Do-it-yourself sliding doors: types and materials, sizes and components

Tools for work

First of all, let's find out what task we are facing: do we need to convert an existing regular door into a compartment door or build a compartment door from scratch? Depending on which option you choose, the progress of the work will change.

For work we will need:

Drill;
Set of drills;
Metal hacksaw or saw;
Hydraulic level;
Screwdriver Set;
Guides;
Reiki;
Two fiberboard strips;
Screws and self-tapping screws;
Roller system.

We install cassette-type sliding doors in a pencil case

For a cassette door you need to make a pencil case. Depending on the width of the opening, one or two sashes are installed. In the second option, two pencil cases are assembled on opposite walls. The cassette is installed instead of the partition. The structure is a hollow false wall. If the opening is located on a load-bearing wall, it cannot be dismantled. The cassette is simply attached. The septum thickens, but there is no other way out.

The production of the pencil case begins after laying the floor covering. The false wall frame is assembled from a profile or timber. The guides are attached to the floor and ceiling. 2 rows of racks are fixed to them. If the cassette is adjacent to a load-bearing wall, then it is enough to make 1 row of racks. An embedded beam is provided for the top rail. The depth of the pencil case corresponds to double the width of the sash. A gap of 5 mm is maintained between the end of the blade and the guide rails. The thickness of the pencil case exceeds the sash by 2 cm. Usually this value is 8 cm. Installation of the sliding system is the same as for a door that slides behind the wall.

Converting an old door into a compartment door

The instructions for those who want to know how to make a sliding wardrobe door and how to make a sliding ordinary door are not fundamentally different. If you do not plan to purchase a ready-made sliding door or make a new door yourself, but want to attach a sliding mechanism to your old door, you will need to do the following steps:

Purchase the type of roller system you need from a door store. There are 2 types of roller structures: suspended and floor (rail). Floor-mounted ones are recommended for use in cases where the door weight exceeds 30 kg. We will describe the installation process of just the floor system.
First, it is necessary to dismantle the door from its original place and restore it to its proper form: remove the old door hinges, fill the holes from the hinges, varnish or paint the door if necessary. Attach a handle that is comfortable for you.
Attach the bottom rollers at a distance of about 6 centimeters from the edge of the door. In general, try to place the rollers at the maximum distance from each other and as close as possible to the edges of the door - this way the door will wobble less and will open smoothly.
Using the same principle, mount the upper rollers and install the stoppers that come with the roller mechanism.
Get the doorway in proper shape.
Mount the guides.
Nail strips of fiberboard to the top and bottom of your door.
Install the door in its new location.

Is it possible to use sliding doors in the kitchen?

Sections of the article:

Advantages of designs
Organization options

When choosing a door leaf to separate the kitchen from the rest of the house or apartment, the main requirements applied to the structures are good performance of the door leaf for absorbing noise and preventing the passage of foreign odors. But, despite the fact that sliding doors to the kitchen may be somewhat inferior in terms of sound insulation to conventional swing structures, they also have a lot of advantages.

The main advantage of sliding doors when installed in a kitchen opening is significant space savings. This is quite relevant, given the fact that in most apartments the kitchen and the passage to it have relatively small dimensions.

In addition, there is also a whole range of motivational reasons for installing sliding doors in the kitchen, among which are:

The ability to combine several rooms of an apartment or house into one common space with the possibility of zoning by closing the sliding panel;
Zoning of studio apartments;
No need to allocate space for opening the door leaf;
The mechanical components that set the blade in motion have sufficient strength and wear resistance, without requiring special care;
The sliding door leaf can be made using various materials and have almost any color scheme.

To install a sliding door in the kitchen, any type of existing structure can be used. Quite often, fencing the kitchen area is done using:

Kits used in sliding-type cabinets;
Power suspensions with fastenings in the upper guide rail;
Power suspensions with fastenings in the lower mortise wheel support;
Sliding system of the “pencil case” type;
Sliding system "accordion".

Organization options

In studio apartments, a sliding wall area is often created instead of using door leaves. The moving canvas can have a design of any complexity: from a strong structure with a frame, suitable for placing cabinets, to thin partitions designed to highlight thematic areas. With this solution, the kitchen passage can become a place for relaxation with interior elements and various household appliances located in it.

The implementation of this version of sliding doors to the kitchen is quite simple. The moving parts are based on powerful hidden wheel mechanisms. The upper part of the structure is equipped with support mechanisms that move along a guide rail.

It is thanks to the guide element that the correct movement and clamping of the structure to the floor is ensured. This design is one of the simplest engineering solutions, requiring a minimum of components, but at the same time having a high degree of reliability and ease of adjustment.

Pencil door

The design of cabinet doors can be installed in apartments with a wide kitchen passage without walls. To do this, using drywall, a hollow partition with a hole on the side is made. This imitation wall will occupy some part of the opening. When opened, the door leaf will fit into the plasterboard partition, thus hiding inside it. This design has a very neat appearance and is quite practical to use.

When strengthening the partition with power elements, it can be additionally used as a supporting wall for installing kitchen shelves or cabinets. This ensures a convenient door system and, at the same time, creates additional mounting space in the form of a wall.

In order to create a larger usable space, a structure with one door leaf is installed. However, if desired, you can assemble a sliding door to the kitchen, consisting of two panels. For this purpose, two hollow plasterboard partitions are made, placed on both sides of the passage.

This solution is very popular when the mechanisms used in sliding wardrobes are used for sliding doors to the kitchen. The door leaf itself has a standard appearance. To effectively place furniture in the kitchen, standing close to the walls and located to the side of the entrance and to create maximum free space, a system with two leaves is used.

A guide element in the form of a rail is placed above the doorway. The door structure itself is thus installed in a hanging position. If desired, it is also possible to install a lower guide. If it is present, the main load falls on the lower rail and the floor underneath it.

Installation and production of a new door

Now we will tell you how to make compartment doors if you plan to throw out the old door and replace it with a new one.

To begin with, we naturally need the new door itself. You can either purchase it at a specialized store or make it yourself. In any case, first you will have to measure the dimensions of the opening and then either order a door of the required size or purchase components for its manufacture.

Installing a compartment door involves completely lining the door with a metal profile:

Cut the metal profile to the required dimensions using a miter saw or hacksaw.
Drill holes in the profile to attach it to the door.
Prepare the door and install the roller system.
Mount the guides at the top and bottom.
Install stoppers.
Install horizontal and then vertical profiles first. A special arm profile is used as vertical profiles, which will subsequently be used to open and close the door.
Tighten the entire structure with self-tapping screws and install the door in its new location.

In some wardrobes, installing one sliding door is not enough. Then you can use two sliding doors at once. The operating principle will remain the same.

ᐈ Installation of Coupe Doors Kyiv - Prices 2020, Cost

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During the use of furniture, cabinet repairs may be necessary - especially if the use has been long and intensive. The nature of most breakdowns is such that independent unqualified repairs will not bring results. A malfunction can occur for several reasons: for example, due to improper assembly, poor-quality fittings, or a manufacturing defect.

Repair features

The most common breakdowns include door misalignment (or jamming in the case of sliding wardrobes), appearance defects (chips, scratches), problems with the functioning of fittings, back wall sagging, falling shelves, etc. In most cases, each problem can be solved by completely restoring the functionality and appearance of the furniture.

Repair of cabinets of any complexity is carried out according to the following scheme:

fault diagnosis;
selection of necessary components (purchase or manufacture of new ones);
carrying out repair work;
product check.

Where to find a master?

At the same time, it is necessary to have the skills of a carpenter or furniture maker, special tools, and the ability to work with different materials - after all, modern cabinets are made with elements of wood, chipboard, glass and even metal. At the same time, practice shows that most of the work can be carried out at the customer’s home - there is no need to transport furniture.

Prices for Installation of compartment doors Price, UAH.

Replacement, installation of door closers	from 100 UAH
Repair, alignment, replacement of frame profile	from 150 UAH
Replacement of mirrors, glass and other decors	from 150 UAH
Replacing the lower sliding rollers	from 60 UAH
Replacement of tie fittings	from 150 UAH
Strengthening the cabinet body	from 150 UAH
Installation and repair of pantographs	from 100 UAH
Installation of drawers	from 100 UAH
Leveling a cabinet on an uneven floor	from 150 UAH
Replacing the sliding system	from 150 UAH
Replacing broken mirrors on facades	from 200 UAH
Changing the cabinet design	from 200 UAH
Restoring a cabinet after a flood	from 200 UAH

*Price current as of April 2020

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Frequently asked questions about Installing compartment doors

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What is the price for installing compartment doors in Kyiv?

Strengthening the bed frame - from 180 UAH
Replacement of slats in a bed - from 180 UAH
Elimination of squeaks - from 100 UAH
Repair of cabinet furniture - from 200 UAH
Replacement, installation of door closers - from 150 UAH
Replacement of mirrors, glass - from 150 UAH
Strengthening the cabinet body - from 120 UAH
Drawer repair – from 80 UAH
Repair of kitchen countertops - from 250 UAH
Chair reupholstery - from 130 UAH
Computer desk repair – from 250 UAH
Assembling a desk - from 200 UAH
Repair of office chairs - from 200 UAH
Repair of a corner sofa - from 250 UAH

How much does a specialist visit cost?

If you use the services of a master, the cost of the visit will be 0 UAH, but if the master advises you, but does not perform the work, the cost of the visit will be 150 UAH.

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All our specialists undergo passport data verification. If you encounter an unscrupulous specialist, contact the support service for compensation of up to 1,000 UAH.

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We work in all districts of Kyiv: Goloseevsky, Darnitsky, Desnyansky, Dneprovsky, Obolonsky, Pechersky, Podolsky, Svyatoshinsky, Solomensky, Shevchenkovsky.

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Mirror installation

Many people install mirrors on compartment doors. This is due to the fact that such doors are most often used in hallways and dressing rooms. If you also want to additionally hang a mirror on the door, this must be done in advance, before you begin the installation process. The process itself is quite easy:

Buy a mirror of the appropriate size or cut it yourself to size using a glass cutter;
Prepare a self-adhesive film (we recommend using it over the entire area of the back side of the mirror for safety reasons - if the surface is damaged, the fragments will remain glued to the film);
Carefully stick it on the mirror, getting rid of the “bubbles” using a plastic spatula (you can also use a thin needle, but this is not a completely correct method);
Install a mirror on the door.

In general, such doors leave a lot of room for imagination in terms of building materials. This is one of their main advantages, along with silent operation and space saving.

To organize personal space in an apartment or house, you should install interior doors. This way, each family member will feel more confident. In most cases, doors are installed on hinges that open wide. However, technology is moving forward. The emphasis is on saving space. Taking this and other nuances into account, compartment doors were developed. In this article, you can learn the intricacies of how to make compartment doors with your own hands.

If you like this door option, then it’s worth considering the pros and cons. There are several types of them. For example, you can install one or two canvases that will move along the wall or in a false wall. In this case, it will be possible to isolate individual rooms. Sometimes doors can consist of several movable leaves and fixed side leaves. Most often, these doors are installed for the purpose of zoning a room.

Regardless of the type of door chosen, the principle of their installation is the same. The only difference will be the guide profile on which the door will move. As for the doors themselves, they can be made of different materials, for example:

Laminated chipboard.
Strained glass.
Solid wood.
Combination of several materials.

Based on the selected door material, their weight will be different. This means that the sliding mechanism system will be selected individually according to the weight of the entire structure. For example, if the door weighs about 30 kg, then installing 2 carriages will be enough. If the weight of the door increases, then the number of carriages must be added accordingly.

The main advantage of compartment doors is their ergonomics. However, this is not the only feature of such doors. The following points can be highlighted here:

It doesn't take much effort to open or close the doors. Therefore, if there are small children, they will cope with this task on their own. You will not need to constantly get up for this procedure.
If there are drafts, the door will never slam.
Compartment doors can simultaneously perform two functions: zoning the area, and also dividing rooms into separate rooms.
If there are disabled people in the family, then such doors (hung or on a hidden rail) do not have a threshold, and this is an additional advantage for safe movement.

But to be objective, these doors also have their negative sides:

If false walls are built, then a clear lack of sound insulation will be immediately felt.
If the door moves along the partition, then it is impossible to place large objects close to the wall.
Locks for compartment doors are much more expensive than regular ones. Therefore, not everyone can afford such doors and their equipment.

Compartment doors are divided into 2 main types:

Rail.
Hanging.

Based on the name, it is easy to understand the difference. In hanging doors, the entire load falls on the guide, which is fixed at the top. In a rail opening/closing system, the opposite is true, the load falls on the bottom. If the mechanism was purchased from a reliable manufacturer, then both systems are reliable.

However, when choosing, it is important to consider some features. For example, there are rollers that can support the weight of a door up to 100 kg. Accordingly, add the weight of the door to this and you get a structure that will be extremely difficult to move. For this reason, it is worth taking seriously the choice of each door element.

In fact, making interior compartment doors yourself is not difficult. Moreover, not much material is required. We will consider in detail the necessary structural elements, and then we will be able to figure out how to assemble and install it ourselves.

Laminated chipboard. You can make a door leaf from chipboard. To do this, it is better to choose a canvas with a thickness of at least 16 mm. If it is thinner, then during operation the door will sag, and as a result, after a while the door will lose its presentable appearance. You will also need an aluminum profile for edging the chipboard around the perimeter. This will extend the service life of the compartment doors, as it will add rigidity to the structure.
System of rollers and guides. This one is simple. You should purchase a ready-made set of rollers and guides. To do this, give preference to a reliable manufacturer. You can also meet many DIYers who will design a roller system on their own. Moreover, it is necessary to decide whether the system will be suspended or on a rail. A suitable system is selected accordingly.
Accessories. This includes a mortise lock and handles. They must also be reliable and of high quality. The lock for sliding doors does not have the usual tongue that sticks out from the leaf of a regular swing door. It has a special locking mechanism. The lock design has a special movable hook.

Fasteners This means self-tapping screws or dowels that can be used to secure the roller system and guides to the floor or ceiling.
Extensions and platbands. They will be needed in order to disguise all the fasteners, and to make the frame of the doorway itself beautiful.

In fact, this is the entire set of material that is necessary for the manufacture of sliding doors. As for the tools, the set consists of the following:

Electric jigsaw.
Screwdriver.
Drill.
Hand-held circular saw.

A hand router, which is necessary for cutting grooves.
Screwdriver Set.
Pliers.
Hammer, etc.

If you have all this, you can proceed directly to assembly.

The most important rule that applies to all types of compartment doors is a perfectly flat surface. Only in this case will the doors work flawlessly and for a long time. Therefore, before installing the doors, make sure that the screed is smooth and of high quality. If necessary, fill it strictly to the level. If this is not done, the doors may open or close randomly. The maximum difference allowed is up to 5 mm. If it is larger, it will be impossible to adjust the rollers.

Before installing the compartment door, carry out a number of works related to wall finishing. If you leave all this for later, then the doors can inadvertently be damaged. Even covering them with cellophane will not save you, because it can break through or you can accidentally catch it with a sharp object, for example, a spatula.

You should also decide exactly how the doors will open/close or along the wall, or whether you will need to make a false wall.

So, now let's move on directly to the manufacturing process. It is divided into several successive steps:

First, install the guides. The top and bottom rails must be trimmed exactly. Otherwise, the design will not have a presentable appearance. As for the upper and lower guides, in relation to each other they should have a clear horizontal line. Therefore, when installing, use a plumb line or a very precise level of appropriate length.
Next, you need to make the door leaf. Let's consider an example when the doorway has a width of 1800 mm. Accordingly, if there are 2 doors, then we divide this length in half, resulting in 900 mm for each door leaf. If the sashes will be installed on different guides, then it is necessary to add 50 mm to overlap one sashe with another. If not, then there is no need to add. In this case, a lock will be installed at the end of the two panels.
After cutting the sheet to size, remove any chips along the edges. The chipboard is edged around the perimeter with an aluminum profile. This will make the door leaf sufficiently rigid and durable. Alternatively, the profile can be glued to the canvas or screws can be screwed into the end.
The next step is to install the rollers. Without a manual milling machine, it will be difficult to complete this work. Although this will also depend on the chosen system. So, apply the roller to the bottom of the chipboard, from the edge at a distance of up to 100 mm. Trace it with a pencil. It is necessary to cut out a landing groove on the resulting sketch. Afterwards, install the rollers into it and secure it with self-tapping screws.

Be sure to adjust the rollers. This work must be done only when the blade is installed on the guide.
Finally, all that remains is to install the handles and locks. They cut in according to the same principle as the rollers.

During the work, be sure to take into account the difference in installation. If the door is hidden in a false wall, then the guides are installed first, and only then the partition. In this case, the guides should be covered so that during installation of the wall it is not damaged or heavily covered with debris. If the doors open along the partition, then the guides are simply screwed to the floor and ceiling after all finishing work.

As for installing doors, this is the simplest and final stage. Carefully place the rollers on the guides and check the functionality of the door. Pay attention to whether a gap forms between two closed panels. If yes, then the rollers need to be adjusted.

So, as you can see, it is quite possible to make such doors yourself. We learned that the installation does not involve complex technological processes. And if you have basic carpentry tools, you will be able to complete the work in a short period of time. If you already have experience in making them, be sure to write comments at the end of this article. We and our readers will be interested to know what difficulties you encountered during the work process.

We make a single-layer product - subtleties for craftsmen

Interior plywood doors are made according to a simple design. It is given below:

Take a sheet of plywood 1–1.2 cm thick. Cut it according to the parameters of the door.
Attach the slats around the perimeter of the sheet using wood glue or. Instead of slats, it is allowed to use planks that are made of plywood.
Make jumpers on one side of the structure. You add additional slats to the door leaf to increase the strength of the door, and fasten them with furniture tongues or using a tongue-and-groove connection. Do the same with the second side of the single-layer product.
Use a router (if you don’t have one, use a chisel) to make holes for installing door hardware (handle and lock).
It is advisable to smooth out the transitions from planks to plywood by installing putties (profiled). Then the appearance of the product will be much more attractive.
You sand the finished door, putty it, paint it in the desired color or varnish it.

As you can see, everything is quite simple. A dedicated home craftsman can handle this type of work in just a few hours (maximum per day). You will have to suffer longer with a frame door. But the reliability of the finished product will be much higher.

Constructions made from two plywood sheets take longer to make. First you need to make the frame itself. It is made from wood blocks and planks. You should have a strong frame with a sufficient number of jumpers. They are connected, as in the case of single-layer products, with wood glue or through a groove/tenon. If the door will be used as an entrance, it is advisable to take thicker planks and bars, fastening them into one structure with screws and metal corners.

Plywood for frame door

After this, cut out sheets of plywood according to the parameters of the canvas, fix one of them on the made skeleton with self-tapping screws. The next step is laying insulation. Now you can attach the second plywood sheet and begin installing the lock on the door. Using a milling cutter (chisel), you hollow out holes for the handles and the locking mechanism itself. The door is basically ready. Sand it, treat the screw heads with putty, decorate the structure with varnish and you can place it at the entrance to your home.

With patience and great desire, you can easily make a plywood door yourself. The main thing is to take your time and perform each operation carefully and responsibly. And then you will absolutely have a durable and beautiful door, different (and not for the worse) from standard (and, note, expensive) factory designs.

Making plywood doors with your own hands is not as difficult as many people think. And this activity is very inexpensive and will save the family budget on purchasing ready-made doors. Both entrance and interior doors, including sliding ones, can be made from plywood. How to do this will be described and shown in this article.

Preparing tools

Anyone can make a door out of plywood with their own hands, but to do this you need to acquire not only sheet material, but also special tools and equipment. To create a simple panel version of doors you will need the following materials:

Bar 3000x45x20 mm (5 pcs.).
Rail 50x30 mm.
Waterproof plywood grade FSF 3/3 (can be coniferous). Sheet parameters 1220x2440x9 mm.
Insulation (for the entrance structure) or simply filler (expanded polystyrene).
Self-tapping screws 30x3 mm (about 200 pcs.).
PVA construction glue.
Putty for wood products or acrylic-based sealant for wood.
Dye.

You will also need various tools:

Sandpaper;
Spatulas;
Brushes;
Masking tape;
Hand or electric circular saw;
Jigsaw;
For decoration you may need a miter box and a milling machine;
Screwdrivers, screwdriver.
Ruler, pencil.

Creating an entrance door from plywood

First of all, you need to create a drawing, then make a door casing, for this you will need a block. The easiest way is to make a U-shaped structure for the doorway, the diagram of which is presented below. After this, you can proceed to creating a frame for future doors from the slats. It is also possible to make connecting jumpers for plywood sheets.

You can connect all the sections of the rail using screws - this is the easiest way and does not require much time. Then, using centering, we make a countersunk hole and screw the prepared plywood to the frame with screws. Each fastener is located at a distance of 20 cm from each other.

Note!
The hole under the putty is made in such a way as to hide the head of the self-tapping screw to a depth of 1 mm, but if a wooden plug is intended, then 3 mm.

We cut the plywood for the frame with a saw (manual or electric).

Now we need to insulate our door. To do this, you need to put mineral wool or other insulation inside. This will also eliminate extraneous sounds from outside and keep you warm.

We screw a second sheet of plywood on top, thereby covering the insulation. The door as such is ready. Decoration can be done using a hand router.

Now you can sand the surface with a machine and then with sandpaper (120 grit). The drawing is sanded entirely by hand.

All possible defects and holes must be filled with putty.

All that remains are decorative measures, cutting in locks and handles, priming the structure and painting it.

How to make such doors from plywood with your own hands is demonstrated in more detail in the video.

Creating a sliding interior door from plywood

As an internal partition in the house, you can make a sliding door from plywood with your own hands. To do this, you will need guides, which can be purchased at a hardware store. Choose the length you need for your room and doorway. Mostly they already come with the mechanism, but if not, then you need to purchase the mechanism as well.

Note!
Rollers in a steel mechanism are more durable than rubber ones.

A plywood partition will be lightweight and to create it you will need, in addition to sheet material, wooden slats and glazing beads. From the slats we make a frame for the future partition, which is connected using glue and spikes. In the finished frame, you need to fix the plywood sheets using glazing beads and that’s it, the structure is ready.

All that remains is the decorative side of the process. Here, whatever you want, you can glue a special decorative film over the plywood, cover it with fabric, or simply varnish it, and paint it. You can create a more complex design with inserts from other materials: plastic, glass, etc.

Important!
When calculating the materials for creating sliding doors, you must remember that it is recommended to make the canvas wider than the opening by 5-7 cm, and also 10-15 cm higher in height, unless of course the opening is the entire height of the room. This is necessary to avoid the appearance of large gaps around the perimeter.

Manufacturing a single-layer interior door

This design is suitable for residential premises and utility rooms where sound and heat insulation is not needed. It is a timber frame structure with slats nailed across a plywood sheet. For a single-layer door, any brand of grade 1-2 plywood is suitable so that there are fewer defects and chips on its surface.

You can also choose the thickness of the plywood at your discretion from 3 to 21 mm. If the room has high humidity, then you can purchase moisture-resistant sheets. Laminated material will not require subsequent decorative finishing. The main thing when choosing is not to take plywood that is made using phenol-formaldehyde adhesive mixtures.

The creation of the structure itself is similar to a combination of the two previous procedures, that is, the frame and the door itself are made like a sliding one, only a lock and handle are also embedded into it, and hinges are hung, as is the case with the entrance structure.

There is also an option for a multi-layer plywood door, an example would be the entrance structure presented above, where thermal insulation material is also laid between the layers of plywood. This door can also be installed in a steam room. But in this case, it is necessary to use moisture-resistant material.

All photos from the article

Nowadays, beautiful doors are quite expensive, however, you can make them yourself from plywood, and thereby save money. The only thing is that you should first familiarize yourself with all the nuances of this work. Therefore, next we will look in detail at how to make a door out of plywood with your own hands.

Types of sliding doors

Before you start making a door, you need to decide on its type, which depends on the dimensions of the doorway and the goals pursued by installing the sliding door.

For example, if you need to divide two rooms, you can get by with two canvases moving along the partition. If it is necessary to highlight separate parts of one room, the manufacture of compartment doors is carried out from a larger number of panels with fixed or mobile doors, built by hand.

The choice of guide profile also depends on the number of panels, and the installation technology itself will be the same in both cases.

In addition to the number of panels, sliding doors differ in the type of material on which their weight depends. In production can be used:

Solid wood;
Laminated chipboard;
Strained glass;
Various combinations of materials.

Depending on the weight of the leaf, sliding doors are divided according to the type of sliding mechanism and the number of carriages. The greater the weight of the door, the greater the number of hanging mechanisms that must be used.

Sliding interior compartment doors: hanging, radius, cassette, stained glass, plastic

The design of a compartment door consists of a door leaf, there are several of them, a set of guides, a roller mechanism and a cassette, which may not be included in this set. The roller mechanism includes the rollers themselves, a limiter and a stopper, which fix the door, preventing it from moving beyond its possible movement. When choosing a device for doors - interior compartments (photos can be seen in this article), you need to take into account how much the door leaf weighs. If it is light, then you can get by with two rollers, and if it is heavy, at least four. By the way, it is not recommended to save on such a mechanism. Therefore, the more expensive the coupe doors, the more you will have to pay for additional components.

There are a great variety of materials from which the canvas is made. It can be solid wood or combined materials - chipboard, finished with laminate or veneer, wooden blocks, glass or plastic. They may include different types of materials. Glass compartment doors are made of opaque or translucent glass. An interesting option is to combine these two glasses together with a transparent option. Such coupe doors will look unusual due to the glare of light and the play of dullness with shine. Glass doors are very popular; they create a feeling of lightness, which is important in small rooms.

Advantages and disadvantages

Usually, when installing a sliding door with your own hands, the goal is to save free space. Ergonomics is far from the only advantage of sliding doors; their advantages also include the following features:

The doors open and close effortlessly and do not get stuck in a draft;
With the help of compartment doors, the space of the room can be easily zoned;
When installing a sliding door, there are no thresholds, which is important for people with physical disabilities.

The disadvantages are:

Poor sound insulation;
High cost of special locks;
Serious restrictions or impossibility of installation next to the door of cabinet furniture.

Sliding doors for a dressing room (photo): mirrored, glass, with photo printing and sandblasted pattern

There are three main designs: suspended, mounted and cassette.

Mounted systems are the most common. The name itself suggests that such sliding doors are hung on a wall or ceiling using guides. They are somewhat similar to a roller mechanism for curtains. Door leaves ride on rollers along the wall at a distance of usually two centimeters.
Hanging compartment doors are attached to the top of the doorway, they are, as it were, mounted into it. It is worth noting that both hinged and hanging sliding doors do not save space. It is impossible to place anything close to the wall along which they move. Therefore, they are suitable for rooms where saving space is not an issue.
Cassette systems are part of the wall; when opened, the door leaf hides into it, which helps save space and does not interfere with nearby furniture. They are called cassette because their design contains a metal cassette, which is considered a door frame. Installation of compartment doors of this type is possible either in a wide opening, or after the destruction of part of a wall or partition. After installing the cassette, the mechanism is covered with plasterboard.

A very good solution would be compartment doors to the dressing room. It is worth noting here that mirrored sliding doors installed in a small room will not visually enlarge it. Therefore, in this case, only one door leaf can be made mirrored - the compartment. In fact, doors made of any material are installed in the dressing room, thereby making the interior of the room original and unique. The dressing room can be separated from the main space by a door - a compartment with photo printing. This will give the room a unique style.

Material selection

The most popular material for making sliding doors with your own hands is chipboard and its varieties, both Russian and foreign. In second place is glass - a material ideal for lovers of elegant solutions. Both materials can be easily combined in one design if desired.

The next most common material is mirror, which is used primarily in the manufacture of sliding doors for wardrobes.

The choice of one material or another depends directly on the personal preferences of the home owner, the interior design of the room, and material wealth.

Manufacturing of sliding doors

After the difficult choice of design and material for the sliding door, you can begin to manufacture and install it.

Preliminary measurements

Before purchasing all the elements of a compartment door required for installation with your own hands, it would be a good idea to watch a video or consult with friends who have ever encountered such work. This will help you avoid mistakes when purchasing and save time on correcting them.

First, you need to take measurements of the doorway with maximum accuracy using a tape measure, preferably at several points in width and height. The width and height of the door leaf (if it is the only one) must exceed the corresponding dimensions of the opening by 5-6 cm. When installing several leaves, their total width is calculated taking into account the fact that they will slide one after another and move apart.

Tools and materials

In order to make compartment doors with your own hands, you need to prepare the following tool in advance:

Screwdriver;
Roulette;
Plumb;
Pencil;
Level;
A chisel or hand milling machine.

Materials you will need:

Fasteners and door fittings;
Beam 50x50 mm;
Anchors for attaching timber to the wall;
Platbands, extensions, door frame.

When purchasing ready-made doors, all necessary fittings, fastening and sliding elements are already included in the delivery package. But in order to make compartment doors with your own hands, you need to purchase them separately; they are available in almost any hardware store.

A wooden block will be needed to secure the guide to the wall. Its length is taken to be equal to the width of the door leaf multiplied by two. If there is no doorway as such and the door is installed as high as the ceiling, then the guide should be fixed directly to the ceiling.

The frame is a frame framing the opening to which the door leaf is adjacent in the “closed” state. Platbands and extensions will be required to decorate the opening and hide the fastening elements.

Preparatory work

During rough finishing, only the sliding systems themselves can be installed if the door is planned to be hidden in a niche built into the wall when opening. In all other cases, installation of the system should be carried out only after the premises have been finished.

Do-it-yourself installation of compartment doors cannot be started without checking the correct contours of the opening. The walls must be vertical and run strictly parallel to each other. If these conditions are not met, you must try to fix the opening.

If the door is planned to be installed in the opening of a plasterboard partition, then during installation a timber frame should be secured above it.

Sliding door installation

The box with the sliding mechanism must contain instructions for its installation. Different manufacturers often produce mechanisms that differ significantly in design, but with approximately the same operating principle.

When installing a compartment door with your own hands, it is important to adhere to the following sequence of work.

The door leaf is placed against the opening, and a top line is marked on the wall. At a distance of 7 cm from the mark made, strictly horizontally (using a level), a strip is drawn.

A beam is applied to the strip and, with the help of anchors, attached to the wall so that one part of the beam is placed above the opening, and the other, equal to the first, is located on the side into which the door will be pulled out. It is very important to secure the bar horizontally, otherwise the canvas will close and open on its own.

A rail is attached to the bottom of the block using self-tapping screws, in which a pair of holes for fastenings are drilled in advance at intervals of 15-20 cm from one another. The rail should be placed at a distance from the wall, allowing the door to move unhindered and freely.

Rollers with carriages are inserted into the guide so that they can move freely. Then the ends of the guide are covered with rubber shock absorbers.

It is preferable to install a compartment door with your own hands not with one guide located on top, but also with an additional bottom fastening. This will give the structure greater stability, however, over time, it may deform the floor covering.

There are several options for attaching a sliding door from below:

Fastening on the lower end of the door leaf a profile in the shape of the letter U or a pair of parallel slats of small thickness;
A device at the end of a small groove for a guide or lower roller;
Installation of a metal guide on the floor across the entire width of the doorway. This method is used occasionally, because it creates an obstacle in the form of a small threshold, which creates some inconvenience.

The next step in making compartment doors with your own hands is to install a profile or create a groove for attaching the lower leash (or knife, roller, flag). It is convenient to cut the groove with a milling machine; if you don’t have one, an ordinary chisel will do. The width and depth of the groove should be made slightly larger than the corresponding dimensions of the lower guide element.

Brackets are mounted on the upper end of the door for fastening to the rollers.

The door leaf is temporarily fixed on the carriages, the lower guide is inserted into the groove and the door is moved to the maximum open position, while it is necessary to mark the location of the driver on the floor with a pencil. Then the canvas is removed and using a plumb line, the exact location of the lower guide, which must be attached to the floor, is determined.

Next, you should proceed to installing the sliding door into the prepared structure. For this purpose, it is necessary to put the canvas with a groove on the lower guide, and then fix it on the rollers. Using the adjusting bolts and using a level, the door is installed in a vertical position.

Thus, the installation of the door is completed and all that remains is to give the installed structure a completed look. A stand is attached to the side of the frame to the wall, against which the door will rest in the closed position.

Exactly the same rack is installed on the opposite side when the door is open. All fasteners are hidden under the extensions.

Afterwards, the trim and door handles are installed, attached to the top beam and uprights using glue or finishing nails.

Those who want to learn how to make compartment doors with their own hands are convinced that it is not so difficult. All that remains is to consolidate the theory with practice. The application of little effort and minimal material costs will result in a reliable and beautiful interior door, which also significantly saves space, which is especially important in small apartments.

Making and installing any interior item with your own hands is not only a pleasant process, but also saves the family budget. The master himself can choose the materials and design he likes. So assembling a compartment door with your own hands may seem like a difficult task, but with the right instructions and skill it is quite doable.

This type of sliding door is most relevant in small spaces, where every free meter is worth its weight in gold. The saved space can be used for other necessary things. Sliding structures are often used in a dressing room or corner closet. The unusual design will add its own flavor to the overall interior of the room and can visually expand the space.

The assembly plan, installation and calculations presented below will tell you how to make compartment doors with your own hands and assemble the desired structure. Another name for them is compartments.

How to make it yourself at home?

Making sliding doors with your own hands is a rather labor-intensive process, but nothing is impossible, the main thing is to take into account some details.

Rectangular sliding doors

First of all, you need to decide on the filling of the door. The easiest way to work is with chipboard panels and plywood, but you can also choose solid wood or MDF board (preferably with an untreated surface). It’s easier to buy a ready-made canvas of the required size, but you can make it yourself. To do this, you need to prepare the tools that will be required in the future when installing the assembled structure and some additional materials.

You will need: a drill, a saw for processing the ends, a grinding machine or sandpaper, a special film for covering the surface and varnish (for wood).

First, the prepared material is cut to the required size and the ends are polished. A coating in the form of film or veneer is applied to the MDF board. Then holes for the handles are cut out in it, and mounting points for the roller mechanism are also prepared. The surface is cleaned of dust contamination. The wooden canvas is treated with an impregnation that prevents rotting processes, and then covered with a layer of varnish.

To make the door leaf lighter, you can cut holes in the workpiece in the shape of a rectangle or square. Insert into them blanks of suitable size made of glass, mirror or lighter plywood. First, a figure is drawn on the canvas, and then the middle is cut out using a jigsaw. This must be done carefully, starting from the corner of the marked figure.

The ends of the resulting hole are treated with a special tape, which is fixed to the material using an iron. The selected inserts are held in place using a bead. You can assemble a door leaf from profiles and different materials. It is necessary to purchase ready-made profiles and materials for insertion, which are assembled in a certain order.

All profiles are cut according to pre-calculated dimensions strictly at an angle of 90C.

Through holes must be made in the vertical handle profiles. In the upper part, to secure the upper roller, 2 holes are drilled, at a distance of 7 mm from the edge, the diameter of one is larger than the diameter of the other.

This is done so that the self-tapping screw easily passes through the larger hole and is fixed in the lower part. Then 4 holes are drilled. The first pair of holes is made after an indentation of 7 mm, and the second after an indentation from the edge of 42 mm. Now you can start assembling all the fillings. A silicone sealant without overlap is placed on the glass and mirror inserts around the perimeter. For safety reasons, you need to stick a film on the back side of the mirrors. The prepared components are inserted into the profiles.

To ensure a firm fit of the material when connecting the inserts to the profiles, use a rubber mallet. We attach vertical handle profiles to the assembled canvas and tighten the structure with fasteners. First, we tighten it in the upper part, to do this we take the roller and fix it with a screw in the vertical profile.

In the lower part, we first fix the profile through the far hole, tightening it until it stops, and then attach the lower rollers to the profile. To do this, insert the plate with the roller inside the lower profile and move it towards the vertical post.

There is a hole in the roller plate; it must be aligned with the hole in the vertical profile and tightened using a hexagon, while pressing the roller. The door leaf is ready for installation.

Radius sliding doors

Making radius sliding doors is much more difficult than conventional rectangular doors. Unlike ordinary doors, they have smoothed corners. The canvas can be of various shapes and curvature. An aluminum profile is used to move across the surface. Door leaves can be made of tempered glass, plastic and other materials. It will not be possible to make such a canvas at home, so it is better to order ready-made doors and all the components for them.

Step-by-step instruction

You can install sliding doors anywhere. Most often they are used to equip a dressing room. It must be remembered that the installation of the structure must be carried out after repair. After assembling the door leaves, you can install the guides. You need to start from the top guide. It is usually mounted on a foundation beam or directly on the ceiling. The guide should be located at a distance of at least 10 cm from the shelves.

To install the bottom guide, you need a laser level or a plumb line, but you can do without them. We lay the lower profile on the surface without fastening and insert the door leaf first into the upper guide, and then into the lower profile, having previously installed stoppers in it. Having fixed the blade in a strictly vertical position, you can screw the lower profile. Now you can insert the second blade. We glue a strip on the sides of both doors to soften the blows. The doors are ready for use.

In the partition

Sliding doors are a universal option and therefore they can be installed even in a plasterboard wall, but you first need to carry out preparatory work. First you need to install a metal frame, calculating all the dimensions. The metal structure must consist of double vertical posts. Then the guides are installed. We attach the upper guide to the beam, and we attach it to the structure above the opening. The lower compartment guide is attached to the floor.

Required materials and tools

For sliding doors with a lower guide roller, you will need the following materials:

Door leaf (the dimensions of the door leaf itself should be 5-7 cm larger than the doorway in height and width);
Wooden block 50/50 mm (the length of the block is twice the width of the door leaf);
Necessary accessories (metal guide bar, fasteners, rollers);
Cash cards 2 pcs.;
Door handles;
Accessories 2 pcs.;
Box-shaped stand (for a tight fit of the door in the closed position);
Jigsaw (with chipboard file) and other tools;
Anchors;
Finishing nails and screws.

Laminated chipboard is well suited for making door panels.

How to make indoor door panels from laminated chipboard with your own hands

So, the principle of operation of doors of this type is clear. Now you need to prepare two main parts of the door leaf, which will subsequently need to be assembled and installed on the sliding mechanism. The mechanism itself can be purchased ready-made, but you will have to tinker with the door leaf yourself. Make sure that all accessories are of high quality.

Two identical frames are cut from a sheet of laminated chipboard. You can assemble or prepare preliminary drawings. Their usual height is 200 cm. We select the width according to the size of the doorway. A standard doorway fits into the following parameters and drawings: 400/600/800/900 mm. These are standard room dimensions, but it is better to calculate the exact width and length of your opening.

Using a jigsaw it is not at all difficult to cut out the necessary frames from chipboard. Preliminary diagrams will help you do everything right. The main thing is accuracy. It is much more difficult to line the ends of chipboard. For a beautiful appearance, you will also need carved glazing beads, which can be ordered or purchased at any woodworking workshop. You need to carefully calculate the thickness of the glazing beads, or use quarters.

For the outer ends of our rectangles you will need a special trim tape. An adhesive composition is applied to its inner surface. It becomes active when heated. We apply the tape to the end and iron it with a well-heated iron. When the tape cools, it will stick very firmly to the base. Also, before gluing, you need to thoroughly clean the surface. There may be excess left on the sides. They can be removed with a stationery knife or fine sandpaper.

How to make a compartment door with your own hands: assembly and installation

After preparing the canvas, you can begin installing the guides and inserting the handles. This work is not difficult and depends on the rollers themselves and the type of sliding mechanism. As a rule, it will be necessary to cut a special landing groove. The depth and width of the groove will depend on the rollers. Some types of rollers may require a narrow and deep groove, so a router is indispensable. It will be better if you prepare drawings and diagrams in advance.

To install handles, you need to cut a rectangular hole in the chipboard that will correspond to the purchased handle. You can simply mark the thickness for the hole with a pencil. Next, insert the handles and fasten them tightly to the canvas with ties.

Installation of guides and installation of door leaves

Now the door panels are prepared, and you can attach the guides in the doorway. There are two of them: below and above. The bottom rail is easier to deal with since there is already room for mounting. But in order to assemble and secure the top one, you must first prepare the fastening. A strong wooden beam is suitable for this.

We take the length of the beam based on the width of the resulting door leaf multiplied by four. This is how we calculate it if we have two canvases moving in different directions. If the canvas is solid, then, accordingly, the length of the fastening and the guide will be equal to the width of the canvas multiplied by two.

When the top track is secured, doors can be hung on it. It is enough to simply assemble and place the canvas on the side. The doors are fixed and adjusted vertically. Then the lower guide is attached. To keep the doors tightly secured, you just need to press the rollers up. Here a lot will depend on the mechanism of the rollers. They are easier to install when the rollers spring up and fix the structure.

This completes the installation and the entire structure is ready. All that remains is to install limiters so that the sliding doors do not “pop out” of the fasteners.

Sometimes, for compartment doors, the lower and upper guides have to be installed before installing the door leaves. That is, assembly and installation occur separately. In this case, you need to achieve an ideal level vertically and horizontally. A plumb line and level will help here.

What is a door frame for?

The door frame is a part of the structure in the doorway that ensures the correct installation of the door. In appearance it resembles a frame. Without door frames it is impossible to install interior doors.

Metal hinges are attached to the door frame, on which the door will be mounted, as well as a mortise plate for a lock or latch. The condition of the entire structure with a wooden door depends on how well the frame is made and how well it is installed.

Door frame ensures proper door installation

When measuring the frame, you need to take into account the weight of the door leaf, which will bear the load on the door frame.

The door frame consists of three parts - two side and one transverse. If necessary, you can make a threshold. Although now neat metal thresholds are installed on floor coverings, which can be purchased along with laminate or linoleum.

To make a door frame yourself, you should start by taking the necessary measurements and selecting the material.

Advantages and disadvantages of do-it-yourself compartment doors

As mentioned above, the main advantage of sliding compartment doors is considered to be significant savings in usable space. They can also be adapted to divide a room into zones.

An equally important advantage of do-it-yourself compartment doors is their easy installation and functionality during assembly. There is no need to accurately measure the dimensions of the door frame. Sliding doors will always be a couple of centimeters larger than it. If installation and installation are done correctly, the compartment doors open very smoothly and almost silently.

Among all the obvious advantages of compartment doors, there are also disadvantages. The main drawback is poor sound insulation. The installation and design itself does not imply tight closure without gaps. So, sitting in a room with the doors closed, you can clearly hear sounds from other rooms. Such an interior door is not very appreciated by lovers of peace and quiet.

Sliding doors are an excellent solution for any room, regardless of size.

Cost of additional work

Name of works

price, rub.

Installing a portal on a sliding door (without docking) up to 20 cm1 500Mortise lock with lock500Baseboard correction (one corner)100Removing a wooden door250Expansion of the opening per linear m. (brick) / (concrete) up to 10 cm.300 / 500Narrowing the opening with timber (excluding material cost)300Additional visit of a technician due to the fault of the customer, false call1 000Departure of the master outside the Moscow Ring Road20 rub./km

Installing interior sliding doors is especially important for apartments with a lack of free space. Installing sliding sliding doors will improve the situation - unlike the usual swing doors, they do not require so much space and at the same time look great.

Sliding doors are used on trains, which is why they are called compartment doors. But sliding partitions were invented in Japan, when there were no trains yet. In a traditional Japanese house, space was divided using shoji partitions. The structure, consisting of a wooden frame with inserts made of special translucent paper, moved along slats in the floor. The slats on top kept her from falling. Shoji not only served as internal walls and doors, they also separated the house from the garden, being external walls, doors and windows all at once.

Modern sliding doors can also delimit functional areas. Installing sliding doors is important, for example, if you need to separate the kitchen from the living room, and the bedroom from the recreation area, without visually dividing the space.