Modern housing is quite difficult to imagine without a reliable steel door. In this small article, we will talk about some nuances of installing such a door. For independent installation, it will be necessary to invite the assistant, and he should be quite muscular, since the weight of some doors can reach a centner.
Before installation, it is necessary to carry out preparatory work, which consist in cleaning the plaster before brick so that between the masonry and the door block there is a gap of 20-25 mm. This applies to a brick house. In a wooden one, you should call the installation of the so -called shit of boards with a thickness of 50 mm, to which the door box will only be mounted.
According to the instructions of fire safety, steel doors must open outward, therefore, installation must be done accordingly. The fastening of the door frame must be carried out using special metal anchor plates, when using another method there is no guarantee that during, for example, opening the door will not fall out with the box out.
After assembling and fixing the box, you should once again check the correspondence of all sizes and only after that, make all technological clearances. After drying the mounting foam of its excess can be cut off with a clerical knife. Sometimes when buying a budget version of a steel door in the kit, you can not find anchor bolts. In this case, it is necessary to purchase them yourself, the length of the fasteners should be at least 150 mm, and its diameter should be at least 100 mm. As an analogue, you can use a steel bar.
