Guides wardrobe: an overview of the properties and characteristics

Wardrobe - the most demanded kind of furniture for the house. Such designs are ideal for the storage of different things, accessories, clothing and footwear, as well as other items. To save space in the room, this type of furniture is equipped with sliding systems. Operation of such doors provide guides for the wardrobe. This article will help you understand the features and specifications of such products.

Guides wardrobe: an overview of the fittings

The guide as part of a furniture accessories perform a vital function. With these elements sliding system with doors operate easily, freely and quietly. The operating principle of this design is quite simple: the door leaves are moved along the rails for wardrobe due to the rollers or balls.

Versailles - the most common and popular type of sliding system, which is found in the closet of compartment type. Such popularity is due to the presence of long-lasting, reliable and high-quality components and user-friendly operation of the internal filling elements. Sliding system additionally equipped with stoppers, gaskets and rollers for wardrobes. The guide with such a complex structure preclude tilting door leafs and arbitrary closing.

Sliding system components and requirements to the guide for sliding doors

The width guides wardrobe accessories and other parameters should be selected taking into account characteristics of the door leaf. In this case, be sure to take into account the size and weight of each leaf, as well as material from which they are made. Guides for sliding systems usually come complete with furniture, so there is no need to purchase these items separately. However, they may need in the event that hardware will fail and require a full or partial replacement of it.

Useful advice!If you choose guides that will meet the basic requirements of quality, these products can be used for a long time.

If the installation guide for wardrobe doors are made correctly, the opening and closing the fabric will be in the same plane. Together with other hardware elements, this type of product is part of a sliding system. to guide Requirements:

1. High level of durability - good strength characteristics ensure long life sliding system, even with regular use.
2. Aesthetics - the guides have to match the style of the room, where there is a wardrobe, as well as the design of the furniture.
3. Convenience - sliding system should be as simple and easy to use that any user can open and close the cabinet doors without problems.

Standard equipment sliding system in all designs the same compartment. But the list of additional accessories may vary depending on the cabinet model and the internal filling.

Sliding system includes the following elements:

• upper and lower guides for the closet, which moves door leaf;
• profiles with vertical and horizontal installation type to secure the inner filling of all elements;
• closers for the smooth running of the valves;
• Silicone sealant;
• system, consisting of lower and upper rollers for sliding doors of wardrobes, which is provided at the expense of the free and noiseless movement;
• screws as fasteners;
• abutments for locking the door leaf in the specific area (have the form of spring brackets);
• brush.

Types of guide profiles for sliding doors: classification by material

Picking up for wardrobe rails, be sure to pay attention to the material of manufacture. For the production of these products use the following materials:

• plastic;
• aluminum;
• steel.

Guides made of plastic profiles have the lowest price. Such products do not have a long life and high reliability. They can seamlessly be used for 5-7 years. For this reason, many consumers prefer to avoid buying furniture with plastic components.

Useful advice!To extend the life of the sliding system, it is advisable to use plastic rails for wardrobe only in combination with parts made of metal.

Steel is used for the production of a sufficiently durable and reliable products. However, the size guides closet, including their thickness must be chosen taking into account parameters of the door leaf. If the hardware is chosen correctly, the service life of the sliding system will be long. The price of such profiles is considered affordable for most buyers and, as a rule, it corresponds to the quality of these products. Sometimes there are options that are not as durable and easy to install, as it should be.

Aluminum made the highest quality components. These profiles are usually installed in high-end and high-end models. Aluminum guides are designed for cabinets that have a height of 4 m or more. These products are characterized by an extensive palette of colors and a wide choice of options decorative design.

Furniture sliding guides as part of system

The cabinets used coupe sliding systems of different types, so the door leaf can be opened and locked in several ways. Varieties of sliding structures for opening door panels:

1. The support system with bottom rail for sliding doors of wardrobes. Installation of construction is carried out directly on the floor or the bottom shelf of the furniture can be used for these purposes. The flap is held in the vertical position by the rollers mounted on the upper profile. The main disadvantage of these systems lies in the fact that the open bar may become dirty and clogged.
2. Mounted system with upper rail. This profile is used for hanging sash. The underside of the bar set special rollers that do not damage the floor.
3. The combined system. It is considered the most reliable and efficient. leaf movement is due to the furniture of ball guides.
4. Coplanar system. It has a special structure, through which the web in the closed position in the same plane.

Note! Most models are installed double system, which is activated not only the upper but also the lower guide profile. Such designs preclude tilting sash and its oscillations during displacement.

Features suspended sliding doors without lower guide

A sliding system consists of a suspended type brackets with the upper rails and the movement mechanism. This device comprises a stop for fixing the flaps and two carriages with rollers. On one carriage typically has a pair of wheels. In some cases, their number can be increased up to 4 pcs. Carriage themselves made of metal (steel) or plastic with high strength. Due to the ball bearing wheels move very smoothly.

The dimensions of the top guide for wardrobe may be different, and they depend on the dimensions of the door leaf. This type of furniture is usually made to order, so the parameters of individual designs. However, there are a number of recommendations regarding the size, thanks to which the cabinet becomes a comfortable operation.

The optimum leaf width is 0.6-0.9 m. There are also more specific options, but they are not the width should be less than 0.5 m. Otherwise, skew and door leaf may jump out guide. Maximum permissible width - 1.1 m, but moving a heavy sash will require considerable effort, so it is better to stick to the averages. The upper guide has a U-shaped configuration. It is equipped with two wide shelves that perform the function of clamps for carriage, which moves up until it reaches the stop.

The advantages of sliding-type suspension systems:

1. Suspension mechanism is able to withstand severe loads that allows to use this system in cabinets with solid door leaves.
2. Even with the heavy weight door panels suspension system works silently.
3. There is no need to install the framework on the stiffness of each leaf, which simplifies not only the construction of the cabinet, but also the process of its assembly. Such furniture looks more aesthetically pleasing, and is much cheaper.

In the suspension system has its drawbacks. Even with the availability of quality fittings eventually the door leaf begins to become loose.

Useful advice!To eliminate damage to the mechanism, it is necessary to equip a special suspension system stabilizer. Through this door leaf will remain in place.

The support system with bottom rail for sliding doors of wardrobes

In the sliding-type systems, reference load of the door leaf rests on rails which are mounted at the bottom of the cabinet. Upper profile serves as a holder. It fixes the web in a vertical position and has the form of lath-shaped M configuration.

When installing roller guides in the support system is required to be mounted on a steel frame stiffening wings. profile itself is a plane bracket with two rails for the wheels. Sash in such runners are placed in a checkerboard pattern. There are two ways to install the bottom rail: mortise and overhead. The first option seems to be more accurate and aesthetically pleasing. But the installation of overhead Profile method is much easier and cheaper.

solid and very durable plastic used to make the lower wheel. If the cabinet will be installed heavy massive sash, these videos should be supplemented by steel sleeves.

The main advantage of a sliding bearing type system is its low cost and the ability to adjust the position of the height of the flaps. The minus is a high risk of contamination. If the runners get clogged with dust and debris, moving doors will be difficult, and high impact loads on wheels will lead to premature wear.

Useful advice!If you set the brush belt, much of the dirt will be swept from the runners during the opening and closing of doors.

Features guide for furniture with a combined and co-planar system

The combined system has combined the advantages of a support and hinged mechanisms. Wing in this case can be secured from both above and below. Price rails for sliding doors of the cabinet with the combined system is very high. However, this disadvantage is fully compensated by the excellent quality and durability, because in the process Operating door panels not only move silently and smoothly, but not bumped from time.

Sliding system combined type is ideal for wardrobes in which the webs are longer than 1 m. This Mechanism embodiment can also be used with heavy doors of conventional size, made of wood array.

In the closed system the coplanar sliding webs are arranged in a special way. This mechanism includes a combined set of guiding profiles, which are mounted not only at the top but also at the very doors. To open the door panel, it is necessary to pull the handle toward you. As a result, this action will move the flap a little forward and will move to the right or to the left. In this case, the adjacent door is left behind.

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Accessories for wardrobes as the basis for the functional design of furniture

The main varieties and the appointment of the parts used in the assembly of furniture. Elements in the internal filling cabinets compartment type.

Benefits coplanar sliding system:

• quiet, soft and smooth opening of the door panels;
• cabinet doors, thanks to the smooth placement, look aesthetically pleasing, as well as exterior of the furniture;
• system provides savings cabinet internal area (about 10%).

Technical features guides for doors wardrobe and prices for products

Runners for cabinet compartment type may have several runners. Their number depends on the number of door leaves. The following types of profiles:

• Monorail;
• two-way;
• three-row.

Most models of modern cabinet has two-way system. Coloring guides depends on the material from which they are made. Steel profiles are bronze, silver and gold, as well as shades of champagne. If desired, the buyer can choose the products that simulate various types of wood. The palette of colors aluminum profiles more extensive as the range of textures.

Note! Colored coating on steel profiles less stable and durable. Over time, it is covered with cracks and oblazit.

There are two kinds of coatings used on profiles of aluminum:

1. Anodizing - chemical methods are used for coloring a metal surface. Cladding obtained very durable, since the pigment particles penetrate into the material. As a result, the paint exhibits resistance to mechanical stress, and are not afraid of moisture and direct sunlight.
2. Colored PVC film - this type of coating is different wear resistance, durability and moisture resistance. The film reduces noise generated during opening and closing of the valves.

Table price guide for wardrobes:

Name	price, rub.
Lower rail 590 cm (SSB)	660
Lower rail 600 cm (Silver)	660
Lower rail 600 cm (bronze)	1055
Lower rail 600 cm (gold)	1100
The upper guide 590 cm (SSB, silver)	1200
The upper guide 600 cm (two-lane, silver)	2240
The upper guide 600 cm (two-way, bronze / gold / champagne)	2420

Mounting of the lower and upper guide wardrobe

Upper guide profile is fixed on the top of the cabinet. For fixing screws of the fittings are used. As a fixture suitable press washers and screws are multi-purpose, but they must have a countersunk head.

Scheme mounting the top guide:

1. The guide profile should make holes of 4 mm, which are arranged with a pitch of 30 cm. To do this, you can use the drill.
2. If the mounting screws are used multi-purpose, you need to make a countersink in each hole.
3. Profile must be set to the corresponding portion of the cabinet and align it.
4. Thereafter, the item is fixed by fasteners.

The lower guide wardrobe has a similar structure, but is used as a support portion.

Installation sketch of the lower guide profile:

1. The profile made appropriately sized openings.
2. Do not just fix the hardware, since assembly technology, this element must be shifted by 2 cm inside the cabinet. In this case, be sure to use a level.
3. Once identified the exact location of the installation and the guide is aligned with the level, you can fix this piece screws.

Important! Since the lower guide is located inside the furniture, you need to make sure that it will not distort the internal filling, for example, boxes and baskets.

Assembly of ball guides wardrobe drawers

Current models of steel rails for sofa optimal replacement for conventional wooden slats, which are used for a long time to move the boxes. The most practical and functional accessories is considered to be telescopic. It is a ball guide with the possibility of full extension.

Advantages ball full extension runners:

• reasonable cost;
• smooth and gentle movement;
• excellent strength characteristics;
• durability;
• Easy mounting system.

Telescopic rails characterized concealed type mounting. This kind of hardware is used not only in the chest, but in the cabinets coupe in desks, as well as kitchen furniture. Do not forget about the benefits of rail flush-mounted door closer. These models allow us to propose a box on its entire length, thus gaining access to all the things that are stored in it. Oil provides a smooth closing of the door closer.

The mechanism of ball guides with a door closer is able to withstand up to 50 thousand. openings and closings. Construction fittings designed for weight loads up to 25 kg.

How to fix ball guide: installation technology

Before installing the ball guide must be pulled inside of the fittings. To do this, press the black mustache. The result is two halves, one of which is attached to the inner wall of the cabinet, and the second - on the side of the drawer from the outside.

How to Install a ball guide? To do this, follow a certain sequence of actions:

1. First you need to determine the best location for mounting fixtures.
2. On the side of the drawer from the outside must be applied to the layout. of the mounting line can be arranged in the lower region or the extend strictly in the middle.
3. Then, using screws, in accordance with the attached line marking one half fitting.
4. On the inner wall of the cabinet must be applied a similar layout. Placing this line will depend on the height of the drawer.
5. After this the other half is attached to the fittings in place.

To make sure that the installation of the guide with a door closer is performed correctly, it is necessary to have a box on the site and see how freely it opens and closes.

On both sides of the accessories there are a large number of holes, each of which performs a specific function. The elongated holes allow horizontal movement of the horizontal profile in the process of adjusting the guide and elongated vertical - move up / down. After the fittings fully configured, it is firmly fixed with screws or screws. For this purpose, a round hole shape.

The lower rails are usually installed indented 3 cm from the bottom of the cabinet. Accommodation of the remaining components completely depend on the dimensional parameters of boxes. In the operation of the elements must not touch. To avoid this, the distance between the fittings installed on the walls of the cabinet, should be increased, adding to a record height of the front of the drawer 23 mm. During installation, be sure to make sure that the fixing of all the components of the guide was carried out strictly according to the marking lines.

Slides - the main component of extensible system cabinets compartment type. Various materials, the highest quality of which is used for manufacturing aluminum profiles. hardware installation technology is quite simple for the sliding system. If properly perform all the calculations and accurately follow the instructions, the installation can be carried out independently. For heavily loaded drawers, it is desirable to use a double set of accessories.

Careful care of the sliding system will extend the service life of rails and wheels / balls. It suffices to 2 times a month to remove dust and debris from a vacuum cleaner, and then wipe the surface with a damp sponge rails.