How to choose and install the front door to the apartment - from the simple options to advanced door with an electronic lock

The front door - like a gate to the fortress. Walls can be arbitrarily high, but if the enemy will break the gate, the garrison would fall. It just so happened that in the Russian front door should be protected not only from outside noise and drafts. Distressed neighbors drunken guests neighboring apartments finally nightmare respectable citizen - are thieves ...

All this makes us a smile watching foreign films, where the front door thin, so even half a glass. The harsh reality of each living space convinces the owner: the front door should be metal.

How to choose

And among the metal doors have a product that will protect your accommodation is no better word of honor. And there, on the contrary, the barriers that will protect you with this level of reassurance that obviously strikes a hole in your budget. By choosing the front door should be treated carefully and rationally.

First of all, we should warn potential buyers from buying low-quality doors for domestic spaces known as "Chinese". In fact, in China it is produced and high-quality products, so that it is not in the geography of production, as well as performance. In some samples, a healthy strong man could leave a dent, even a finger.

Face metal has a thickness of less 1 mmAs well as a heater used cell board. In addition, these doors are equipped with hinges weak and unreliable locks. whether such savings justified?

metal Thickness the front door should be not less than 2, and even better 3 mm. Inside the door must be placed reinforcement ribs, which prevent twisting and bending of the web. Vertical beams must alternate with horizontal forming some semblance of large cells. Remarkably, if the manufacturer has provided the point of sale in a sample section, which allows you to keep track of all the nuances of the assembly technology.

Between reinforcement ribs located heater. This may be mineral wool or extruded polystyrene, in a cheap door - foam. Rockwool though afraid of water, has good sound insulation properties. This eliminates the need for a second door, made on the basis of the vestibule - the noise from the landing will be minimal.

The inner side finished with a variety of materials that enhance the aesthetic appeal of the door to the interior of the apartment. Most often this is a decorative MDF milling.

When you select a note and doorframe. External frames should be made of a metal of the same thickness as the fabric - this will prevent malicious access to the fixings. The hinges should be powerful enough to support the weight of the door. They hidden or external, large does not matter. After all, in good doors, having cut loops, which in itself is problematic and will cause a lot of noise, you can not remove the door - this was prevented by the special Security Bolts, recessed in the jamb.

Locks can be pre-installed or installed by the customer, the first option is more common. Usually it is a combination of cylinder and lever locks. They have a different system, and an attacker would have to use a different technique, which reduces his chances of opening the door. The lever locks circuit often includes upper and lower crossbars - metal pins which enter openings in the threshold and upper jamb, closing the door on all sides.

Last trend of technical progress - electronic locks. They can be opened in different ways - through the fingerprint software from your smartphone, code panels or a special keychain. Most of these locks have the form of cylinders that are inserted into conventional cylinder locks. With all the exciting benefits they require regular battery charge.

Step by step guide installing door

Having a tool and an assistant, you can put the front metal door himself.

Step 1. First you need to completely dismantle the old box, remnants of plaster and unstable fragments. Ideally should remain bare concrete or brick. Then remove the leaf from its hinges and set in the aperture box. They put on a level, flat propped wooden pegs.

Step 2. After that, take a hammer and drill wall in the number of mounting holes. The anchor is inserted into the hole and twist until it stops. You can use the trim valves, if the box is attached to the eyes. Then the pins are welded to the lugs and painted.

Step 3. The door leaf is put on the loop, the door is closed. The gap between the casing and an aperture to blow out with foam, after drying it trimmed and slopes or render over or close frames.