Installing a new interior or entrance door has a negative impact on the appearance of the opening. In addition, gaps remain between the door and the opening, due to which heat and sound insulation is impaired. High-quality slopes for entrance doors guarantee reliable protection from extraneous noise and heat loss. There are various options for finishing slopes using natural stone, PVC, laminate, MDF and other modern materials.
Reasons for forming door slopes
The question of how to finish the slopes of the front door is often asked, because there are many reasons for carrying out this type of repair work. Let us note some of them, the main ones, so to speak:
- Installation of a new door if a new house is built and interior renovation work is being carried out. Or there was a need to replace the old design.
- Defects appeared on the slopes. Over time, any building structure that is subjected to temporary or permanent loads becomes unusable. Usually these are cracks, chips, various types of shedding and traces of mechanical impact. In this case, it is important to correctly assess the situation so that the volume of construction operations does not increase over time.
- If the owner of the house decided to radically change both the external appearance of the building and the internal design of the premises.
- The door slopes have become infected with fungi or mold. In this case, the door element is completely removed, after which the surfaces of the wall ends are cleaned and treated with antiseptic compounds.
So, if you have identified the cause, then you need to eliminate it and start forming slopes with subsequent design. But before we form the door slopes, let’s indicate what materials they are made from today.
Installing a new door is the reason for the formation of new slopes Source dveriklin.ru
How to make slopes for interior doors with your own hands from plastic
When choosing plastic for work, you can stop only at the classic white version. Depending on the color of the room, you can choose colored plastic panels. Moreover, some plastic panels are patterned like wood, leather or other materials. It looks stylish, fashionable and modern, and in installation such panels do not differ from ordinary ones.
To install plastic slopes on doors, you must follow the following sequence of actions:
- The surface of the future slope is cleaned of all dirt and dust.
- Profile guides in the form of planks are installed on the slope.
- The required size of the parts is measured; for this it is best to use a tape measure.
- The plastic is cut according to the selected size. If possible, when making door slopes with your own hands, it is better to use a jigsaw. If this is not possible, a hacksaw will do.
- First, the side parts are secured, and then the upper slope is attached.
- The plastic joints at the top are treated with a sealant, for example, silicone, matched to the color of the plastic. Plugs in the form of corners are placed on the outer sections.
After completing all work, the plastic panels should be washed with a damp cloth, even if they did not get dirty during work. The finished slope will look clean and tidy.
Door slope material
Today there are several technologies for forming entrance door slopes, both outside and inside, where different building materials are used. Let’s just briefly outline them, and also note the advantages and disadvantages of each.
Plaster mortar
This is an old method for making door slopes that is still used today. And here we take into account not only the low cost of the technology and materials used, but also the possibility of obtaining a high quality final result. Moreover, today, more and more often, instead of ordinary plaster made according to the classical recipe, ready-made mixtures of textured and decorative compositions are used. With their help, you can give the slopes an attractive appearance and match them exactly to the interior or exterior design of the house.
Slopes made of plaster mortar Source masterdel.ru
Drywall
This building material is becoming increasingly popular year after year among private sector developers. Simple, reliable, inexpensive, with high speed of installation work. The only drawback is the joints of the strips, without which it is sometimes impossible to finish the door slopes. This problem can be solved, but this requires additional manipulations.
MDF panels and laminate
Essentially, it is a more expensive replacement for drywall. But these two materials have a wide range in terms of decorative finishing of slopes. As for MDF panels, if the width of the doorway is greater than the same dimensional indicator for the panels, then they will have to be joined on the slope, which reduces the presentable appearance. In this regard, laminate is preferable because its joints are less noticeable.
Slopes made of MDF panels Source dveri-komandor.ru
Natural wood
Slopes for the front door were made of wood before. As in the past, today this pleasure is not cheap. But the end result of the operations will amaze everyone. Wooden slopes have incredible beauty when combined with a wooden door. At the same time, wood can always be restored, which extends its already long service life. The only thing that needs to be noted is that the process of forming slopes from wood is complex and requires knowledge of some of the nuances of the operations being carried out.
laminated chipboard
For some reason, many people believe that laminated chipboard is used only for making furniture. Builders and designers appreciated this material. The only thing is that for finishing slopes they use a thinner grade of material (6-10 mm) than furniture material, which reduces its cost. All other characteristics can give odds to any other type of finish. You just need to understand that ordinary laminated chipboard is used for internal slopes, and moisture-resistant for external ones.
Slopes made of laminated chipboard Source dverivmir.ru/wp-content
PVC panels
It should be noted that plastic panels, when they first appeared on the construction market, immediately became popular. The huge variety of design solutions offered was impressive. Therefore, designers immediately began to use them wherever possible. Door slopes were not left out either.
But over time, it became clear that PVC panels do not have sufficient strength, especially if they were exposed to shock loads. Under the influence of changing temperatures outside, they quickly failed. That's why they were abandoned today.
Stone and brick
Finishing the slopes of the front door with stone or brick is rare today. For some reason, many people think that this design option for front doors is unfashionable. But the point here is probably different:
- laying stone or brick is a complex and labor-intensive process that requires a lot of time;
- after finishing the work it will be difficult to finish the walls;
- This is not the cheapest option, because it is not the material itself that is expensive, but the work of the master.
As for the advantages, it should be noted the high strength of the structure and the unique individuality of the surface of the slopes.
Slopes made of decorative stone Source kakpostroit.su
See also: Catalog of companies that specialize in the sale and installation of doors and windows
Extras
The appearance of these elements on the market has made finishing slopes simple. But craftsmen assure that the extensions are best used for interior doors. On the street, under the influence of changing humidity and temperature, this material quickly deteriorates, losing its appearance. But if the task is to decorate the front door from the inside, then there are no restrictions or prohibitions. Today, manufacturers offer entire lines of door finishing elements, which allows you to choose the desired option without any problems, both for the door and for the interior design of the room.
Huge variety of extras Source oteplicah.ru
Extras
It is extremely convenient when such structures are installed in a hallway where there are several doors, for example, the entrance and doors to the bathroom and living room. This allows you to make boxes and slopes from the same type of material. In this case, installing doors will take less time, and the result will be a neat appearance of the hallway in any style. Installing the extensions is extremely simple. And the material from which they are made is much higher quality than chipboard, plastic or laminate, but its cost will also be higher.
The choice of material for creating slopes depends on many factors. In this case, you should take into account the type, size, weight and material of the doors, their installation location, humidity level and operating load. Materials for finishing slopes also vary in cost and complexity of work, so to bring the doorway into proper shape, it is better to turn to professional craftsmen.
Rules and nuances of forming door slopes
So, let’s move on directly to analyzing how to make door slopes for the front door from different materials. Let's start with traditional plaster. Let’s immediately make a reservation that if a new door structure has been installed, then first of all it is necessary to remove the smudges of polyurethane foam sticking out in all directions, which are simply cut off with a knife at the level of the door frame. If the old door is replaced with a new one, then the same thing is done, only the old slopes are additionally knocked down to the brickwork.
Then the surfaces are primed. After which the plaster solution is applied. Typically, a plaster slope is finished with paint, so its surface should be as smooth as possible. How to do it:
- dried plaster is treated with a primer;
- after drying, apply finishing fine putty;
- after it dries, sand with zero-grade sandpaper;
- Next they paint or wallpaper.
As for other types of finishing, plastering must also be carried out under them. You just don’t need to achieve maximum smoothness and evenness of the plastered surface, because the slope will be covered with another material that will give the door element not only decorative, but also evenness.
For example, drywall on slopes is “set” on putty, which is applied to the finishing material in slides or, as the masters do, with slaps. It is thanks to them that you can level the drywall by pressing it on the skewed side.
Saving Tips
Finishing work involves a large consumption of building mixtures and decorative materials. If you do not want to buy expensive finishing, then you can use any other types of products. For example, MDF panels are easily replaced:
- simple wallpaper;
- ceramic tiles;
- decorative overlays.
Experienced craftsmen, in order to save money , buy cheap compounds and fix them with ordinary tile adhesive. Good adhesion to the plaster layer and improved moisture resistance of the materials are observed. When plastering the surface, the fallen mortar should be quickly lifted with a spatula and placed on the wall (this will reduce material consumption, especially if there is a small amount of it).
You can make interior door slopes with your own hands at a professional level if you know the basic nuances of finishing. By choosing a decorative material for these purposes according to your taste, a person will turn even the most daring ideas into reality.
Experts advise not to neglect:
- recommendations and advice;
- performing preparatory work;
- following step-by-step instructions.
Standard PVC doors
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Characteristics of standard doors
(including as part of a balcony block) are determined by the requirements set out in GOST 30674-99 and GOST 23166-99.
For the manufacture of balcony door blocks, a window-type PVC profile is used. The standard of products is determined by us by the following parameters: basic white color, regular rectangular shape and the absence of decorative elements. The cost of standard PVC doors is quite low. Such products are faster to manufacture due to the simplicity of the form and the absence of color lamination or various types of decoration. Double-glazed windows and sandwich panels are used as filling in such structures.
Standard plastic doors - interior and entrance
The characteristics of interior and entrance structures are determined by GOST 30970-2002. For their production, PVC profiles and special types of fittings are used. The standardization of such products within our company is determined only by overall dimensions. This is due to the fact that wall openings in buildings and structures are made of a certain width and height. GOST 6629-88 determines the size of wooden structures so that they can be installed in the opening defined by the standards. Therefore, we segmented the interior and entrance structures according to the overall dimensions of the door block. As a result, we call standard interior and entrance doors structural blocks whose dimensions allow them to be installed in standardized openings specified in GOST 6629-88. By non-standard we mean door blocks that cannot be installed in the openings mentioned in GOST due to their overall dimensions. Although openings are made in accordance with GOST, in real life the deviation of the opening width can be up to 50 mm up or down. However, by normalizing the overall dimensions of door frames for openings, we can offer the consumer standard doors at a much more favorable price than products of non-standardized sizes. Standard doors
can be performed with or without a threshold.
