How to make an interior door with your own hands: instructions for making (video)

How to make a door yourself? Probably, every owner of the house would like to independently do the installation work on its arrangement. Today, thanks to modern technologies, it is easy to make doors, and financially it is also profitable.

Types of interior doors by opening.

An interior door is a necessary element of any building. It performs the function of protecting the interior of the structure from "uninvited guests", cold or, conversely, heat. There are only 2 types of such structures: panel and panel. What is the difference? The fact is that the paneled door has a rather simple design: these are frames into which panels and glass are inserted. A panel is called a section in the door, which has thin profiled frames, as well as a shield made of plywood or plastic. The presence of such an element allows you to close the frame, which gives an aesthetic appearance to the product.

Features of choice

Types and arrangement of interior doors: panel and panel doors.

What are the technical characteristics of a panel door? It has excellent soundproofing properties and low weight. The main disadvantage of such doors is that they cannot be made on your own, even if you study various video instructions. Their design is quite complex, it can only be done by a master. Therefore, you should not opt ​​for a paneled door if you are going to do the installation yourself.

As for the shield options, they are designed for independent implementation. What are they made of? First of all, from a shield, the surface of which should be smooth. The process of cladding occurs with plywood or plastic. The main advantages of making a door with your own hands are saving money and quality. In addition, it is considered universal, as it can be installed both in the bathroom and in the bedroom.

How to coat the surface?

Veneering of an interroom paneled door.

Many do not know how to make a door on their own, so they often resort to the help of specialists. They will help you find any information on construction work. It is important to decide what type of door you want to make. However, this is not the only issue that needs to be addressed. Do you know how to cover the doors? There are, as a rule, 4 types of door coverings, which are divided into lamination, veneering, tinting and painting. The last two types are the simplest.

The staining process has its own characteristics. As a rule, several layers of paint are applied to the canvas so that the color is saturated and resistant. The durability and reliability of the design depends on what materials you are going to make the door from. Painting and the necessary equipment are the main components of the design. If you are going to tint the door, then use a varnish that will give it a transparent (in some cases translucent) shade. Thus, you will be able to emphasize the natural color of the tree. Specialists make doors based on hardwood tinting, as dents or other imperfections can be visible on softwood.

What is lamination? This painting process consists of pressing a special film onto the surface. Glue is not used, but the film must be either plastic or paper. Now about the veneering method. It consists in gluing a thin wood film onto the finished door leaf. Its optimal thickness is 1 mm. The veneer is laid on the substrate, and then covered with ordinary varnish. Such a coating is considered ideal for an array and doors with a typical panel structure.

What are the types of doors?

Scheme of the panel door device.

To make a door with your own hands, you need to familiarize yourself with the types by the way it opens. There are a lot of them, but only 5 are especially popular: swing doors, folding, pendulum, swing and compartment doors. The most common type is swing doors. They open in one direction, and they are used mainly in apartments. It is known that it is necessary to make a door of such a design either single-leaf or double-leaf. However, there are also semi-leaf structures, when the canvases have different parameters. As for installation options, there are only two of them: the door opens from you to the left and, conversely, to the right.

Like all designs, swing-type interior doors have disadvantages. Chief among them is the lack of space. If the room is small, then opening the door structure takes up a lot of space. In this case, pendulum options are an alternative, which can open in both directions. This is their unique technical property, which serves as an excellent replacement for any other design. However, this is a matter of taste. Experts suggest making doors based on the interior of the room and the design features of the entire building. Despite the convenience of pendulum doors, they are not widespread, therefore they are of an individual nature of application.

You will not find a swinging door in high-rise buildings, as they are used, for example, in subways. In apartments, these copies are not installed due to the fact that they are made of glass, plastic or aluminum. In residential areas, they are completely inappropriate. As for another type of door opening method, compartment doors open by sliding. That is, the canvas is shifted inside the wall or with the help of a special guide design. They look especially beautiful when they move into the inner opening of the partition.

Sliding doors are a practical solution. They are necessary for rooms with a small area of ​​\u200b\u200bfree space. A folding door looks very unusual. It consists of several folding panels (not more than 15 cm wide), when opened, it folds into the wall. This door is silent and easy to use.

What is the door made of?

Types of folding doors

Today, wooden doors remain relevant. However, due to their high cost, substitutes for natural wood are used. The use of softwood will make any door reliable and durable. Pine wood has an attractive appearance due to dark spots on a light background. Such material is inexpensive, but its minus is that it is unstable to external influences (shocks, scratches). As for artificial materials (chipboard, MDF), they cannot be compared with natural wood. They cost 2 times less, but their quality is not so excellent. These doors are not environmentally friendly, and their strength is not great. Despite this, they are considered the most affordable option.

Glass is one of the options for finishing doors. The main advantage of a glass door is the transmission of light into the room. It is especially wise to use this material in darkened rooms. Thanks to a wide range of shades, the door with glass inserts can be decorated with various patterns. It is not recommended to make a glass door on your own.

Instructions for self-manufacturing doors

To make an interior door with your own hands, you do not need any special skills and experience. It is easy to install and does not take much time. What do you need from the tools? You need to purchase:

Dimensions of typical interior doors.

• ordinary knife;
• screwdriver
• square;
• pliers;
• hacksaw;
• roulette;
• a small piece of sandpaper.

What materials should be purchased? Firstly, boards 50 mm thick or timber, and secondly, slats for making the frame. In addition, you will need:

• self-tapping screws;
• glue;
• Fiberboard for sheathing;
• finishing material (selected depending on the design);
• accessories.

Any walls have openings that are designed to install doors. Of course, if the door is an entrance, then it is better to use metal.

The easiest and most inexpensive option is to remake an existing door.

It is necessary to dismantle the door from the opening, lay it on a flat surface and remove all existing fittings. After removal, you need to decide on the appearance of the future door. You can make a solid structure or with a window opening. Of course, the latter option is somewhat more complicated, but in the first case, you will have to work hard (remove the paint).

There is an option with window binding:

Compartment door manufacturing.

1. The first step is to mark the surface, and it is better to do this with a ruler and square. The lines on the surface of the door are drawn with a pencil or felt-tip pen directly on the paint. Indents must be observed along the perimeter: along the top - more than 16 cm; on the bottom - more than 50 cm; on the sides - about 10 cm.
2. When the layout of the future window is completed, proceed to the direct sawing. Using a drill, holes are made first in the corners, and then around the entire perimeter in increments of 3-5 mm. Using a regular hacksaw, a hole is cut out. Make sure the lines are straight.
3. The sawn part is removed, and slats are attached along the resulting contour, which are pre-lubricated with carpentry glue. In cases where the installation of the rails is hindered by the ribs located between the skin, it is necessary to break them out using pliers. The glue will dry in about 2 hours. But you can not wait for it to dry and fix the slats with carnations (length 10-15 mm), drowning in the cap trim.

Your door frame is now complete. You only need to install the hardware and attach it to the doorway. A door that is properly made with your own hands will serve you for many years. The main thing is not to make a mistake with the choice of its type and method of opening. It is also worth paying attention to the material of manufacture.

Now you know how to make a door yourself. You do not need the help of a specialist or a special tool. Even a beginner can cope with this work, it is only important to follow the instructions here. The installation process will not take you much time, especially if you have already done the dismantling.