In what cases do they prefer interior doors without platbands?

Rice. 1. General view of the structure

Despite the fact that most property owners use elements such as platbands around the perimeter of the doorway for interior decoration, many designers call for the abandonment of these outdated elements. In modern solutions for decorating an apartment or office, there is minimalism, and a clutter of forms greatly spoils the overall picture of the interior. It is for this style of decorating a living space that doors have been created that do not require the use of cash.

Prerequisites for using doors without trim

Elements for filling internal doorways without a framing device are not suitable for every room. Interior designers suggest using such solutions in the following cases:

• If in one room there are several openings in close proximity to each other, and a large number of frames heavily load the space.
• In situations where space-planning solutions do not allow for cashing out, for example, if there is no partition, or the canvas is installed at the end of a narrow corridor.
• If the shape of the room in the cottage does not satisfy standard geometric parameters.
• When such a solution is included in the design project and harmoniously combines with the overall style of the room.
• If it is necessary to comply with a level of increased safety or sanitary and hygienic requirements in the premises.
• If the room is too small in size, and unnecessary parts make it even more cramped and uncomfortable to use.
• When there is a need to disguise the canvas from prying eyes or provide hidden access to the premises.

Rice. 2. Hidden element for filling the opening

A door without trim is not suitable for every interior, and before purchasing it, you should analyze in detail the overall style of the room’s decoration, and also see how harmoniously such a product will look in the interior.

Door leaf design options

Sometimes the same coating is used for the wall and door, but a thin, elegant metal frame around the perimeter of the frame is left visible. It looks very stylish.

Due to their decorative and unusual nature, doors with hidden trim are often not hidden, but, on the contrary, made visible so that they serve as interior decoration.

The canvases can be glossy, for example, made of colored glass or special plastic.

There are models with very beautiful decor. It can be either a simple pattern on the glass or an unusual textured design.

But probably the most popular finishing option is wood. Such textures are suitable for any interior and are always relevant.

Transparent glass or a mirror is often used as a door leaf. In the second case, it turns out beautiful and doubly functional.

Doors without platbands on the entire wall look very impressive and elegant in the interior.

They are made exactly to the size of the room, so you get a beautiful strip from the floor to the ceiling.

Doors without trim can decorate any interior. They look unusual and stylish. There are an incredible number of finishing options, so you can choose the one that suits your specific occasion. Using such doors is one of the ways to make the design of your home individual and non-standard.

Types of canvases without cashing

If we consider classic solid wood doors, then such elements must have a wide carved frame in order to have a finished look. As for the products that do not require platbands, they initially have a design style and texture where the framing will interfere with the overall perception of the products, namely:

• When installing curtains with a non-standard type of opening - with a sliding or folding mechanism.
• In case of purchasing doors made of tempered glass, which, as a rule, are installed in wet rooms, where ceramic tiles serve as platbands.
• When installing mirrored doors as part of modern interiors.
• If it is necessary to install hidden sashes, the presence of which is indicated only by a miniature slot between the canvas and the main part of the decorative wall structure.

Rice. 3. Triplex tempered glass door

For all of the listed options for filling doorways, the “cash out” device will be extra work, and the element itself can spoil the overall aesthetic picture of the interior.

What types of sliding doors are there without platbands?

Door sets with sliding doors are designed to save usable space and give special expressiveness to rooms decorated in high-tech or modern styles. The design of such doors is often associated with minimalism in design and, as a result, the absence of any framing of the opening. Among hidden sliding doors, the following designs are most often used:

• Sliding doors with invisible runners, when developers try to completely eliminate any unnecessary elements, and the doors are a transforming part of the wall.
• When installing sliding doors with fastening at the level of the lintel, when the lower part of the sash is spaced from the floor by the amount of the compensation gap.
• In case of installation of folding doors in the form of a “book” or “accordion”, made using furniture technology.

Rice. 4. Element with sliding doors

When installing platbands for these types of structures, the effect of perceiving a single structure will be lost, therefore such elements have a completed appearance from the ends and edges, completely excluding framing.

Fantastic ideas for invisible door design

Invisible doors can suit absolutely any interior style! And some design options completely exceed all our wildest expectations about aesthetics. Let's look at some ideas from designers from the International Design Studio Ruslan and Maria Green.

Invisible glossy doors for the bedroom

In the photo: Children's bedroom design for a teenage girl

In the interior of this children's bedroom for a girl, we found an amazingly beautiful and comprehensive approach to wall decoration. Here, behind glossy pale turquoise panels, there are wardrobe closets and doors to the bathroom and hallway. For a child's room, such a bright option will be very attractive. In addition, you, of course, can choose any shade and even the design of the panels with panels.

Photo wallpaper in the design of an invisible door in the bathroom

In the photo: Bathroom design with an invisible door

An ideal option for a modern bathroom would be an invisible door like this, which is designed as part of a photo panel on an accent wall. There could be an image of a beach, tropical islands, Amsterdam houses and canals, New York skyscrapers, or just a beautiful forest landscape.

An elegant option for a light tile door in the bathroom

In the photo: Bathroom interior in a modern style

This bathroom features a light tone-on-tone door with a touch of the trim tiles on the same wall. This option cannot be called a truly invisible door, but this design approach looks very elegant.

Hidden doors with a pattern for a children's room

In the photo: Children's room with panels on the wall and door

In this children's room, a beautiful forest-style panel flows very smoothly and neatly from the wall to the door. Thus, the door itself becomes much less noticeable.

Selecting the color of the walls of interior doors for painting

In the photo: Modern style hallway design with white doors

In this version, the doors are simply matched to the color of the walls and wardrobe facades. In addition, white color itself attracts less attention than all others.

Glass doors for dressing room

In the photo: Bedroom with glass dressing room

In this bedroom, glass doors are part of a wardrobe box that stands in the corner of the room. Translucent glass is beautifully illuminated in different colors and looks very modern.

Invisible glass doors between kitchen and living room

In the photo: Design of a kitchen-living room with a glass door and partition

This apartment has a kitchen-living room with a glass door and a partition that allows you to separate the two public areas when necessary. In principle, these doors can be called invisible - only the massive metal handle gives away their location.

Design features of glass and mirror doors without platbands

As a rule, the frame around the doorway filling element is made of the same material as the canvas - solid wood, MDF, plastic or metal. In the case of using glass and mirror doors in the interior, it may be impossible to manufacture and install such a linear element. Doors made from these materials have the following design features:

• If we are talking about a solid sash made of tempered frosted, tinted or transparent glass, then such elements do not have a hidden door frame. Hinges in the swing version are mounted in the floor and lintel. Thus, the direct purpose of the platbands - masking installation defects and filling the installation opening - loses its relevance.
• When the owner of a room decides to decorate his room in an ultra-modern style by mounting a mirror wall, but at the same time there is a need to install a door in this structural element, there can only be one solution - to make the door from the same material. In such cases, the use of a frame made of any material will lead to the fact that the mirror wall will lose its main functions - a visual expansion of space, and the platbands will look like an extra element that spoils the overall appearance.
• In some cases, the owner of the premises requires access to the premises for the location of technical communications or to the storage room for storing various things. A full-fledged door to such a space is not required, since access there is not required so often. In such cases, a kit for filling a doorway made of plasterboard or asbestos cement sheet with hidden hinges comes to the rescue. The outer part of the element is finished with the same materials as the wall - painting in the desired shades, wallpaper or tiles, and opening occurs using a suction cup or magnetic mechanism. In such cases, when installing the casing, the masking effect disappears.

Rice. 5. Hidden door to the technical room

In some situations, homeowners refuse to install platbands when installing a standard door in thick load-bearing walls, because the decision is made to decorate the slopes with wallpaper or tiles when these elements are mutually perpendicular to the main surface of the wall.

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.

Features of manufacturing and installation of hidden doors

If the designer’s idea is based on masking the doorway between adjacent rooms from prying eyes or for aesthetic reasons, he offers the customer a solution to install a hidden door. Often, upon initial examination, such an element cannot be distinguished from the general plane of the structural element, since all the nuances of the coating and decorative design are organically repeated on the canvas. The door is made in the form of a hidden plane using the following techniques:

• All such structures do not have standard hangers installed in the door opening plane.
• When installing doors made of glass with a complete absence of a wooden base, the hinges are installed in through holes in the door leaf, and the bolts, after fixing, are covered with chrome-plated decorative overlays.

Rice. 6. Hangers on glass doors

• When choosing hidden doors, you need to understand the general appearance of the finishing of both adjacent rooms, because there are both single-sided and double-sided panels on the market. In the first case, the effect of invisibility is achieved from the side of one room, and a standard door is visible in the adjacent room. In the second option, the wall is constructed in such a way that the opening in it must be covered by a hidden element on both sides.

Doors with a double concealment effect are usually made to order, with the front and rear sides finished differently to suit the design of both rooms.

• In some cases, the customer wants to disguise his door as a cabinet or rack, providing it with a rotating or sliding mechanism. Such interior elements are always made according to individual measurements and with a preliminary design project completed before production begins. In the design, it is necessary to take into account all the nuances - the weight of the furniture on the front door, the material of its covering, as well as the unique dimensions of the entire structure.

Rice. 7. Canvas disguised as a closet

It should be noted that the hidden door is a movable part of the main wall, since all the same finishing materials were used in its construction as on the main structure. This means that the mass of the element can be very high, and installers must provide reinforced hangers, as well as measures to increase the strength of the wall structure itself at the location where the door is installed.

Installation nuances

Installation of the structure requires compliance with certain rules:

1. The frame of the door structure must be built into the wall.
2. The mounted canvas is placed in the frame, then covered with plasterboard.
3. The bottom edge should be flush with the baseboard and the wall. This will create a complete outline.
4. The hinge and doors are
   flush with the wall.

The secret passage has always been of interest to many home owners. There are many design ideas that create discreet passages to access a courtyard or a secret room.

Interesting! The designers brought to life another idea - a hidden handle, when pressed, the mechanism opens. It can be installed instead of standard handles or mechanical locks.

Another idea was to use a large mirror on one side of the opening.

Interesting fact! A wall with a built-in door can be painted in one color or a painting can be recreated on them.

A monotonous background will allow you to completely “dissolve” the canvas in the interior.

Advantages of using doors without cashing

Manufacturing and installing doors without frame elements undoubtedly has great advantages, in particular:

• Such techniques are suitable for rooms with a small area, as they save useful space. Here we are talking about bathrooms or kitchen niches in small-sized apartments, when installing any piece of furniture requires the use of an entire wall, and the platband can be a big hindrance.
• The door can have any design, regardless of the shade of the trim and, accordingly, the baseboard. Most often, if the interior does not imply a hidden element, the opening is filled in contrast to give originality to the room.
• An interesting decorative element will diversify and add uniqueness to a boring room.
• If a room is rarely used, there is an excellent opportunity to disguise it, for example, a door to a pantry, dressing room or technical room.
• If there is a locking mechanism, such doors are difficult to break into without a special tool.
• The canvas can fit into almost any modern interior without being tied to standard solutions.

Rice. 8. Installing a door without trim in the bathroom

In general, a design without a frame will highlight the good taste of the apartment owner and the originality of the decoration of the rooms.

Opening mechanism

Products with a hidden box without platbands differ in the opening mechanism.

• Standard swing systems on canopies;
• Pendulum mechanism;
• Roto doors.

Most often there are products with a classic swing mechanism. Doors with a pendulum mechanism are convenient to use, but are more expensive. They must be installed by a specialist, so the cost of the installed door almost doubles. Roto-doors are considered to be the most convenient to use. But few people choose them because of the high price of the product itself and installation.

Disadvantages of using non-cash doors

Along with the advantages, installing canvases without any frames also has its disadvantages:

• Installers have no right to make mistakes, because it will no longer be possible to hide defects during installation with the help of additional decorative elements. For example, if after installation the fastening elements remain visible, or an installation gap appears, a whole set of measures must be developed before eliminating it.
• Due to the complexity of the installation, the owner of the premises will need highly qualified craftsmen, which inevitably entails an increase in the cost of performing this work.
• It should be noted that these canvases are not intended for standard replacement of classic versions with hidden ones, without platbands. In order for the elements to fit organically into the interior, it is necessary to install them already at the stage of finishing work during the initial design of the opening.

Rice. 9. Defects when installing hidden sashes

Thus, if during the installation of finishing elements a defect occurs due to poor-quality installation, it will not be possible to hide it without completely redoing the entire structure.

conclusions

Interior doors without trim are a good option for decorating a room with a non-standard approach to finishing work. A modern room with such solutions will look very stylish and original, and the owner will be able to enjoy the comfort of using doors that do not spoil the interior.

However, before deciding to install such a structure, it is necessary to make sure that the installation team has sufficient knowledge and experience in performing similar work. Otherwise, upon completion of the installation, the result will not meet expectations, and the homeowner will have to spend significant money to correct all the errors.