Installing metal doors with your own hands is easy
Before starting work on the installation of metalDo the dimensions of the door with a doorway. The size of the box should be more than 6 centimeters. The installation of metal doors with their own hands in the left gaps allows you to perform the job neatly. But before proceeding to this process, you should check the complete set of the product, comparing with the inventory, which is provided by the manufacturer.
- Initially, it is necessary to dismantle the old structure from the opening, which should then be cleaned of dirt and chips, and then aligned.
- Then, using a paint tape, close themetal canvas all technological holes and fasteners. Especially carefully it is necessary to isolate the places of all locking elements and loops. With the help of a special mounting foam, the cavity of the frame must be filled to half the volume and after it has completely hardened it is possible to proceed with the installation of this structure.
- That was a high-quality installation of metaldoors with your own hands, you should carry out this process with an assistant, with which you need to put the door leaf in the opening in the open state in the box at a right angle. At the same time as a support under the door we put a wooden bar. On the side of the arrangement of the hinges, it is necessary to set up this structure strictly vertically with the help of a building level. Then we fix it along the entire height with wooden wedges.
- After you have leveled the door, you need herThe frame is fixed with anchor bolts, starting with the hinge, which is located in the upper part of the structure. To do this, a hole in the wall is made with a drill bit of 140 mm and a diameter of 14 mm through the mounting hole. Then in it with a wrench we fasten the anchor bolt, which keeps the whole heavy construction. These fasteners are included with the specified product. This makes it easier to install metal doors with your own hands. If you need additional fasteners, you can purchase it separately.
- The next step of installing the door metal canvas - the building level, we check all the verticals and planes and adjust it if necessary.
- In the wall, we drill in the same wayhole to strengthen the lower anchor bolt. Then fix it and also install the middle fastener. After each installed bolt, the door should be checked level and corrected for errors.
The position of the structure and its adjustment by level
When installing metaldoors with your own hands, you should pay special attention to fixing the anchor bolts at the location of the lock. In this case, you need to be careful. It is necessary to make sure that the door in the closed position is tight, without gaps and distortions, evenly located in the box. Only then is the final fastening of all anchors.
Setting locks
After installation of this construction,and adjust all the gaps between the box and the door metal cloth. Then you need to make sure that the installed locks work effortlessly, and the bolts enter freely into the nests. After complete adjustment we attach the platbands or decorative elements.
