Installing the door frame

Installation of the entrance door is a very responsible process, as further operation, as well as heat and sound insulation, depends on this. In order for the installation to pass qualitatively and reliably, it is necessary to correctly measure the doorway. Measurements are made at three points: right, left and middle. In this case it is necessary to take into account the perpendicularity of the sides and their straightness. To secure the door is as reliable as possible, it is necessary to remove the plaster layer to the base of the wall at the measuring points. After that, you can start dismantling the old door.

First, the door leaf is removed from the hinges , then the box itself is dismantled. It is usually cut in several places to simplify the dismantling. After removing the old door, you need to carefully handle the opening: remove the rests of the plaster, the cement irregularities, which will subsequently interfere with the installation.

In order to install the door frame quickly, you need to prepare all the necessary tools and materials in advance. The most important thing for a successful job is a good electric drill. It is necessary to stock up with wood drills, which must correspond to the diameter of the screw, as well as the winning drills, the diameter of which must be greater than those designed for wood. You will need six self-tapping screws. For the lining will necessarily need pieces of plywood and wood. A drill bit is needed to screw the screws. And the last thing you need in your work is the level of construction.

Now you can proceed to the process itself. The installation of the door frame begins with drilling with a drill through three holes in the side rails. Here you need to be very careful not to drill the stitch of the masonry. To ensure that the self-tapping screws do not look out, it is necessary to make small holes in the form of funnels in a countersink.

Once all this is done, you can install a door frame in the doorway. With the help of the building level, you need to put it in a vertical and horizontal plane, while using the prepared pieces of plywood and wood. Through holes drilled before it is necessary to mark the places in the wall where the holes will be drilled. Then the winning drill needs to be made with six holes in the marked places under the dowels, after which they are to be hammered. A screwdriver is attached to the drill to screw the screws. Now the door frame is installed in the opening, inserted into the holes of the self-tapping screws. Twist them to half. The building level needs to finally verify the accuracy of the installation of the door frame, then the screws can be screwed almost to the end.

Next to the place where screws are screwed, it is necessary to put pieces of wood. This is necessary in order that the box could not get the shape of the opening. Only then self-tapping screws are fully screwed. The final check is also performed using the level.

After the installation of the door frame is completed, you need to form a mounting seam. For this, the soft insulation is filled with space between the opening and the box and is filled with mounting foam. Its layer should be approximately thirty millimeters in depth from the edges of the box. If the door is single-leaf, then one bottle will be enough.

As soon as the door handles and nozzles are screwed, it is necessary to check the operation of the locks. Opening and closing them should occur without any jams or great efforts. It must also be ensured that there are no marks from the mounting foam on the mounted door. If they are detected, immediately take the necessary measures, since fresh foam can still be removed with a solvent, and the hardened foam is removed only by mechanical action, after which the appearance of the door leaf may suffer.

Many are worried about the problem of how to properly install the door. It should be noted that the service life of the canvas depends on a serious and thorough approach to this issue, as well as on observance of the necessary instructions.