Sliding doors

Sliding doors are a great solution to save space, communicating rooms, hide steps In the market we can find different types among which we can choose according to our need.

Sliding doors They are presented through two fastening systems:

Guide outdoor

It is a door which slides on a guide placed in the upper and outer part of the septum. It is a fast, cost-effective solution that allows its installation works without even changing door is essential, a conventional can adapt to slide through this system. It has the disadvantage that it is necessary to preserve empty furniture space to hold the door when it is open.

The door is hidden between two walls when it is opened. It has the advantage that we do not need to keep an empty wall space to allow its opening.

Guidelines for which slides are hidden between partitions, for this reason has the disadvantage that if he caused, would have to overturn the septum to access repair.

A simple door is hidden between the gap between two partitions, or leans on the wall through the Guide. This system is recommended to close rooms where space is of vital importance.

Two sliding doors, hiding one on each side the hollow way, between two partitions or on each of them, where it is with exterior Guide. Ideal for separating two environments which sometimes should remain United, as the dining room or the kitchen of the office

Two doors are housed in a same cavity of septum, this system, same as above, it is recommended to create depending on our needs, one or two environments.

Two independent gates, staying in a same way wall hollow opposition. A practical way to close contiguous rooms, reducing to one the space necessary to hide the two doors.

The weight must be key in deciding on a type or the other of sliding door. If the door is too large, you can exceed the weight that a guide can withstand. When the space step is more than a meter, it is preferable to opt for a model that includes two doors.

With regards to aesthetics, this type of door can be adapted to whatever the style that dominates our space, since they are manufactured in the same materials a conventional door, wood, glass, aluminio…

accessories. In addition, these systems have the advantage that is sold in kit (on good hardware and some DIY centers), with which it can even be installed by “do-it-yourself” skilled and with some experience in the home work. They are special elements for doors of glass and wood, with the advantage that support up to 100 kg weight and that have system of cushioning.

One of the modalities of the new systems are presenting the fittings on the exterior of the door, so that they are viewed. They are the easiest place, suitable for industrial and contemporary type environments. Support weights of doors between 40 and 75 kg, and can be wall or ceiling, for glass doors and wooden.

But if there is an interesting novelty, it is the systems with tracks well to the rear of the leaves of the door, so that they slide by the Rails fixed to the wall without visible fittings. These systems support up to 100 kg of weight per sheet, and there are also options for glass doors.