Installing the door in the bathroom is performed before the walls of the walls with ceramic tiles. It is important to choose such a door so that it combines with elements of finishing not only the bathroom, but also the rest of the apartment. It is necessary to pay attention to the quality of the material of the box and the canvas.

Choose doors to install in the bathroom

Depending on the design, there are the following types of doors.

1. Swing: Doors are hung on hinged loops and open, turning around them towards the bathroom or from it. Distinguish left doors and right.
2. Sliding: the main advantage of the doors of this type is in the possibility of saving free space. The trajectory of the movement of the door leaf runs outside along the wall or inside it.
3. With glass inserts or solid: the choice depends on the overall concept of the apartment design. It should be borne in mind that glass contributes to a visual increase in space, which is important for a small bathroom.

The doors are also distinguished by the material from which the box and canvas are manufactured. The service life depends on this, since the bathroom room is characterized by increased humidity and temperature variability.

1. Hardened glass doors: they are not afraid of temperature drops and resistant to humidity. They are easy to care for them: the surface can be put in order using conventional detergents. Installation of doors in the bathroom of this type is characteristic of High-tech style.
2. Plastic doors: are characterized by resistance to moisture and temperature change. Different with a variety of colors and surface textures, the presence of a decorative pattern. Plastic doors are suitable for the budget version of the bathroom, which is not typical for the classic style.
3. Laminated doors: their surface of white or imitates natural wood. Are a popular option thanks to a relatively low cost.
4. Veneered: The outer surface is formed by a thin layer of solid wood, impregnated with antiseptic and moisture-repellent compositions. Successfully imitate expensive doors from a solid array of wood.
5. From an array of wood: for a classic-style bathroom, such doors are the best option. The greatest resistance to moisture is characterized by canvas of solid rocks (ash, oak, beech).

How to install the door in the bathroom: step by step instructions

Choosing a swollen door to the bathroom, you should navigate the height and width of the opening. Additional measurements are performed before installing the door frame and the cloth. It is necessary to make sure that the gap is preserved between the box and the wall in the range of 1.0-2.0 cm. It is filled with polyurethane foam after installation.

Important: There is a threshold between the bathroom and the adjacent room. This will prevent flooding in the event of a water supply accident.

Installing the door to the bathroom is performed in the following order and in compliance with certain rules.

1. A box that consists of two horizontal and two vertical elements is going. If the boards in the bathroom is provided from another material - the box is collected without the bottom plank. If the design does not provide for the type of "spike-groove" type - in the upper parts of the vertical slats and, accordingly, the horizontal bar is taken at an angle of 45 °. Planks are connected by self-drawing.
2. Build the box are carried out on a flat surface. It is necessary to make it up with a soft cloth to avoid damage to the visible part of the door box items.
3. During the assembly of the box, you need to ensure that there is a gap of about 2 mm throughout its perimeter to the door canvase. It is necessary for normal opening and closing the door. The gap is formed by gaskets from dense cardboard.
4. The planks "customize" in height so that the clearance of at least 10 mm remains between the canvas and the threshold. This is necessary to ensure the ventilation of the room.
5. We plan places to install loops. To do this, lay down from below on the end of the door leaf of 200 mm. Apply the loops and outline their borders.
6. With the help of the chisel, we carefully choose wood in the designated boundaries. It is important not to overdo it, otherwise you will have to apply gaskets from cardboard.
7. We apply hinges at the place and mark the holes for screws.
8. Thin drill are done by holes: it is necessary that the wood does not crack when screwing screws screw.
9. On the response of the box, perform the same actions, temporarily aligning the canvas with the bar.
10. We install and secure a box in the opening: drills holes in the box and in the wall for dowels and self-tapping screws. Hats of hardware we mask putty. We check that the vertical position of the left and right planks is observed. The diagonal should not differ from each other in length more than a couple of millimeters.
11. In several places between the wall of the opening and the box insert wooden wedges. There is a temporary struts between vertical strips: it is necessary that the mounting foam does not deform the design.
12. We throw the gap. The amount of foam should not be excessive. Throughout occurs 24 hours. Excess foam cut off with a knife.
13. Place the canvas, fasten the platbands, insert locks. On this, the installation of interroom doors in the bathroom can be considered over.

Tip: In the event that the width of the door box turned out to be the width of the wall of the opening, set the challenges. The place of docks we disguise the putty, selected in color.

How to install the door to the bathroom: sliding design

Before putting the doors in the bathroom, it is necessary to decide where the canvas will be shifted. It is possible that it is necessary to build an additional design of plasterboard to slide (sliding) the door went into a niche. This option will look original and aesthetically attractive.

In addition to the door itself, the structure includes a roller mechanism. Sliding doors are completed with special accessories: the handles are settled in the cloth, the locks are snapped horizontally. Installing the door to the bathroom can be carried out both from the bottom guide, and without it.

Before put the door to the bathroom, you must purchase the following components and tools:

• door canvas complete with accessories;
• guide profiles;
• rollers;
• fasteners;
• platbands;
• building level;
• perforator;
• screwdriwer set;
• marker;
• roulette.

Further actions when installing the sliding door - in the next order.

1. Installed in place and fastened the box, the slots are closed with platbands.
2. Marking is performed for mounting the upper guide profile. To do this, it is necessary to take into account the height of the lower profile and rollers (if available). It is necessary to install the lower roller mechanisms and temporarily set the cloth to the bottom profile. We celebrate the upper boundary of the canvas on the wall above the opening. We add the height of the upper roller mechanism and the upper guide profile to the fastening lugs and make new marks.
3. Level Check the horizontal line connecting the attachment points of the upper guide profile. If necessary, perform adjustment.
4. Using a perforator drilling holes for dowels.
5. Freak up the top profile at some distance from the wall, otherwise the friction of the door canvase on the wall is not excluded.
6. We set the upper roller mechanism on the door leaf. Insert the roller mechanism into the upper guide profile.
7. Correct the position of the lower profile: the door canvas should occupy a strictly vertical position.
8. Fresh the bottom profile and finally install the cloth. If everything is performed correctly - there will be no spontaneous opening and closing the door.
9. At the edges of the upper guide profile, install the plugs.
10. Close a decorative plank top profile.

This information will help to figure out how to insert the door to the bathroom. Similarly, the installation of the door-harmonica is performed. Fittings and mechanisms of such a design are similar to the component of the sliding door. If the width of the opening is allowed - the upper guide rotor-harmonica guide is attached to the top bar of the box.

At the end of the article on how the installation of the door in the bathroom is performed - video with explanations of some details.