on to the box several times.
• If necessary, the box "sits down" on the foam. All visible cracks are filled with foam. The last step is platbanding. During door installation important point are the gaps, which have standard values. Upper and lateral - at least 2 mm, lower - 6-12 mm.
• According to their type of movement, doors are divided into sliding, hinged and folding. Swing doors are the easiest to install. Sliding and folding doors have various modifications and design features, so if you are not experienced enough, it is better to entrust the installation of this type to professionals.
• The installation of interior doors usually requires the participation of two people, and the whole procedure from preparing the doorway to installing fittings does not tolerate haste, neglecting fittings and additional measurements. Only in this case, the door will be installed with high quality and serve for a long time.