An overview of sliding glass interior doors? Installation + Video classification of door structures

The use of light transmission structures for the construction of walls, partitions and doors in construction is gaining steady growth. The article describes light-transmitting glass sliding doors. It tells about the places of application, effects.

What do such structures look like and what they are to ensure the human life cycle.

The point about the difficulty of installing glass sliding doors on your own is explained.

Classifications of door structures

Visual increase in the space of business centers, saving territory in residential apartments, increasing the level of security, versatility of use is a small list of the positive qualities of the material for sliding glass doors.

Belonging to objects

• buildings and structures of a technical nature. Arrangement of entrance groups and delimitation of space in trade enterprises, entertainment centers, train stations and airports, in commercial organizations.
• arrangement of entrances and interior openings in private houses and apartments. In the manufacture of storage systems.

By the number of leaves

• single-leaf doors with one-sided shift.
• double-leaf doors, can be telescopically moved to one side or moved apart in different directions,
• telescopic multi-leaf structures.

At the place of installation

• arrangement of entrance groups with blank walls and with stained glass windows,
• installation in interroom openings of residential premises and glass partitions of offices.

Mounting methods

Attention! Due to the large weight of glass doors, their installation into lightweight frame plasterboard partitions is impossible.

• wall installation of the working unit .

  Mainly applied to automated sliding door systems. Automation not only requires a lot of space for installation, but free access is needed for repair work and routine maintenance of complex equipment.

• hidden installation of the door drive mechanism . Such a device does not take up much space and can fit inside the partition. The setting applies to manual door control.

Door control systems

• manual control . The operation of the door leaf mechanism is carried out due to the muscular strength of a person,
• automated control system . The movement of the door leaves is carried out with the help of electric motors through the automation unit through the commands of the push-button unit or a full automatic cycle with a system of motion sensors.

By protection class

Material for the production of glass doors durable tempered glass serves.

At the exit, it already has a high degree of strength for human safety.

But often there is a need for special quality characteristics of the product.

It must be with a higher degree of strength and have refractory properties:

Tempered glass

Produced by a special technology. Finished sheets are subjected to strong heating, followed by rapid cooling. When broken, the fragments have smooth and not sharp edges. The risk of injury is low.

Plain tempered single-layer glass is used for the production of interior sliding doors in cottages and apartments or in offices. They are installed at the exit to the loggia and for dressing rooms. They are made according to the decor in colored, colored smalt patterns are applied or a matte surface is made.

Attention! In children's rooms, it is better not to use glass for doors. Maximum safety is more important for the health of the child.

Armored glasses

Made by applying a polymer film on one side or from both sides at once on tempered glass. Such a product is used for the manufacture of sliding doors for entrance groups of trade enterprises, when a large number of people are gathered.

Triplex

Impact-resistant glass with special properties. It is made of two layers of glass and a polymer film between them.

The product has increased weight loading and direct impact resistance.

In case of splitting, the fragments remain on the layer and do not scatter to the sides. Has a low degree of traumatic hazard to humans.

Bulletproof glass

They are made of three or more tempered glass layers with interlayers of a special polymer. They withstand the impact of a bullet, which gets stuck in the polymer, breaking through the glass layer, after which only cracks remain at the point of contact.

Fire-resistant glass

The number of layers depends on the degree of resistance over time.

One layer of tempered glass can withstand an ignition source for 30 minutes up to 1000 ⁰ C.

In multilayer door structures, a special polymer film is used, which, when exposed to high temperatures, when the glass layer is destroyed, swells and releases carbon dioxide, which does not support combustion.

The maximum fire level is 60 minutes of fire containment.

Positive aspects of translucent structures

• Create a general idea of ​​increasing the space in the room.
• Allow different design solutions.

• Saturate the room with natural light.
• Creates the impression of a close-knit team, with no sound interference.
• The doors are easy to maintain.
• Resistant to moisture.
• Does not change shape with temperature changes.

• Increase the conditions for a safe existence.
• Save space. There is no need for a place for opening the door leaves.

Moments of installation of glass sliding door structures

Glass structures are heavy, and there is a possibility of destruction due to improper actions of the installer.

In general, glass sliding doors must have at least four attachment points.

Two at the top and two at the bottom.

Systems of mechanisms are of several types:

• Systems with an open mechanism . These are the simplest ones, the rolling elements move along the upper horizontal guide lamella, which is attached to the wall. At the bottom, rubberized rail profiles are installed on the floor to prevent swinging of the leaf and guide the doors to dock with each other. Such a system is controlled manually
• Hidden systems have the main difference in hiding mechanisms behind special panels or their device in special recesses of the partitions.

• Automated systems are often installed on the wall surface, but they are necessarily covered with a casing.

Canvases from one layer of glass for the home and with a simple control mechanism, installed without frames. This further emphasizes the individual style of housing. The cost of such structures is small.

If necessary, at the installation site of canvases with glass in several layers, a frame will be necessary.

The weight of one square meter reaches 30 kilograms.

It allows you to evenly distribute the weight of the structure to the attachment points and prevent the web from skewing. Mechanisms are used with a more complex design. Such doors are designed mainly for places with a large human traffic capacity.

Conclusion

The commercial niche for the development of the production of glass structures is constantly being improved.

There are more options on the market every year. The quality and technical characteristics of light transmission structures are improved.