Replacement of door leaves from specialists. Professional services at affordable prices. Installing new doors without dismantling the box How to replace an interior door in an old box

Explanations, comments and additional conditions for work on the installation of elements of new door blocks on old frames

When renovating a room, it is not always possible and willing to install new door blocks with the complete removal of old ones - this may entail the repair of the walls and floor for various reasons:

New door frames do not cover old floor holes

There will be damage to tiles or wallpaper along the perimeter of the platband,

Unreliable walls and partitions (during dismantling and installation, the geometry of the doorway may be destroyed).

Therefore, we propose to install new elements door block without dismantling the old box, in other words, put the new doors in the old boxes.

From many years of experience in renovating and restoring doors, one can single out doors made of glued solid pine. They rarely deform and change the geometric parameters of the canvas. We offer doors produced by "Postavy Furniture Center" (PMC), Vitebsk region, RB model No. 7 and 16

More details about the work carried out:

Preparation of the door block, dismantling of elements. We dismantle door leaves and hinges. We putty the traces from the hinges with automobile putty (hard and durable, it will not fall off by itself). Where possible, we remove the platband. If necessary, we glue the joints of the door unit with the floor, tiles, wallpaper and other surfaces that need to be protected from damage with masking tape. Two to three days after the end of the work, the Customer himself removes the masking tape by blotting it with a damp (not wet) rag or brush.

Removing paint from wooden surfaces door frame and platband we produce by thermomechanical method. For work, we use professional hair dryers with a capacity of 1800 to 2300 W. Air temperature in working area from 500 to 700 degrees Celsius. With a short heating, the paint begins to bubble, peeling off the wood. In this state, it is easily removed from the door surface with a metal spatula. The speed of the process depends on the number of layers of paint, the larger the layer - more heat energy and processing time are needed. If the Customer refuses to remove the paint, the reason for the refusal is indicated

Surface preparation after paint stripping. After removing the paint, the surface is cleaned and primed. After priming, it is putty in places, the cracks are filled with acrylic sealant.

The device of new elements of the door block. We attach a new door leaf to the doorway and determine on which sides a fit is needed. This action is necessary because each opening in our apartments has its own geometry. Rarely is a regular rectangle. For this reason, we warn the Customer: we allow the gaps between the frame and the door leaf from 1mm to 5mm. The door blocks can be designed for door leaves 30mm thick. The new blade is 35mm thick. If necessary, the box can be extended up to 40mm. If the box has a slope, then we cannot align it. We will fix the doors, adjusting to this circumstance - it is possible to increase the gaps between the leaf and the frame or spontaneous opening and closing of the door leaf. After fitting, we cut in the loops. The hinges may be in a new location. We usually mount the handles opposite the old striker on the box. We adjust and mount the platband painted with two layers.

Painting of the door block with colored enamel VD-AK 1035U. We support the National manufacturer and use the products of the private unitary enterprise "MAV" Dzerzhinsk RB. Acrylic paint, environmentally friendly - no allergenic odors (i.e. no stink). Retains elasticity for a long time, unlike alkyd paintswhich harden quickly and easily chip off when hit or scratched. The paint, like PVA glue, is diluted with water, but after drying with water you cannot wash it off. You can remove dried paint with 646 thinner or nail polish remover. It can be stored for a long time, does not flake off and does not dry over time, do not put in frost and keep in a tightly closed container. I offer a palette of 70 popular colors and shades. Apply with roller and brush. The number of layers is from 3 to 8, so the price can vary up to two and a half times. Drying time for each layer is 30-40 minutes at room temperature (about 20 degrees). The paint is enamel and is completely ready for use. Those. it can be wiped with a damp cloth - it does not absorb water. To increase the service life or change the gloss of the surface, varnish can be applied (during varnishing, a slight color change is possible, therefore, with subsequent touch-up with paint, color mismatches are possible).

Decorative finishing. It is possible to paint the box, platband and frame on glass in one color, and door leaves to others. We offer to make PATINA on doors with MDF coating - highlighting the texture on the door leaves in a different color.

Care instructions: The paint is enamel, i.e. the surface can be wiped wet ( not hard) cloth with non-aggressive detergents... Rubbing with scrapers and other hard objects is not recommended. If stubborn stains appear, we recommend touching up with a sponge (you can use a dishwashing sponge). After painting, we leave to the Customer a sufficient amount of paint for care (from 100 to 200 grams per door). Drying time of the 1st layer at room temperature is 30-50 minutes. Ready to use, i.e. gaining operational properties - 3 days. Store the paint at a temperature not lower than 0 degrees Celsius in a tightly closed container (it is better glass jar with double polyethylene. cover).

NOTE: Work is carried out at the customer's home, or in the premises provided by the customer. Work related to elevated level noise and dust. The customer himself takes care of protecting the property from dust pollution. It is better to work with doors before gluing wallpaper.

We decided to change interior door? There are not enough funds for a set with a box, or do you think that the old box is still in good condition? Never install a new door into an old box. Why? We will describe the cases of installing new doors in an old box in this article.

Replacing the door and frame kit. Photo: tgorlovka.com

In the process of cosmetic repairs, you can also find situations where the owners are trying to install a new door leaf in the frame from under the old door. In what cases is this option allowed:

• If the wall is damaged when dismantling the old box.
• Replacing one canvas with another for various reasons, but the same batch.

Old and new set of door frames with leaves. Photo: tgorlovka.com

And in these cases, there can be problems, since in production the same doors can differ in size by 1-2 mm, and this is detrimental to fight in the gap between the frame and the canvas.

The new door may be smaller than the old door and create a gap. The appearance of such a door is not very aesthetic.

New door in an old box. Photo: tgorlovka.com

With gaps in the box, thermal insulation and sound insulation can be compromised. Spontaneous opening of the door is also possible, in this case the lock in the door does not fit closely into the box because of the gap.

The new door is larger than the old door frame, then such a door cannot be installed at all. Many people try to fit the door to the size of the box using a saw cut along the inner edge. Do not try to do that! This can damage the door covering and can be thrown away.

All interior doors from the same company and from one batch look aesthetically pleasing. Photo: tgorlovka.com

Not the most important, but the argument why you shouldn't put a new door in an old opening is the color mismatch between the door and the frame. The ridiculous look will scare you and sooner or later you will still decide to install the complete kit. Do not forget that size discrepancies can also be met if you buy one box separately. Don't waste your money, buy and install the kit right away.

The fittings on all doors are located differently. Photo: tgorlovka.com

The location of the hinges depends on which side the door will open, in new door the fittings may simply not match. The hinges and locks in old doors differ significantly from newer models, so a 100% new door will not fit the frame installed in the 90s.

Summarize

All professionals will agree that replacing the door leaf without replacing the frame will be an unjustified step. Instead quality door in terms of function and appearance, you will get an absurdly designed doorway that does not fit into any interior at all.

During the repair, sometimes it becomes necessary to update interior openingkeeping the well-established box. It is connected with the fact that removing the frame from the wall risks provoking damage to the wallpaper, destruction of tiles, the formation of cracks in the floor when the threshold is removed. Therefore, the owners change all the other components of the structure, and the box is cleaned, treated with putty and painted in the color of the sash. Replacing door leaves does not require as laborious work as dismantling and installing an entire block, and it is cheaper.

Features of the procedure

Also, make sure that:

the opening has perfect geometry, old frame not skewed, not deformed and ready for further service;

the new product will not overload the carrier - it is better to purchase a product from the same materials and the same weight as the previous version.

In order for the replacement of the door leaf of the interior door to be successful and not cause additional trouble, you should:

pick up hinges that will fit into ready-made grooves without requiring cutting new ones;

adjust the sash correctly.

A simpler, although at the same time rather time-consuming, method of installing the fittings involves sealing the old grooves with putty and subsequent painting. The result of such work depends on the skill of the installers.

Where to order a professional service?

Masters, who have the necessary knowledge, experience and tools at their disposal, solve the following tasks:

installation or replacement of a glass insert;

insertion of hinges and locks using high-precision equipment;

replacement of platbands and accessories, if necessary;

hanging the sash and regulating its position in the opening;

installation of additional mechanisms and accessories if necessary - for example, connecting a door closer, inserting an automatic threshold, etc.

Benefits of a skilled approach

Professional replacement of the door leaf into the old frame will please:

coordination of the functioning of all elements of the system, comfortable operation;

maintaining the block's good insulating properties;

presentable appearance of the opening;

the service life of the structure.

What is important, the customer gets rid of a lot of trouble and gets a guaranteed high-quality result.

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It is a frame structure that is attached to the wall, and inside which the door leaf is hung. More recently - 20-25 years ago, even the entrance was exclusively made of wood or plywood. In the 90s, metal entrance doors, and accordingly, their door frame is made of steel. About 10 years ago, aluminum and plastic interior doors came into use, which are produced with a ready-made box made of the same material.

Made of chipboard, MDF, plywood-dict and even fiberboard, the box, platbands and are made of solid wood, usually conifers, or MDF. Woodworking enterprises have established the production of beams and complements from laminated MDF.

Can be made from MDF - fibreboard medium densitymade by hot pressing. All the necessary elements are made from this material. You just have to fit them in size. Especially relevant for arched openings. Assembly from MDF is performed in the same way as from ordinary wood, but working with this material is much easier. All parts are fastened to each other with glue or self-tapping screws.

Tools

To complete the installation of interior doors, you will need the following tools:

• tape measure to measure the opening and details,
• an ax or a large hammer,
• screwdriver or screwdriver,
• nail puller.
• chisel,
• bulgarian,
• level,
• master OK,
• spatulas
• bulgarian,
• jigsaw,
• chisel,
• miter box.

How to dismantle an old door?

Dismantling the old interior door is done in the following order:

• First, remove the accessories: handles, locks, latches.
• Examine the hinges. Sometimes they are separate. If you can remove the canvas, remove.
• Unscrew the screws for solid hinges. Unscrewing is done from bottom to top. Inexperienced craftsmen often make this mistake - first they unscrew the screws from above, and then they have to ask someone to hold the canvas. If you start from the bottom, then the door hangs to the last on the upper hinge, on the upper screw.
• Set aside the door leaf. Disconnect the hinges completely. Examine the platbands, where they are fixed, and in what way. Disconnect them. Surely under the cash will be the fasteners of the addons. These can be either nails or screws. Unscrew the self-tapping screws, and if nails, pry the docks with an ax. Disconnect them from the box
• Find the places where the bars are attached to the wall and free the box from the fasteners. In old houses of the Soviet type, it may not be fixed with screws into the wall. Inspect it, if there are no nails or screws, try to knock it out of the opening.
• extra pieces of plaster, planks, putty. He is ready for you to work.

How to install a new door into an old box

In the process of repair, this option is also possible: a new door in an old box. If you have planned to change the spoiled old door, then there is no need to dismantle the sturdy box. You only need to remove the door by unscrewing the hinges. You can take measurements for a new door using the old door leaf. To prepare the doorway for installing a new blade, inspect the frame and hinges. Pay attention to whether there are any gaps between the extensions and the beams of the main structure. You may have to remove the platbands. At the same time, check the attachment of the addons. If the planks are nailed, tap in and tighten a couple of screws additionally. Replace the trims.

You can fasten the door with old hinges, or you can install new ones. Then, in the old holes for the screws, hammer in wooden chopiks coated with glue. Because the new hinges may overlap the old holes, or the screws for them will be thinner. In any case, the chopiks will seal the holes, and the hinge will not loosen under the weight of the door leaf.

You can hang the door. Examine the lock (if there was one on the door). If you leave the old one, then when installing the lock, fit the lock latch under the striker.

How to prepare the doorway for the installation of the frame?

Sometimes apartment owners, wanting to change the interior of the room, constructively change the interior doors. The expansion of the doorway is justified by the desire to install double-leaf swing or folding doors (book, accordion).

In houses with high ceilings, the doorway is sometimes increased in height, the shape of the opening is changed, making the top semicircular, arched.

The methods of this work depend on the material from which the interior wall is made. It is easiest to work with brick or wood walls.

But the doorway in brick wall it is structurally difficult because it has more irregularities than the rest of the walls. This gives inaccuracies in measurements. And this must be foreseen when changing the dimensions of the opening. The edges of the wall must be leveled with plastering, then the installation of the door will not be a big problem.

To expand the doorway in a brick wall, it is enough to brickwork take out a row of whole bricks at the edge of the opening, align its line with halves of bricks and a cement-sand mixture. To do this, you first need a chisel and a hammer, and then a level, trowel and spatulas.

IN wooden wall you can expand the opening with a circular electric saw or grinder.

It is much more difficult to expand the opening in a reinforced concrete panel. In this case, you will have to arm yourself with a hammer drill and a grinder. The hammer drill will drill and beat the 6th ton, cut the metal rods of the frame with a grinder. The edge of the opening in the place of expansion must be leveled and plastered as much as possible.

Sometimes, doorways are unreasonably wide, which complicates the arrangement of furniture, and there is a desire to make it smaller. To reduce the opening by 8-12 cm, you can insert a thick bar between the wall and the box, fix it with long self-tapping screws (by the way, the self-tapping screws can be deepened in the bar up to 4 cm by drilling a hole for the hat with a drill # 8), foam it and seal it up with plaster ... You will attach the box to the timber. Installing thick beams will reduce the opening to 24 cm. To reduce a brick doorway by 25 cm or more, you will need drywall, or bricks, cement and sand. Drywall can be used to reduce thin walls covered with a thick layer of plaster. In this case, the plaster must be knocked off the wall and the drywall must be overlapped. The added part of the wall also needs to be plastered and finished so that it merges with the main one.

How to install a frame in a doorway?

Preparing a doorway for installing an interior door begins with a box. It is recommended to install it before the floor is laid (flooded). The box consists of 7 × 4 cm bars connected by the letter P. This is, if you do not intend to install a threshold. The door frame assembly with a threshold has a closed shape. It is necessary to correctly calculate the height of the threshold so that it does not fall below the floor level and is not too high. 3-4 cm is enough for him.

The details of the box and the threshold must be made so that a ledge is cut into the beams, which does not allow the door to overlap, close to the other side. Stops help to increase the noise and heat insulation of the doors.

The corners of the box and add-ons should be sawed off on a miter box at an angle of 45 ° and fastened together with self-tapping screws, lubricating the cut with glue. The door frame can also be assembled using the spike method, since the frame is still a one-piece structure. The door is assembled on a flat surface so that there are no distortions.

You need to install the box like this

• so that it rests against the upper edge of the opening. You may need to hammer in the wedges to seal. Either from above or below (if the bottom edge of the box is hidden under the floor). Cut off excess wedges hammered from above so that they do not look out and do not interfere with the installation of extensions.
• From the outside, the box should be mounted in line with the wall.
• And at the same time, check the level of the box according to the level, and the correctness of the angles with a square.

The door frame fasteners in the opening are made with self-tapping screws.

• Mark the points where the screws will be tightened;
• drill holes in the box with a # 4 drill;
• mark the location of each hole with a pencil on the wall;
• remove the box from the opening;
• drill holes in the wall with a victorious drill # 6 and hammer in the nylon dowels.
• Reinstall and align the box so that drilled holes agreed. Drive the retaining wedges into place. Screw the box with self-tapping screws.

A stable box will not put a lot of stress on the fasteners with which you screw it to the wall.

If the thickness of the wall is more than 7 cm, then addons will be required - boards that will mask the wall of the opening. They are attached later, when the box is installed, they do not need to be connected together in advance. But sawing off the upper edges of the racks and the upper bar should also be at an angle of 45 o

How to install and fix a door in a box?

The box is exposed and secured. Now you need to hang the door. For this

• Insert the canvas into the box.

1. If you have provided for the presence of a threshold, place three to four matches or tooth sticks under it. This is necessary so that the door does not rest with all its weight on the threshold, and then you do not have to tweak it.
2. If the threshold is not provided, then put boards or plywood 5-6 mm thick.
3. If you plan to lay carpet or linoleum within the door, then the door should be raised by a centimeter.

Installation of interior doors should be carried out taking into account all the "if", then it will be free to close, not resting on the bars either from above or on the sides. The door should fit freely in the box. On the sides and top, the gap should be 2 mm, on the bottom - taking into account the above “if”. Make sure all conditions are met. You can also insert matches between the box and the doors. Everything is fine? If the door rests somewhere, mark with a pencil - in this place you will have to work with a plane - remove the excess.

• Mark the loops. Attach the hinge and mark with a pencil the height of the hinge on the box and at the same time on the door. Mark the thickness of the hinge on the door. Do the same with the bottom loop.
• Also mark with a pencil the location of the locks, knobs or latches. Now you can. The assembly of interior doors, fitting and fastening of the fittings are carried out until the door leaf is fixed in the box. It is also better to paint and varnish it until it is installed in the box, and while there are no accessories on it. But, suppose you bought a door already finished.
• You can make a recess for recessed fittings using an electric jigsaw, or manually with a hacksaw and a chisel.
• Screw the hinges and the rest of the hardware to the door. Attach the canvas to the box and start screwing on the hinges.
• Check how your door opens and closes.

How to fix extensions and platbands

Completions are installed if the opening is thicker than the box. In width, they should correspond to the distance from the box to the edge of the wall. Fastening of extensions to the main beams is performed with self-tapping screws. For greater strength, before twisting the end of the extension can be greased with glue. The void between the wall of the opening and the addition must be covered with polyurethane foam.

The width of the platbands should be such that on one side it is on the same level with the box, and its other edge goes 1-1.5 cm to the edge of the wall. This is the final stage of box installation. They form a design element and therefore should look attractive. The casings must be installed before the skirting boards are nailed in. Sawing should be done at an angle of 45 °. The fastening of the cashing should be done so that the fastening elements are not visible. These can be liquid nails.

Platbands can be

• Wooden,
• Plastic,
• Made of MDF.

The main condition when choosing a cash-out is appearance and compliance with the design of the door or the interior of the room.

If you accidentally kicked interior door leafthen you should end up with something similar to the photo below. It turned out very neatly. Precisely calculated blow under doorknob, broke the latch and opened the door.

I would like to add that the door frame was not damaged and withstood the blow with honor. And this despite the fact that it was fixed only for polyurethane foam... No additional attachment was used. This is to the question of whether it is necessary to additionally fasten the door frame to the doorway.
Everything is in order with the box, but the door leaf needs to be replaced... Canvas width 80 cm.

Where to start replacing the door leaf

First, remove the crippled canvas from the door frame. We take a new canvas and make markings for the loops. The hinges were mortise, not overhead. Therefore, you have to work with a chisel. We remove the distance of the loops from the old canvas and transfer it to the new one. Usually the loops are located 20 cm from the edge of the canvas, but it will be useful to check.
Unfortunately, I did not find among my tools a template according to which I previously cut out the grooves for the hinges using a manual milling machine... Recently, overhead hinges are increasingly used. They do not require a tie-in and are a pleasure to work with.

We do the markup and get to work. The canvas is dyed, so first we remove the upper thin layer of paint, and then we go deeper. The end of the door is made of pressed sawdust, so it is easy to work with a chisel. You can even do without a hammer.

Having made the grooves for the hinges, we proceed to the inset of the handle. In the same way, we transfer the distance from the previous canvas, otherwise the latch will not coincide with the striker. Having made the markings for the handle, cut out a large hole for the mechanism with a crown. Next we take a 23 mm feather drill. and cut a hole in the end of the door for the latch.

The latch bar must be flush. For the convenience of applying the markings, turn the bar over and circle it with a pencil. We select the resulting rectangle with a chisel and check the position of the latch.

We fasten the hinges to door leaf and carry the canvas to door frame... Using wedges, we expose the canvas so that the hinges on it coincide with the grooves on the door frame. Since the screws will have to be screwed into the box a second time, it would be better to slightly seal the holes. I use matches or toothpicks. Just insert a toothpick into the hole and break off. Having sealed all eight holes for two hinges in this way, screw the hinges to the box. If you made the markings exactly, then the loops on the canvas will clearly coincide with the attachment point on the box.

We close the door and check the gaps. And then a surprise awaits us. The door fits too tightly to the rack of the box, on which the latch striker is located. Why did it happen? We measure the width of both door leaves and compare. And there is. New blade 2 mm. wider than before.

In order to slightly increase the gap, it is necessary to drown the striker and make it “flush” with the plane of the box. If this does not help, you will have to take more serious measures. For example, it can be removed from the opposite end of the door, where the hinges are, 2-3 mm. using a hand-held milling machine. The end will have to be painted over. The same can be done with the top end, if suddenly, when cutting and assembling the box, you made a mistake by making it shorter than necessary. Through hand router you can easily and most importantly, very accurately and accurately remove a few millimeters. Nobody will notice.

In this case, this was not necessary. There were enough measures to sink the striker. The door closes and opens perfectly. Let's move on to the next step.