Fit a folding door in 4 simple steps

How to install a set of folding doors?

The choice of a folding door can bring many benefits to the owner. First of all, this is easy to manage, opening up as an accordion and occupies very little space when open. Therefore, the wide range of models and colors available on the market will make it easier to choose the one who wants to buy such a door and will make it integrate perfectly into any type of interior design.

A folding door can be located everywhere: in restaurants and pubs, in commercial buildings or home where, for example between the living room and the garden, it will give a special aspect to the house.

Assembly guide to a folding door

Most companies that produce folding doors also offer assembly services. If you want, however, a better understanding of the process or simply the buyer wants to do this operation itself, will you have to answer the question «How to mount a folding door?».

The installation of a leaf door with lateral opening provides for the following two phases, that is to say: the preparation of work tools (a drill, a level or boulder, a pencil and a screwdriver) and the actual assembly of the folding door.

Both the screws and the dowels necessary for the tightening differ according to the material in which they must be captured. For example, for cement or concrete, metal screws are used, wood screws are used for wood and the metal are indicated for self -reference.

The assembly of a folding door is performed as follows:

• With the help of a screwdriver or with the drill, a screw is fixed to the center of the upper guide, so revolves so that it is perpendicular to the door cavity.
• So, on the upper guide, the door are inserted with sliding rollers, repositioning the guide horizontally and fixed with other screws, the whole length.
• Solve the lateral poles and control the verticality with the help of the level.
• The folding door is positioned with the profile of the hinge on the appropriate pole, pressing with the hand on the entire height, and in the end it is controlled if the door works properly.

Things to know in the assembly of a sliding door

• In order to avoid the situation in which the door does not close or the one in which it is too noisy, it is important that before its purchase it is measured with great care, as correct as possible, the void in which it must be installed. As a rule, the measures are taken in different points, both those aimed at opening and those aimed at the peak. If the measurements have been wrong, the ordered door will create big problems, only 1 cm the difference can change everything: the door will not close correctly, it will be too big to adapt to expected or too small.
• The closure of a folding door is performed with magnets, but if desired, you can mount a key block.
• There are also variations of sliding doors that still have a track in the lower part, the group is identical to that presented in the assembly guide of a folding door presented above.
• In the event that the door is not captured by the upper guide with sliding rollers, you may not have correctly followed the steps. In this situation, it must be rotated only to correctly correct.

Maintenance of folding doors

After the folding door has been mounted, the carpenter usually will provide you with all the information necessary for its maintenance. These are also found in the product description or can be requested from the manufacturer and differ according to the material of the door.

• To maintain the door that we, for a long time, will be ideal for the upper heel to be periodically greased with fat or silicone ointment, which also helps to eliminate the annoying scraper that may appear after a certain period of use.
• If the folding door is mounted inside, then it will have to be protected by the sun’s rays because they could influence its quality and the colors can be modified and can disturb visually.
• The cleaning of the folding doors is performed with the help of clothes of non -abrasive powder and special solutions, abrasive or chemical substances should be avoided.

A folding door is ideal when you want to save space and beyond. The pleasant appearance, the ease of use and the quick installation, without unnecessary holes and without dirt, are other strengths that more and more people convince to invest in this type of door.