Internal door-accordion

Interior door-accordion - this is an ideal solution for owners of small apartments. The conventional doors on the hinges do not allow 100%use the entire space of the room. Therefore, various types of sliding doors have become very popular. There are the most usual options for sliding doors, which move to the side or hide in the wall. Still there are door-books, which are very similar to the door-accordion. The only difference is that each part of the door-book is folded along the guide axis only once, that is, in half. But the accordion door is folded several times.

Sliding bellows door is perfect for any room. It can be bedrooms, living rooms, workrooms. Very often they are installed in the kitchen. A plastic door-accordion can perfectly serve as a curtain for a bath or a shower.

Interior door-accordion can bemade of plastic and wood. Do not think that the folding door-accordion looks completely uninteresting. Modern technologies made it possible to manufacture doors with stained glass inserts. In this case, a brittle glass will be sufficiently reinforced with a steel or aluminum frame.

How is the interior door-accordion assembled? Everything is very simple. Assemble the accordion door from panels 10-12 cm wide, which are fastened together by means of loops. The most recent panel is attached to the door jamb. Without a special rail, any sliding door will not function. Therefore, above the jamb set a special bar, which will be inserted roller door. To ensure that the door is not spontaneously opened or closed, it has a special stopper. Thus, the interior door-accordion will be fixed in the closed or open position.

Do not assume that the folding door-accordion is very noisy due to the presence of rollers in its construction. In fact, it is absolutely noiseless, very easy to close and open. These functions are provided by the use of bearings.

Interior doors-accordions come in different heights, but their width is standard. But, like any door, it can be made onorder. True, the door to order is more expensive. By the way, interior door-accordion designers often use instead of a wall partition. After all, if you can order any width of the door, why not put it instead of the wall that fences the kitchen from the room? So you can increase the space of a small enough kitchen.

Despite its convenience in use, interior doors-accordion have a number of shortcomings. A large number of different moving parts,such as hinges, bearings and other small parts, make the door-accordion not very reliable. Buying a fairly cheap door-accordion, pay attention to the quality of the fittings. The better its quality, the longer you will serve the door.

Another significant drawback of the sliding door is the low heat and sound insulation. This is due to the fact that such doors can not be tightly closed. So do not install them wherever you need peace and quiet.

In the rest, the interior door-accordion is an excellent design solution for small rooms. After all, this door not only looks unusual, but also allows you to make the most of the living space of the room.