What is an invisible door?

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For We hear a lot about invisible doors but do little about them, but in some specific room types, invisible doors are the best solution. How much do you know about invisible doors?

Today the editor will take you to learn about the most mysterious type of door – invisible door, mainly to solve these 3 problems for you:

1.What types of invisible doors are there?

2. The secret of the manufacturing process of the swing-open invisible door.

3. Other design considerations for invisible doors.

01.

What types of invisible doors are there?

Before introducing the types of invisible doors, let me briefly introduce to you the situations in which invisible doors are usually used in the houses we come into contact with:

1)The styling wall is too short or asymmetrical. Common TV backgrounds are too short.

2) House layout defects, Feng Shui taboos, etc. Common toilets are opposite kitchens, toilets are opposite bedrooms, etc.

3)To make a secret room, I want to have a room that is unknown to others.

4)In order to make the space cleaner and more integrated, hide the operation room, such as the usually messy kitchen, etc.

The above is the situation where invisible doors are commonly used. I won’t go into too much detail here. Let’s get back to our first question

There are four main types of invisible doors:

1) Swing invisible door(most commonly used):Used in rows The cabinet is used to enter another space from the cabinet door (commonly entering the bathroom from the closet), as follows:

There are also doors made purely from the wall. Most of them choose the same material as the adjacent wall, so as to achieve the effect of being \”invisible\” on the wall.

2) Sliding invisible door:It is often used when the kitchen door opening is too narrow. The node diagram is as follows. If the kitchen is double. Both sides of the sliding door can be made into the structure shown below. It can be pushed when not in use.

It is built into the wall, just like an open kitchen. When used, it does not take up any space. The only disadvantage is that it is difficult to clean and maintain. .

3) Folding invisible door:After the folding invisible door is opened, it only needs to occupy one side of the space, and the cost is relatively high. High-end overall customization is common, focusing on hardware.

4) Rotating invisible door:It needs to occupy a certain amount of space, and most of them are in the form of cabinets because they need to bear weight. The requirements for the load-bearing capacity of hardware are very high.

There are so many types of invisible doors, but the most popular ones in home decoration are the flat-opening invisible doors, so today I will focus on introducing the flat-opening invisible doors to you. .

02.

Secrets on the manufacturing process of flat-open invisible doors

The key points for making invisible doors are:Hardware, door covers, Doors and surrounding materials can achieve various effects through the combination of these three types, but no matter what kind of invisible door they are, their structure is roughly as follows:

△Invisible door structural diagram

Let’s analyze it through some actual cases (above picture A represents the wall material, and B represents the door’s appearance material.) According to the above structural diagram, we will introduce the common swing-open invisible doors in two directions.

Category 1: AB materials are different

This kind of invisible door is not a real invisible door, and is often used as a frameless door, extremely The construction of doors with narrow frames and hidden frames is more complicated. The door frames need to be pre-embedded and installed in advance, and the doors need to be docked multiple times. The construction technology requirements are very high.

Let me show you the node diagram of the frameless door product hardware and the door nodes. It usually has the following two types

1) Exposed invisible door

A small part of the door frame is exposed, with extremely beautiful lines. The renderings and node diagrams are as follows.

△Lialeng hidden edge embedded hardware structure diagram

2) Hidden edge invisible door

The border is completely hidden, the rendering and node diagram are as follows

△ Node diagram of hidden edge hardware△

The second category : AB material is the same

This type of invisible door is commonly used, which can better hide the door opening and improve the beauty of the wall. According to the material of the wall different but exist Different effects often include the following:

1) The surface is wall paint

Painting is The simplest method is to seal the surface of the door with gypsum board and paint it with the wall. Because the door needs to be touched frequently, it is recommended to buy wear-resistant and stain-resistant wall paint.

Because it needs to be constructed together with the wall, soThe door needs to be completed before the painter comes in, and then handed over to the painter to uniformly scrape putty and paint. It cannot be like other finished doors, where everything is ready and finally installed, requiring multiple dockings.

In addition, if you feel that the solid color wall is too monotonous, you can combine it with wall modeling design: such as plaster line modeling and gypsum board modeling.

△Invisible door combined with wall shape and wall paint△

2) The surface is wallpaper and wall coverings

The construction is similar to wall paint, but because the door is often opened and closed, the door wallpaper is easy to curl and warp, and is not durable. This method is not a long-term solution and cannot be usedFor how long, it is not recommended to use.

3) The surface is wallpaper and wall coverings

The construction is similar to wall paint, except that the door is often opened When closed, the door wallpaper is easy to curl and warp, and is not durable. This method is not a long-term solution and will not last long, so it is not recommended.

If it is more high-end, you can also customize the rock slab. The rock slabs are designed together with the walls.

3) The surface is hard bag

When making a hard bag shape, the main considerations are aesthetics and symmetry. It is flexible, leaving seams and closing edges. If designed properly, it can be completely integrated with the wall..

4) The surface is wood veneer

Wood veneer is most commonly used in invisible doors because of the material The diversity itself can create a variety of home environments with high appearance and unified style.

After explaining the manufacturing process of invisible doors, what other points do we need to know? Let’s move on to our third question today.

03.

Other design considerations for invisible doors

1. Create Model design is the most critical

If the invisible door is not done well, it will not only be invisible, but also ugly. It requires a high level of skill from the designer. Facade details such as symmetrical shapes must be considered in place to achieve the goal. Real effect.

When the common invisible door does not reach the top, whether the wall details are properly considered, such as whether the other side has a symmetrical design that does not reach the top, is shown in the picture below. I think this picture can still be easily seen. \”Hey, I have an invisible door here\”

△Invisible door design should consider symmetry△

PS: In the case above, if It will look better if you make a door-to-top design or the red line in the upper left corner runs through the entire shape.

△The invisible door considers the overall design to be more beautiful△

Secondly, if you want to make the fake look real As a result, the baseboard position on the door should also be designed into it. For example, invisible doors with surface wall paint and wall cloth veneer usually have additional baseboards, except for those with wood veneer.

2. It is important to choose good hardware products

Poor invisible door hardware may cause the door to not close tightly, which seriously affects the original intention of designing the invisible door. The effect it needs to achieve is that it can be pushed open normally and can be automatically closed after being pushed and pulled.

The invisible door hinges on the market are roughly divided into the following types: Concealed hinges, hydraulic positioning hinges, and sky-earth axis hinges.

Concealed hinge:Select the size of the concealed hinge according to the different thickness of the door. The advantage is that it can hide the front and back of the door. The door panel and door frame need to be slotted, but ordinary concealed hinges cannot provide hydraulic buffering. As a result, a door closer needs to be installed behind the door.

△Invisible door concealed hinge△

△The door closer can also be hidden△

Hydraulic positioning hinge :Hydraulic positioning hinge integrates multiple functions, because it can automatically close the door, but does not require a door closer, and the price will be more expensive.

△Hydraulic positioning hinge△

In addition to the above two commonly used ones, if you use For revolving invisible doors, the sky and earth axis hinges will be used. The installation and effects are shown below:

△Heaven and Earth Axis Hinge Installation Instructions△

△Revolving invisible door△

As for the door lock, because it needs to be hidden from the outside The effect is generally to use a single-sided hidden door lock, as shown below.