Today, metal entrance doors are gaining more and more popularity, which are durable, durability and reliability. However, without the correct installation, no, the highest quality of them, does not guarantee security . Incorrectly carried out the door installation can first lead to damage, and secondly, it will not become a reliable barrier on the path of apartment thieves.
There are cases when the latter did not even need to resort to hacking, they simply took off the steel door with the box. Therefore, the door installation work is best entrusted to specialists who will perform it quickly, efficiently and with a guarantee. For those who, for some reason, decided to install the front door with their own hands and would like to deal with this technological process, and this article was written.
Tools:
1. Hammer;
2. Roulette;
3. Construction level;
4. Plumb line;
5. Spacers or wooden wedges;
6. Punch or shock drill;
7. One or two cylinders of the mounting foam;
8. The end key for 17.
The whole process of installing the door is divided into several stages:
Preparatory stage
First you need to remove the old front door, remove its box, and then carefully measure the size of the liberated opening. They should be such that the box of the new door can freely become in the opening, and at the same time there remains a small gap on each side.
Tip: The width of the clearance should not exceed 5-10 mm, since this, in the future, will depend on the sound insulation of the front metal door. Next, check the opening for verticality. For this, using a plumb line, we determine the most protruding part of the wall surface. For doors with platbands, it will become a plane of adjacence. Deviation from the vertical can reach 10-20 mm, but if it is very large, it is possible to trim the wall by healing its protruding parts.
Installation of the door frame in the prepared opening
Important: the door frame is installed separately without a sash
The box is inserted into the opening and fixed using wooden spacers or wedges, which are driven into the gaps between the opening and the box. Using the construction level and plumb line, each side is checked for compliance with vertical and horizontal planes. Discovered deviations are eliminated using wooden wedges.
Then, through special holes for anchor mounts, which are located on the side elements of the box, the holes in the wall drill. For reliability, the diameter of the holes should be at least14 mm, the drilling depth of at least 150 mm. The mounting of the box must start from the upper part of the loop side.
The first hole is made in this place. Having fixed the anchor in it and tightening it with a wrench, we re -check the position of the box and, if necessary, adjust. After that, drill a hole under the lower anchor.
Important: after tightening each questionnaire, it is necessary to check and adjust the deviations of the surface of the frame horizontally and vertical.
Having made sure of the proper position of the box, we tightly tighten the anchors of the loop sides, we tighten the castle side of the castle side to the end.
Installation of the sash
We hang the sash on the loops. We will cover it and make sure that it does not spring back. If this happens, then there is some tension — the loops are «pulling». Correct the situation by adjusting the degree of clamping of anchors on the loop side of the door.
Tip: It is necessary to make sure that the bitch in the entire height of the door leaf fit tightly to the frame, from the lock side.
The hacking resistance of the door depends on this. For this, one person on the outside controls the plane of the narthex, the other with the help of a Fomki or another tool, pulls or squeezes the frame from the inside. First set the upper corner, then align the lower. Having achieved the desired position of the narthex, they tighten all the fasteners of the frame to the stop. An article on where to start building a veranda to the house.
The final stage
If you did everything correctly, then the door you set will work without jamming, tightly fit to the box, its locks and jackets will function properly. Having made sure of all this, you can proceed to the abandonment of the remaining openings. Installation foam not only enhances the fixation of the door itself around the entire perimeter, but also serves as high -quality heat and sound insulation. The foam is completely drying about about a day, after which the door is ready for operation.