How to choose a sliding door? Should I choose the regular one or the linkage one? What precautions should be taken during construction?

Every day, owners ask me if they want to decorate their homes with sliding doors and tell me about the door opening. Width, how many doors need to be made? Which one is better to choose?

I will focus on replying today.

First of all, the width of a single sliding door leaf should not exceed one meter. The width of a single leaf is too large and the weight is too heavy, making it inconvenient to push, pull and use.

Secondly, before choosing a sliding door, you must first decide whether to choose an ordinary sliding door or a linked sliding door. This will play a crucial role in making a few fan meetings in the end.

If you choose ordinary sliding doors, try to make them two or four, so as to ensure the largest walking space.

Three sliding doors should be chosen carefully, only in U-shaped kitchens.

Compared with ordinary sliding doors, it is more popular now to make linkage ones.

No matter how many doors are made, it only takes up the width of a sliding door when opened, which is very practical.

So today we will focus on the linkage sliding door. We will not make any evaluation on the quality of the sliding door itself, and the owner will choose it according to his own budget.

From a construction perspective, let me talk about the requirements for the door opening of the linked sliding door and the preparation work required for the hanging rail linked sliding door.

Each linkage sliding door has its own track, so it can slide left and right at will. The disadvantage is that the linkage sliding door has requirements for the width of the door opening.

For example, the door opening required for three linkage sliding doors The width cannot be less than 18 cm, and the requirement for the door opening of four linked sliding doors cannot be less than 24 cm.

So before everyone makes a linkage sliding door, they must check whether the width of the door opening in their home meets their requirements.

If it does not meet the requirements, the door opening needs to be widened to meet the installation requirements. The widening work is relatively easy, a bricklayer can do it, and a carpenter can do it as well.

The next thing I want to talk about is the hanging rail-linked sliding door. This is what many owners are pursuing now, because after the hanging rail is made, there is no track on the ground. If the living room and kitchen are made into a common space, the effect will be unbeatable. .

Before making a hanging rail sliding door, be sure to measure the height of the door opening in your home in advance.

In principle, the height of a sliding door should not exceed 2.4 meters. If the door opening in your home is higher than 2.4 meters, the height of the door opening must be lowered.

Special attention should be paid to the lowering height. For a sliding door that is 0.8 meters wide and 2.4 meters high, the weight of the glass plus the frame will be at least 120 kilograms. If there are two or three doors at the same time, Hanging it on this door opening, the weight can reach several hundred kilograms.

Once the materials used are not good, it is possible for the door to fall and deform later.

When constructing at this stage, the owner must connect well with the construction party. You must not save money here.

In fact, no matter how high the door opening is, I personally do not recommend making a hanging rail sliding door because the risk taken in the later stage is too high.

The hanging rail sliding door can swing back and forth. Children at home may find this more fun, but they don’t know how dangerous it is. There are many such examples on the Internet, and it’s scary to think about it.

Nowadays, the floor rails are all ultra-thin. They do not want to be on the surface of the tiles, but can be embedded into the tiles. This construction does not have any risks and does not delay the smooth entry and exit of the sweeping robot into the kitchen.

The advantages and disadvantages of these two types of doors and the precautions during construction are clearly explained to everyone. How to choose depends on your own needs.