Door hinges: how to choose and install?

When mounting the door structure, the decisive role is assigned to the fittings. First of all, the door should be hung in the doorway, and the door hinges should ensure reliable fastening and smooth running of the door leaf. All other properties that characterize the quality of the door (closure density, uniformity of its location in the door jamb, etc.) depend on the installation wizard and the manufacturer of the door leaf.

Laid-on hinge door hinges without tie-in, previously considered by masters to be less reliable and suitable only for light indoor paintings, are currently manufactured using other technologies and other materials.This allows them to be widely used not only for interior doors, but also for more responsible structures.

On the interior doors, due to their low weight, brass restraints or fittings made of an alloy with brass are sufficient.

Massive canvas can only withstand steel. Hinges need to choose steel.

High-quality overhead hinges can perfectly serve a long time. They are not afraid of deformation, they can withstand paintings with great weight, which are just used for entrance doors. Modern butterfly-like hinges contain ball bearings in their mechanism, which ensure noiseless and smooth operation of the device, and are also treated with a special protective coating by electroplating.

Today, manufacturers offer hinged devices for doors in the color “under” bronze, silver, gold, copper and even artificially aged, vintage ones for antique doors. The hinges are selected according to the lock and the door handle.In principle, the choice of all these attributes depends on the configuration of the door, on what hue of the veneer on it or what is the texture of the door leaf array.

For home doors fit installation options from two to five metal "butterflies". Lightweight designs will be enough two. With an increase in the height and weight of the canvas, the required number of loops changes. For example, for a powerful door of 2-meter height with a weight of 80 kg you need five supporting plates.

Sizing of overhead hinges also depends on the weight of the door. Cloths with low weight are sufficiently detailed with a length of 7 cm, and heavy shutters can withstand only those 10–12 cm in size. Before buying in a store or on a website, it is recommended to consult which parameters of hinges are needed exactly in your particular case.

As for the rest, the choice of surface-mounted fasteners does not require compliance with any parameters. Advise you can only purchase more advanced models, equipped with options. For example, overhead mechanisms with a closer, contributing to the smooth door of the door and extending the life of not only the canvas, but also the whole door design.

To install the overhead parts need to prepare. Prepare the necessary minimum of tools and free up the working space. For the installation of hinges on the sash and box door you need such equipment:

• level;
• long ruler;
• simple slate pencil;
• screwdriver or screwdriver;
• screws;
• wooden wedges.

Mark the door leaf. To properly perform the functions of the door hinges, they must be properly positioned on the door leaf and on the box. The instruction given below will help to cope with the task.

1. The top cover - the “butterfly” must be placed on the end so that a distance of 250 mm is observed between the upper edge of the door and the upper border of the hinge. Attach the loop need to circle around the pencil and set aside.
2. Do the same with the bottom loop, counting the same distance from the bottom edge of the canvas to the bottom border of the loop. Circuit the contour around the contour, then move it aside.
3. If you plan to install an additional third loop on the canvas, it should also be placed strictly at the center point between the outermost loops. To place each subsequent additional loop need exactly in the middle between adjacent plates for uniform load distribution.

Now make a markup on the door frame. This is a more complex process, but quite doable. The main thing is to follow the correct chain of actions.

1. You will need prepared wooden wedges. Place the canvas in the box and secure it. Now you need a building level to check the position of the door. It should be located strictly vertically, without the slightest deviation to the side.
2. Mark with a pencil the center of each loop on the box.It is important that they all coincide in level with the marks on the end of the door.
3. Carefully remove the door.

After marking the door leaf and its box, it is necessary to check again the accuracy of the measured distance between the edges and edges of the hinge, and how accurately the indents are observed according to the above value. The slightest deviation can lead to rapid wear of any of the overhead parts and its failure.

No matter what kind of model in your hands - the invoice on the hinges or universal one-piece. The principle of installation, they are absolutely no different. Even a novice master can cope with the hinge fixing process;

1. Attach a loop to the markup to make sure that its position is correct. After that, make the recesses for the screws directly through the holes in the part.
2. Fasten the loop with the screws, using the screwdriver, slowly tightening them, in order to avoid the loop twisting.
3. Then repeat the 1st and 2nd steps for each hinge that was marked on the door leaf and sash.

After installing all the prepared parts, you need to secure the sash in the doorway using the prepared wedges, check the correctness of the selected position with the level. Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each of the prepared hinges, applying accessories to the markings on the box and fixing them with screws.

Now we can consider the installation of patch door fasteners successfully held. It remains to once again make sure that all the fittings are correctly fixed, to check that there are no gaps between the sash and the hinges.

Like any other models of fasteners, overhead loops need to be regularly and properly maintained. To do this, it is enough once a year to lubricate them with machine, mineral or synthetic oil, to tighten the screws coming out of the sockets in a timely manner. Then the fittings will serve a long time, and the doors will operate smoothly during operation.

Cope with the care of the door hinges easily. To do this, you do not need to call the master, but simply do what is necessary to lubricate the door opening mechanism. Removing the door is also optional.Therefore, the whole process will take little time and prolong the quality of the hardware for a long time.

Even a simple slate pencil can come to the rescue for emergency handling of creaking parts. But this is an extreme measure it is better to worry about buying lithol or WD spray for lubrication loops. Preventive measures will prevent premature wear of hardware. So, the doors will serve you for a long time and reliably protect the house from drafts, uninvited guests and prying eyes.

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