Doors to the terrace. How to issue an exit

To be able to contact with nature without leaving your own house, it is possible, if you install good terraced doors. They should be, on the one hand, reliable to protect the dwelling from unexpected guests, and on the other hand - beautiful. Modern technologies combine these two requirements in one.

Requirements for terraced doors

1. Since the doors to the terrace are installed at the entrance to the house, then their main task is to ensure the safety of the people living in it. Today, there are many technologies that make even a glass door shockproof with reliable locks.
2. Doors to the terrace must be kept warm, so one of the important criteria when choosing is the thermal insulation properties. This is especially important in a severe climate. Therefore, sometimes panoramic doors are used as an internal structure.
3. House lighting. The terraced doors should not bring an additional shadow into the house, especially since in this place the owners often put indoor plants that also need a lot of sunlight.

Best of all, these three requirements are combined in these types of doors leading to the terrace:

1. Steel - is a standard door to the terrace, the price of which is higher than that of the one installed in the apartment, because it has a rather massive profile.
2. Plastic - it is also called a balcony, it has a window profile, fittings, hinges, etc.

If you want to save, then for the terrace choose a balcony door opening inwards. But the best option is the front door, which has its own hinges, double-glazed windows and multi-locks. Such a door can be safely closed in the cold season, and in summer it can be kept open or ventilated, it keeps the heat well and hermetically closes.

Single-leaf doors to the terrace

These are the most common doors to the terrace. They can open as a single-leaf window or be swing-and-tilt. The maximum dimensions of the door leaf are 240x160 cm. For the terrace, reinforcement is installed on the door, which has an increased resistance to burglary.

Additional fittings for single-door doors to the terrace:

• latch with a special handle that is located outside the door;
• door opener;
• lock the opening, holding the flap in an inclined position, so the door does not accidentally slam;
• mechanism, which adjusts the tilt, it allows you to adjust the door in one of seven positions.

Absolutely all doors to the terrace must be equipped with a lock that locks the wrong position of the handle. In this case, with the door open, you can not displace the lock pins with the door handle. Then, in the draft or in other cases, when there is uncontrolled closing of the door, the door frame is not damaged by the trunnion.

Double-leaf doors to the terrace

For double-door doors, the door leaf is divided horizontally with a structural element. It is located at the level of the window frame, it is approximately at a height of 80 cm. As a result of this separation, the glazing of the fabric consists of two independent parts.

This horizontal element is needed for doors with a height of more than 2.20 m with a white profile, and with a color one for door leaves above 2, 10 m in height. This is due to the fact that the plastic doors to the terrace under the influence of hot air expand much more than similar structures made of wood. Especially if the plastic is dark. With rapid heating and expansion of profiles, the door is deformed, so the structure needs to be strengthened. This is especially true for the double-faced door. If there is no horizontal middle element, then with deformations in the joints of the elements, the door leaf will fall and will rub against the door frame. As a result of the resulting stress in the glass, a crack may appear.

Sliding doors on the terrace

Similar designs in recent years are becoming increasingly popular. Especially their advantages fell to the taste of the owners of the terraces with a large glazed opening. Do not interfere with the design and a large area of ​​glass sliding doors for the terrace, rather, on the contrary, they will become the highlight of the room. When the door is opened, the canvas rises slightly upwards and smoothly moves to the side. Moves in this case only one sheet, the second - fixed motionless. Even with a heavy weight of 300 kg of the door leaf, the entire structure moves easily.

With the help of sliding doors you can glaze the whole wall of the terrace, and you can conditionally divide it into four parts, around the edges make two deaf, and in the center - sliding. The maximum size of the sliding door to the terrace is 3.23 x 2.67 m. At the edge of the deaf canopies, stoppers are installed, they block the impact of the sliding part on the door frame. Also in the design are installed and anti-breaking elements - these are pins that can not be removed, and roller mushroom pins. Examples of sliding doors to the terrace can be seen in the photo.

Folding doors to the terrace

Such doors are universal and include the advantages of many types of terraced doors. Folding door can be placed over the entire width of the wall. The guide along which the canvas moves can reach a length of six meters in length. The width of each moving door can reach a meter, so after the door is fully opened, it does not take up much space in the opening. The door is like an accordion. Features of the door:

• canvases consist of several doors, usually five;
• the height of the door is 2.40 m;
• at the end of the last leaf install a swivel-folding frame, which opens in the opposite direction. Thus, you can easily ventilate the room and do not move the canvas with an accordion. This frame is usually installed on a classic balcony door.

Sliding and sliding doors to the terrace

These glass doors to the terrace are similar in design to sliding, but they have an additional function: each canvas is opened separately. Design features:

• one door leaf - sliding and inclined, the second - can be opened inside the room, like a conventional single-door door;
• canvas, which is movable, can either be moved to the side, or put in a folding position;
• the second leaf must be kept closed, if the first one is open;
• such a door has a smaller area of ​​glazed areas;
• maximum dimensions of the cloth 2 x 2.40 m, and weight - 180 kg.

No matter how you design the entrance to the terrace, the door should correspond to the general style of the house, to look harmonious and to be reliable.