What tool is needed for installing interior doors (photo, video)

It’s very simple to choose and buy a door to your apartment, the difficulties begin during the installation process. Installation of interior doors - A difficult process that requires certain skills, time and appropriate tools. Special equipment for mounting the door leaf needs to be prepared in advance - if this is not done, it will take extra time. In addition, a hasty purchase of tools is fraught with the fact that you can run into a low-quality installation kit.

To determine the list of equipment, you should carefully consider the upcoming range of works: from marking and inserting hinges to finishing door slopes. The basic set for the installation of interior doors has about a dozen items, but one they can not do. To perform the work efficiently and without the need for further adjustment, you need to write a list of devices that will be required at all stages of installation.

All the devices necessary for mounting the door structure can be divided into two categories: manual equipment and electrical equipment.

Power tools

List of what is recommended for purchase:

• Hammer drill. During construction work, this tool is extremely useful. During the installation of the door structure, they align and enlarge the opening, drill holes for the anchor dowel, etc.

• Drill. This tool drills mounting holes of various diameters. If there are special feathers for wood, you can perform additional operations. Before starting the installation, you need to check the tightness of the fixation of the drill installed in the drill chuck. If the drill is loosely fixed, during drilling it can fly out and damage the door surface or, even worse, injure the master.

• Screwdriver (plus attachments to it). It makes the process of fixing screws in hinges, door handles and lock easier.

• Jigsaw. The main purpose of the tool when installing interior doors is opening dobors, platbands. It is used for processing places that are difficult to access for saws.

• Manual electric milling cutter (plus special milling cutters). The device is used to hinges and lock mechanism. They also remove the layer of wood from the door leaf and the box, make seats under the hinges.

Hand tools

For the installation of interior doors, a set is recommended that includes the following items:

• Pencil or marker. The hinge should not be too rigid, otherwise marks will remain on the varnished coating of the door or platbands, which will then be difficult to remove.

• Roulette. It is best to use a three or five meter tape measure.

• Calipers. This device is needed to determine the depth lock construction. They are also marked with furniture and perform a number of additional work.

• Chisel. It is used for inserting door hinges and other accessories.

• The level is bubbly. It is necessary for measuring the inclination of horizontal and vertical surfaces. For the installation of doors, a level is recommended, the length of which is 50 cm. You can use the laser level. The use of such a tool will make the work neat and high quality.

• Steel ruler. Useful for measuring work.

• Testing metal square. The device is required for measuring angles, as well as for setting up a power tool.

• Ordinary hammer and joiner's wooden hammer (mallet).

• A set of screwdrivers. A set will be needed for fastening hinges, awnings, locks, etc.

• Miter box and saw. What type of tool is needed? An end saw will be needed for accurate sawing of bars and platbands (sawing angle - 45 or 90 degrees). A hacksaw or jigsaw can chop the edges, make them jagged. A circular saw is needed to reduce the door leaf in length (if the opening height is initially low), as well as for sawing additional strips.

• The gun filled with polyurethane foam (sealant).

Consumables

A set of consumables includes:

• Peaks and chisels for the punch.

• Files for jigsaws.

• Drill.

• Masking tape.

Also, for fixing loops, inserting the locking mechanism and installing platbands, self-tapping screws will be needed.

Some craftsmen prefer to fix platbands with liquid and finish nails. You can use the micro studs. They are fixed with a special pneumatic device of an industrial class - a pneumatic gun.

This method of installing platbands is one of the most common. If the diameter of the finish nail is about 2-3 mm, then the size of the micro-stud is 0.64 mm. They can fix platbands, glazing beads, linings and additional timber. The micro stud is a strong, barely visible fastener, it does not have hats of nails and rivets. The use of micro-studs in carpentry allows you to achieve a single, seamless look of the door leaf.

Equipment

Interior doors are often sold without hinges and a locking mechanism, so accessories are purchased separately. When choosing hinges and locks, it is better to give preference to quality products that will last for many years.

 Optional equipment

Additional work during the installation of interior doors is often associated with the regulation of hinges and trim slopes. Regulation is necessary in order to check the tightness of the door to the box. If necessary, the fastener is tightened with a screwdriver or loosened. At this stage, you will need a set of screwdrivers.

To perform the plastering of slopes, you need to prepare a kit that includes such items as:

• Spatulas
• Solution bath
• Set of brushes and rollers
• Grout Set

Ideally, for the installation of interior doors it is better to purchase professional equipment. Such tools are experienced and reliable, and therefore guarantee quality work. But the prices for such devices are quite high.