You may consider installing the interior doors on your own. However, it is still a wise idea to leave it to the care of professionals or installation experts. You can actually save more money since they are not prone to errors as you are. They can also offer great inputs that you may have not thought about.
What are the standard sizes of doors?
The standard sizes of wooden models are 60, 70 and 80 cm in width, and 210 cm for height, throughout Italy, except for some areas (such as that of Trent and Rimini, where for historical reasons, the ' standard height is 2 meters).With regard to the costs, the band more economical than wooden doors has lower prices than $ 300, the intermediate is between 300 and 700, while the high end exceeds 700. It usually stands between 350 and 1,500 euros, with some discount for big supplies.
As the door is custom made costs more?
The companies generally produce standard series, the largest, then, implement at least three standard models of product. The smaller companies are more flexible. Then there are companies that offer customized products, although an increase on the price list.
The average percentage increase of the final cost of the door in the catalog, modified at the request of the customer, can go from 15 to 30 percent, depending on if you change the measurement or the finish.
In the event of a restructuring of the ports can be adapted to existing openings, also non-standard. If you have already planned out walls to save you better bring a standard size openings.
What are the needs work if you change a door?
To replace the inner door of a house built after the 40s-50s, without having to change the light opening, just the intrvento installer, which disassembles the existing window and replace with new one.
If the house was built earlier, when the doors were installed with walled frame, to change the shutter does not need to call the builder and building works are not necessary: just that the installer remove the old metal band and fixed the new port using a polyurethane foam.
How to recognize the quality of a wood door?
Once again it must be said that we must "see" it. Just to see if the first impression is made with good materials.
Sliding or folding, for example, be made to work to see if the mechanism is strong and silent. Moreover, it must evaluate the quality-price ratio: for example, a door has a good coating quality, not crumbled, and is costuita with a suitable wood.
The doors cheaper can cost 200 euros. Not mean they are done poorly, but the purchase must be assessed taking into account the material they are made in relation to their use. The advice is always to read the product data sheets distrusting terminology unclear.
Then you have to see, touch and ask questions direct to the retailer or the manufacturer, choosing from those who give more guarantees of trustworthiness and reliability, maybe even for years in the industry.
The value of a wooden door depends on the material used: whether it is solid wood, if you are veneers applied, natural or reconstituted wood. Important is that you do not confuse the wood with his irritation and that the price is still appropriate for the material with which the gate was built.
The frame of solid wood, usually spruce, must be of quality if it is made from wood derivatives may undergo further deformation due to heat or humidity environments.
Another factor to consider carefully is that of erection, which must be performed by qualified personnel. To avoid any problems of installation, the installer should do an inspection to check for openings and counter are carried out properly. Furthermore, one must always consider the effect that the door can make a choice once in place, even a "good" port may then not be the most suitable environment.
There is a recommended thickness of the door?
The size depends on the type of machining: they can be more difficult to realize the doors from 30 mm which is not those of a thickness exceeding. A hollow door, then, is no less a massive good.
What are the trends? The doors need to be in all the same?
Often there is a desire to change and experiment with new proposals. The existing homes are typically smaller than those of yesteryear, and even the doors have become decorative objects, often of considerable aesthetic impact.
For the bedroom you choose most often the standard version, for the days you use more than glass, also decorated and large.
