Interior doors without platbands

A major renovation of an apartment is always a good reason to change or redesign something in the interior of the living space, refresh color schemes or, for example, update old doorways by installing interior doors without platbands. There is a reason to please yourself and surprise your friends. Doors without trim are just gaining popularity, so there is always a chance to impress your friends with your ability to follow fashion.

The advantage of a new type of interior door

Often, door designs without trim, with hidden hinges and a closed frame are called hidden. Perhaps because, when installed correctly, the door leaf between rooms practically merges with the background of the wall, and to a person unfamiliar with the situation, it may seem that there are no doorways in the room at all.

It is clear that interior doors without platbands with a hidden frame are selected and installed in the house not in order to confuse or frighten guests. The use of such an unusual device is aimed at achieving very real results:

The perception of the interior space of the room visually changes. It becomes possible to get rid of the effect of a secondary part of the room, when the interior wall with a doorway is psychologically removed from the interior of the room;
Interior doors without platbands with hidden hinges are considered more durable due to the use of aluminum frames and specially designed canopies;
The ability to include the door leaf into the overall surface of the wall, thanks to hidden doors without platbands, even walk-through rooms with two or three openings will not look like a corridor.

The idea of interior doors without decoration in the form of platbands and with hidden hinges is quite many years old, but it was used either in expensive apartments, in the offices of high-ranking officials, and has recently become firmly established in the homes of admirers of the Hi-tich style.

For your information! Experts believe that the fashion for interior doors appeared along with the concept of minimalism, the desire to remove from the room everything that could affect the stylish futuristic design of the apartment.

For most, the possibility of using interior doors without platbands becomes an additional opportunity to add a small element of adventurism and out-of-the-box thinking to the interior.

In any case, doors without platbands look much more interesting and attractive than traditional paper-wood panels that have been standing in interior openings for many decades.

Pros and cons of products

As a rule, any manufacturer tries to demonstrate to consumers the benefits of their own product in order to increase sales. Therefore, only users and interior designers themselves can give an objective assessment of such structures, whose information is based on practice and experience in using hidden door structures in their design projects.

Advantages

Almost all the advantages of invisible door blocks are based on the interior design of the premises:

The surface of the door leaf almost completely merges with the wall surface of the room, giving it a unique appearance;
Possibility of designing a door block to suit any interior design of the room, incl. creation of fully completed compositions;
High structural strength, long service life. All load-bearing elements of the door block are made of aluminum.

Flaws

Hidden doors also have their disadvantages, for example:

They are quite expensive. The cost of products depends on the manufacturer, the design itself and the material used. The average price of such doors is approximately 2 times higher than standard swing models made of wood;
Difficult to install. Installation technology requires special tools and certain skills. Therefore, it is quite difficult to independently install such a structure. Most often you have to resort to the services of experienced craftsmen, and this means additional financial costs;
Such doors have an ideal appearance only on one side. On the opposite side, they are ordinary, but with poor-quality installation, various defects can also be noticeable;
The technique for installing the door block also depends on the coating used for the floor. In some situations, installation of a hidden structure is possible only before laying the final flooring;
When replacing standard swing doors with hidden units, certain difficulties often arise, for example, repairs and finishing of walls are required.

Practical application of hidden interior doors

Given the relative novelty of hidden door schemes for most, interior units without hinges and trim have practically filled all modern offices and institutions. Everywhere where modern and stylish design is considered a mandatory attribute and a kind of calling card of the way of doing things. Therefore, hidden interior doors can not only be seen in advertising, but also felt, tried with your own hands and get the first idea of what a doorway without platbands means in a stylish interior.

Doors without platbands are manufactured according to several schemes:

Conventional swing structures with left or right awnings;
Double-sided doors with the ability to open in any direction of movement;
Double swing door systems;
Rotary or carousel schemes;
Sliding structures with the door leaf sliding back according to the coupe design.

The revolving door design is good for interior doorways, especially if there is heavy traffic at certain times and conventional door structures become a burden and a hindrance.

For your information! If you need doors of a non-standard shape or size, a scheme with hidden canopies will be the most successful option, since the door leaf has an order of magnitude greater rigidity with less weight.

For example, ordinary door leaves with a height of 240-260 cm and a width of 110-120 cm will require a reinforced door frame, which is thicker than the interior wall, and it cannot be installed without platbands and additional canopies. The hidden version of the interior door will be subtle and at the same time elegant.

Interior doors that are not equipped with platbands and external canopies allow you to implement a rather unexpected approach to arranging the interior and arranging furniture in the apartment. For example, if instead of a hidden option there was a regular block, photo, then it is unlikely that the owners would choose a similar arrangement of furniture in the bedroom.

The main thing is that the block remains completely invisible to any type of room. It is clear that all the advantages do not end there; doors without platbands remain a very interesting technical solution; their unusual capabilities must be used correctly.

Subtleties of installation of the structure

Another equally important fact that you should pay attention to is that a correctly installed door has equal thickness slots in the door vestibule. It should fit perfectly into the narthex, without clinging to the door frame, and when closing, form a gap of 2-3 mm along the entire length

This is influenced by the planting depth of the hinges and the foaming of the door frame. The quality of door block installation directly depends on the quality of doorway preparation. If the prepared doorway has many irregularities, then high-quality installation of the door leaf in such an opening is simply impossible. Installation can begin only after plastering and puttying the walls and after preparing them for final finishing.

Various processing methods

Priming a hidden structure. This type of finishing is one of the most practical. Such products are resistant to fire, moisture, and temperature changes.
Nitro paint coating. This type of product processing is considered one of the cheapest. This option is ideal for technical rooms, private houses and entrances.
Reliable and durable processing is done using hammer enamel.
Powder enamel resists abrasion and various chemical environments well.

The space near the interior door can be extended with built-in wardrobes or dressing rooms. Thanks to hidden loops, the canvas looks very light and elegant. It is possible to fix the box directly to the ceiling, without an external upper lintel, in order to visually enlarge the room. The frame also stands out when plastered, which makes it possible to create the most even door slopes. Examples of products in the photo.

Installing a hidden interior door for painting is possible in various rooms, such as an apartment, industrial premises or office. Hidden structures are very often installed for use, for example, in hotels or shopping centers, as well as administration buildings. This non-standard type of construction can act as a limiter to engineering premises. And the secret opening to the dressing room can be hidden by a mirror. As shown in the photo.

Every person values having personal space quite highly, so we want it not to be violated. Hidden designs can help with this.

Features of the design of doors without platbands with hidden awnings

The design of doors with hidden hangers is in many ways reminiscent of conventional metal-plastic door structures that have been installed on interior openings for many years. When purchasing a hidden door, you will be given a set of several parts:

Door frame made of aluminum profile with a set of rubber sealing cord;
Door leaves with or without finishing;
A set of canopies of a special device, on which literally the entire technology of a hidden doorway rests.

In most cases, doors without trim for openings inside an apartment are made to order and supplied assembled. The installation of doors, depending on the complexity of the design, can range from 60-70% of the cost of the door block.

Components and size

Interior doors with a hidden frame are made from various materials. But most often, manufacturers resort to chipboard, which is the easiest to decorate. The box itself is made of wood or metal. In this case, all components are mounted flush with the walls.

Doors made to order have a finish identical to that of the mounting location. After installation, they are decorated to match the color of the walls (painted, wallpapered or plastered).

Factory finished canvases are not completely invisible. Usually only the box is hidden, and the borders of the canvas are clearly visible. Often they are not even intended to be hidden and are made from frosted glass, mirror or enamel.

The size of the secret door can be any - it all depends on the individual characteristics of the room. The standard design has dimensions: 200x60 cm, 200x70 cm, 200x80 cm and 200x90 cm. Non-standard sizes have a height from 190 cm to 270 cm.

The hidden design kit includes a door cassette, frame, overhead or hidden hinges and a lock.

The device of a door block without platbands

It is clear that it is almost impossible to hide awnings and abandon platbands without using a special hanging system. The canopy looks quite complex and unusual. Unlike ordinary doors, awnings do not cut into the wooden frame of the door leaf and doors, but are mounted in a milled groove, so there is no need for platbands. The mating part of the hinge is attached to a similar groove in the aluminum frame. The canopy is a complex three-link structure; instead of a traditional pin or rod, the door hinge rests on a hardened steel ball, and the rigidity of the connection is ensured only thanks to high-quality metal and precision manufacturing of parts.

This means that the durability of the door between rooms depends primarily on the production culture and the equipment used. You can buy a door leaf without platbands made in China, which will sag in the second year of use, or you can buy Italian or German canopies, the service life of which is more than 15 years.

The second most important component of hidden interior doors is the aluminum profile of the door leaf and frame. How complex the profile structure is can be understood from the photo.

The aluminum frame of interior doors is mounted in the walls only together with the inserted door leaf. This is due to the fact that the rigidity of the wooden frame is higher. If you try to insert the frame in the same way as conventional door systems with platbands are installed, then the profile will have to be leveled and fixed with clamps many times. Only then will it be possible to align the frame and canvas exactly along the plane of the interior wall and the horizon.

To make the frame, two types of profiles are used, U-shaped and U-shaped. The first, U-shaped, is used for universal schemes without platbands that can open on both sides of the opening. Typically, the width of the U-profile and the thickness of the door leaf are the same. After installing the interior door block, the inner edge of the profile remains visible, only 0.3 mm wide, that is, only three razor blades thick. That is, it is quite difficult to see a correctly installed interior door block without platbands against the background of a wall with wallpaper.

The second, U-shaped, more massive and durable, is used for heavy door leaves finished with MDF boards or plastic cladding. The width of the U-frame is more than 70 mm. The thickness of the door leaf is 40-50 mm, the door opens only towards the exit. In addition, the U-shaped profile has a wide unmasking side, 7-9 mm in size, so in this case the interior opening will not be hidden. But there will also be no platbands or canopies that reveal the position of the doorway from afar, which means that a certain degree of invisibility will remain.

Customers do not always strive to make the doorway completely invisible; moreover, the canvas is often specially highlighted in contrast, and the refusal of platbands makes the entire structure more stylish.

Installation of doors without platbands

The easiest way is to install a door in a frame interior partition made from galvanized profile and plasterboard. First you need to cut out the opening or dismantle the old box with platbands, remove the foam and fasteners. The cutout for the box should be larger on the outside than on the inside. The frame with the door leaf is installed in the opening and aligned using spacers. After alignment, markings are made and the canvas is removed from the block. The frame is fixed to the galvanized profile and to the plasterboard sheets using self-tapping screws and blown in with foam. Traces from the platbands and the heads of the screws are tightened with a painting net and puttied flush with the surface of the main interior wall.

Since the installation of doors without platbands is carried out using a U-profile, complete secrecy cannot be achieved. At the same time, the structural strength will be sufficient for the use of door leaves with additional insulation and decoration.

The second installation method is used for cases where the wall between rooms is much wider than the cross-section of the door block. In order not to use platbands and get doors that are completely “fused” into the wall, you will need to remove the foam and plaster, platbands and the old door block with the utmost care. So that the joint between the frame and the wall does not have to be sealed with putty.

The ends and size of the doorway are aligned exactly with the dimensions of the new block, the door is installed and secured with anchors to the brick or concrete. On the inside, due to the difference in the width of the block and the wall, the profile must be covered with additional elements. The surface of the aluminum profile on the front side is sealed with decor, foam or putty at the level of the door. In this case, the functions of the platbands are performed by a layer of putty and additional elements.