Now in interiors they often began to use the doors of hidden installation. This solution has become popular recently, so we have collected all the most useful information.
Content:
- The main elements of the door of hidden installation
- Hidden installation door
- Hidden installation door leaf
- Types of hidden installation doors
- Single doors of hidden installation
- Sliding doors of hidden installation
- Rotor doors of hidden installation
- Method of installation of a hidden door
- How to use hidden doors in interior design
- Cons of hidden installation doors
The doors of the hidden installation or invisibe of the doors are chosen for the appearance. Such doors look minimalist: they have no platbands around the edges. At the hidden door, unlike ordinary, the box is hidden in the wall. The loops are also not located outside, but inside the box. Due to this, it seems that the door is literally cut in the wall, and not installed separately.
Photo: The difference between a regular door and a hidden installation door
This is especially noticeable in the hallway, where there are 2-3 doors. The openings with hidden doors do not catch their eyes and do not divide the space into many small areas.
Photo: halls with hidden doors look more attractive
The door leaf itself can be covered with the same material as the wall. For example, wallpaper, decorative plaster or paint. Thanks to this decoration, it seems that the door is part of the wall. You can disguise the door to the postpartum or wardrobe.
Photo: hidden doors are often placed in a wardrobe and postpartum room
Another feature of hidden doors is their length. Unlike ordinary doors with standard dimensions, hidden doors can be made to the ceiling, thereby visually increasing the space.
Photo: Hidden installation doors can be made to the ceiling
Hidden installation doors are suitable for any design. You can just choose a canvas in the color of the wall and you’re done. Ordinary doors need to be combined in color and style with the rest of the space. Hidden doors are suitable for those who want to add new modern elements to the interior, make an apartment in the style of minimalism and those who do not want to select the doors for design or want to mask the doors so that they do not overload the interior with extra details.
The main elements of the door of hidden installation
The door of the hidden installation consists of a box, canvases, loops and handles.
Photo: Basic elements in the door of hidden installation
Hidden installation door
The box is a design that is fixed in the wall and holds the door in the opening. The canvas is connected to the box using loops. In an invisibe, the box is made of aluminum, and not from wood, like in ordinary doors. After installation, the boxes are put on top. So that he does not rust, he is made of aluminum.
Photo: Hidden Installation Corps
You can also find models where a layer of MDF is added to the aluminum structure. This is done to increase the strength of the box, and it was easier to fix it to the wall.
Photo: elements of an aluminum box with the outside of MDF
Hidden installation door leaf
The canvas of the door is made from MDF, veneer, an array of wood, PVC.
The most environmentally friendly material is an array of wood. It looks noble, the door is dense and heavy.
MDF doors are cheaper than wooden, it is convenient to paint them and apply decorative plaster.
Photo: Doors design from MDF
PVC canvas is made of plastic. Such doors are cheaper than the rest. They can be placed in the bathroom, since they are not afraid of moisture. But such a door has poor sound insulation, it is light and can crack from the blow. To increase the sound insulation of the door, some manufacturers fill the inside of the canvas with polystyrene foam.
The canvases are painted and already painted with the finished finish.
Photo: The appearance of the doors for painting and with the finished finish
The canvas for painting is covered with a primer. You can apply paint, decorative plaster or stick wallpaper on it.
The doors with the finished finish are already painted, they only need to be selected for the interior.
The loops at the hidden installation door have adjustments. With their help, you can reduce or increase the gap between the canvas and the box.
The hidden doors at the hidden doors are the same as the usual ones.
Types of hidden installation doors
The hidden installation doors are swing, sliding and rotary.
Photo: Differences in the doors of hidden installation by the opening method
Single doors of hidden installation
The swing door opens like ordinary. It can be installed so that it opens up or on itself. This is the most common door view. It is easier to install and it is cheaper than the rest.
Swing doors are unilateral and double -wing.
Photo: one -sided and double -sided doors
One -way is when the thin canvas is disguised under the wall only on one side. On the other hand, it looks like an ordinary door in the opening. Such doors are cheaper than bilateral and easier to install. They are placed if the opening in the wall exceeds 10 cm, or in the case when it is important to hide the door only on one side. For example, from the hallway.
Photo: Type of one -sided door from different angles
Double -sided doors are more expensive and they are made under the thickness of the partition. This is usually 7-10 cm. Such a canvas costs flush with a wall on both sides, and the canvas looks hidden in the partition.
Sliding doors of hidden installation
In the sliding door, the canvas enters the partition.
Photo: The canvas inside the partition made of drywall
Most often, such doors are used for small apartments or in narrow corridors. Under the canvas, you do not need to leave the supply of space in front of the entrance. Such a door can be made if the partition is made of drywall. At the installation stage, the partition should be adjusted to the thickness of the canvas and the box.
Photo: sliding doors in the interior
Rotor doors of hidden installation
Rotor doors are used extremely rarely. They have a complex mechanism and cost such products more expensive than the rest. Such a door has a hinge mechanism from below and from above, and the canvas rotates like a turnstile in the subway. To open the door, you need to push it forward.
Photo: rotary door in the interior
Method of installation of a hidden door
For example, consider how to install the swing door of hidden installation. First, they mount the box in the opening. This is done at the stage until the finish of the walls. When installing the box on the draft floor, you need to leave the gap under the door to the height of the final flooring. If there is quartzvinyl or laminate on the floor, then you need to leave about 10 mm of the clearance. Between the box and the canvas, the gap should be within 2-3 mm.
Photo: gap standards for the installation of a hidden door
The box is installed in the opening in such a way that it is on the same plane with the wall.
Photo: canvas and box, side view
If there is decorative plaster or decorative panels on the wall, then the box is installed so that the door is a couple of millimeters to leave the wall. In this case, when they apply decorative plaster or installed decorative panels, the canvas will stand exactly with the wall.
After the box is installed and fixed to the wall, and all the voids in the opening are spaced, the door is installed.
Photo: Hidden installation door at the installation stage
To remove the gaps between the box and the canvas, the loops must be adjusted so that the canvas stands perfectly in height, width and depth.
How to use hidden doors in interior design
Invisibe doors allow you to accurately repeat the wall decoration, paint the canvas, stick wallpaper on it or apply decorative plaster.
Photo: In this interior, the door was painted black
A more interesting option is to stick wallpaper in the form of a panel or make a drawing on the door with paint.
Photo: The sliding hidden door was decorated with wallpaper in the form of a panel
In some interiors, invisible doors do not hide, but rather focus on them. For example, they are distinguished in color, different from the wall. On the edges of the door you can install decorative panels, they will make the wall and the door original. Fans of classic interiors can hang a picture on the door or make a stucco molding.
Photo: Black doors of hidden installation against the background of a light wall
Cons of hidden installation doors
The main drawback of hidden installation doors is their price. On average, high -quality invisibe, the door can cost 3 times more expensive than usual. For example, with a budget of 50 thousand rubles, you can buy and install a high -quality wooden door with expensive handles and a lock. If you put the door of hidden installation, then for this money you can buy the door of the middle price segment without sound insulation and other additions.
It is difficult to establish such doors: there is a risk that the master will not be able to fit the box to the opening. The gaps even several millimeters will spoil the entire visual effect of the hidden door.
Budget analogues of the door of the doors have poor sound insulation: through them you can hear even a whisper in the next room.
Hidden doors, due to a rigid fit for the box, can quickly get scuffs at the corners of the canvas. Such invisibles are very dirty at hand, especially if the canvas is covered with paint.
Conclusion
Hidden installation doors make the interior modern and minimalistic. Thanks to their use, the wall remains a single element and is not crushed visually on small parts. If you use high doors to the ceiling, then they visually increase the space.
Most often, swing unilateral doors of hidden installation are used. Sliding doors are used in small rooms and narrow corridors. Doors canvas are mainly made of MDF and PVC. Some models are additionally soundproof using polystyrene foam.
The box of the invisible doors is made of aluminum. This material allows you to fit the elements into the opening with an accuracy of a couple of millimeters. The box is installed before finishing walls and when there is no finish flooring.
You can apply paint, decorative plaster on the hidden door canvas or stick wallpaper. Hidden installation doors on average cost 2 times more than ordinary ones and get dirty more.
