Wooden entrance door for a private house and apartment: reliability and design

The front door is the face of the building. It carries an aesthetic value as part of the exterior of the building and the interior of the premises. No less important is its functional purpose: protection of the premises from the penetration of unwanted guests, prevention of heat loss, sound insulation. Only a wooden entrance door made of quality materials and correctly installed can meet the necessary technical and aesthetic requirements.

A wooden front door must be beautiful and of high quality in order to fulfill its immediate functions

Types of entrance doors used for residential premises

Wooden doors are preferred by many home and apartment owners. It is prestigious, environmentally friendly, has a number of advantages in terms of operation:

• the size of wooden doors can be adjusted;
• replacement of locks and handles does not cause problems;
• subject to repair and restoration.

The most reliable entrance doors made of solid wood

Entrance doors are made of solid wood. It can be a canvas made of specially processed boards or a frame with wooden inserts-panels.

Helpful advice! When choosing a wooden front door, be sure to pay attention to whether there are any inserts made of fiberboard or chipboard material in the design. The presence of such fragments significantly reduces the performance of the product.

Doors are distinguished by shape:

• rectangular;
• rectangular with an arched top;
• with an upper transom (rectangular or arched fixed part, which is used for decorative purposes or to cover an unnecessary area of ​​a doorway);
• other non-standard shapes (trapezoid, irregular rectangle, etc.).

Most often, wooden entrance doors are single-leaf or double-leaf

Entrance doors quite often consist of one leaf, i.e. represent one canvas. They can have one and a half flaps: one full, the second - much less. This design is used only in cases where you need to expand the doorway.There are double doors: their constituent elements are equally functional. The increase in the number of leaves significantly affects the size of wooden doors. Most often, such models are used to close a wide, non-standard doorway.

Doors also differ in the way of opening:

• swing method - the door leaf opens inward or outward;
• sliding method - the door leaf moves along the wall to the left or right.

A sliding door unit is a complex structure that cannot provide the required tightness, therefore, such a door is rarely used as an entrance door.

Almost all entrance doors made of wood have a swing structure

The choice of material and design features of a wooden street entrance door

Special requirements are imposed on the material of manufacture and construction of the front door facing the street. Only solid wood can be used as a material. It can be solid and glued. The splicing technology is produced using high-quality adhesives. The fibers are laid in a specific way that contributes to the strength of the joints. Often, the bonding points are practically invisible, but such doors are best used as entrance to the apartment, where they will be protected from precipitation and temperature changes.

Solid wood doors that do not have spliced ​​parts have a number of advantages:

• reliable sound insulation;
• low thermal conductivity;
• resistance to moisture;
• aesthetics, which is facilitated by the natural structure of the wood.

The leaf of the entrance wooden doors must be made of strong wood and at the same time be thick enough

The wood used for the manufacture of street doors should be dense, the canvas should be at least 5 cm thick. Ash and oak are best suited as raw materials for the manufacture of such doors. Ash has an affordable price, the material is easy to process and make decorative inserts in it. Oak is stronger, but difficult to work with. The oak door structure has a long service life (25 years or more). When installing an oak door, you will need to increase the number of fasteners.

Experts recommend choosing a frame for doors from the same wood from which the main canvas is made - and this is far from a question of aesthetics. A high-quality door product must have reliable supports that will not crack and will firmly hold the entire structure.

Helpful advice! When installing an oak door at the entrance, it is better to use platbands from the same material. No decorative coating applied to another type of wood can imitate oak plank.

In a private house, wooden entrance doors should be complemented by a sill and a visor

Beech can be used as a raw material for making a street door. The difficulty in using this material is the length of the preparation process. This wood must go through a fairly long processing process. Only after that it will become moisture and heat resistant. Walnut and cherry are good materials. Features of the operation of street entrance doors require the mandatory presence of two elements in the structure:

• threshold;
• canopy.

The presence of a threshold is explained by the need to protect against the penetration of dirt and water into the room, and this element also serves to block the gap through which unwanted air exchange is possible. There must be a canopy above any street door. Under the influence of constant direct rays of the sun and in direct contact with precipitation, any material will undergo destruction.

The wallet will protect the wooden door leaf from the negative effects of precipitation and dirt

Outdoor entrance doors to a wooden house: optimal dimensions and installation features

It is fashionable and prestigious to build houses of wood, surrounding yourself with natural, environmentally friendly material. Houses are erected from timber, logs and sandwich panels, which appeared not so long ago, but gained wide popularity. It seems that everything is obvious: the entrance door to a wooden house should be made of wood. But choosing the right raw material, door shape and overall structure is far from easy. Hardwood with a dense structure is recommended as a material for the manufacture of entrance doors to houses.

If the walls are made of rounded logs, you need to choose a model that will match visually and functionally. A too massive door looks rather rude in a log wall. The paneled construction with small inserts-fragments will turn out to be "alien" and will not form a single composition with the building facade. One should also take into account the dimensions of the casing, which visually significantly enlarges the entire door structure. Matching the size of the door to the parameters of the structure as a whole is very important for houses of this type.

To install a wooden front door to a house made of the same material, you will need a strong and reliable box.

Installation of doors in a wooden house has its own characteristics. Today, almost no one allows themselves to give a log structure 6 months to shrink. And the doorway is mounted during installation, and not cut out after the construction of the building. In such an opening, you should immediately insert a door frame made of 100x150 mm timber with a sample. She will "hold" the logs, if led, will not deform, and the door to the wooden house will be able to open and close without rubbing.

Outdoor wooden doors for houses made of timber are easier to install, but it is necessary to choose the right wood so that its pattern is combined with the structure of the main building material. When choosing an entrance street opening for houses made of sandwich panels, the main difficulty lies in determining the optimal weight of the door structure. If you give preference to oak, then the width and height of the product should not exceed 85x210 cm, and the thickness of the door leaf is no more than 5.5 cm. Sandwich panels are securely attached to each other. However, it will be problematic to install heavy door casing on them.

Wooden entrance doors for a private house

When choosing an entrance door for a private house, the main requirements are strength, sound insulation, moisture resistance and design. In pursuit of decorativeness, sometimes technical characteristics are relegated to the background: the obligatory manufacture of an entrance door from solid wood, the quality of wood, the reliability of the fittings, the compliance of the coating with the operating conditions.

Double-glazed windows make wooden entrance doors lighter and more elegant

With the advent of double-glazed windows, many began to install wooden glazed front doors to the house. Glass facilitates construction. Even double-leaf doors in this design do not seem too wide and massive.

When erecting a new building, if wooden windows and doors are installed, it should be borne in mind that they must be either the same color, or the windows are lighter by a tone or two (the size of the frames will hide the difference). This happens if the windows and the front door are made of different woods. Applying the same coating to different wood structures does not give the same effect.

Many people strive to purchase insulated wooden entrance doors for a private house. The finished structures consist of two (sometimes three) wooden canvases, between which insulation is placed. These doors are 8-10 cm thick and weigh 70 to 150 kg. It is better to use detachable adjustable canopies for hanging them.

Insulated wooden doors are thicker and consist of two or three wooden doors

If there is a need to insulate an old wooden door, then this can be done using upholstery, under which the appropriate material should be laid. You can use as insulation:

• foam rubber;
• isolon;
• mineral wool.

The disadvantage of foam rubber is that it absorbs moisture and becomes unusable after 3-5 years. Mineral wool shrinks, does not give volume. Isolon is the most suitable for insulation. Moisture-resistant lightweight synthetic material is a reliable insulating layer.

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Also popular with homeowners are metal entrance street insulated doors. Metal conducts heat easily, so the inside needs "protection". Solid wood cladding will fulfill this task and give decorative and natural metal doors.

Often install metal entrance doorsthat are sheathed with wood

Choosing a wooden front door to the apartment

Choosing a ready-made structure or ordering a model for an apartment, you can be less demanding on the material, since such a door will not experience direct contact with precipitation and ultraviolet light. But the product will still be exposed to humidity and temperature extremes, especially if the door is installed on the lower floors.

Entrance wooden doors for an apartment can be made of solid pine, provided that the wood has no flaws - knots and cracks. But for the manufacture of an apartment entrance block, experts still recommend ash, beech, oak and other hardwoods. When purchasing a ready-made structure for an apartment, it is better to choose a model with already installed fittings and a peephole, so as not to damage the canvas when self-embedding. The limited parameters (doorways of apartments have standard sizes) does not allow choosing interesting shapes for the entrance door, therefore, only decorating the canvas or interesting accessories can serve as the basis for artistic processing.

The issue of protecting housing from thieves is relevant for apartment doors. The strength of the door leaf, casing and a reliable lock together provide this.

Furintura or the canvas itself can make the front door to the apartment original

Useful advice! It is recommended to purchase a ready-made door structure with installation. This will save you the hassle and enjoy a short-term warranty.

The proposed photos show wooden doors that attract attention with their originality. These are the most interesting design developments, exclusive options that can become a worthy decoration and reliable protection for both an apartment and a private house.

Requirements for a wooden door for a summer residence

What special characteristics should a wooden entrance door for a summer cottage have? First of all, they must be reliable. A dacha is a building in which most often they do not live permanently. Leaving the property, the owner must be sure that no one can enter his house. Defining a door as reliable, it should be understood that it must have the following characteristics:

• made of dry and dense wood;
• maintains a functional state, it is not affected by temperatures and precipitation;
• the shape allows you to insert a secure lock.

When installing the front door in the country, you should not save on its quality

For most people, a dacha is a real estate that stands in the background after the main housing, so the desire to save is understandable. But it is not worth saving on the material for making an entrance wooden street door for a summer residence. The fragility of use and the conventionality of protection will require new costs.

Useful advice! Even in a tight financial situation, you should not choose pine as a material for an entrance wooden door. Swelling at high humidity and cracking during drying are inevitable for this type of wood, regardless of the quality of the coating.

As an economical option, it is recommended to use the panel version of the door made of deciduous trees. Having bought such wooden doors for painting, you can create a real design masterpiece through decoration. The door leaf-shield, made of dry and durable wood, has maximum moisture resistance, prevents heat loss, and when using anti-vandal awnings, it is practically inaccessible for breaking.

If the door is made of dense material and weighs quite a lot, then it is better to add additional hinges

When choosing ready-made options for entrance wooden doors for a country house or summer cottage, it is recommended to use the following tips:

• do not purchase structures with already inserted locks. Reliable locks are expensive, therefore cheap options are installed that have little effect on the price increase;
• if a door leaf made of oak, walnut or cherry is hung on two classic hinged canopies, take an interest in the weight of the door. You will most likely need to add loops;
• it is not worth purchasing a structure if the box is made of a different, cheaper material than the door itself. For the entrance block, the quality of the casing is no less important than the reliability of the door leaf.

Be sure to get information (from the manager, from the product description, etc.) about what kind of protective coating is applied to the door block, whether it is intended for the use of products that function in outdoor conditions.

When choosing front doors made of wood, you should make sure that they are suitable for outdoor use.

The price of ready-made and custom-made wooden doors

The price of entrance wooden doors consists of several indicators:

• type of wood;
• the amount of material used;
• the complexity of the design;
• quality and quantity of coating materials;
• reliability of the used fittings.

A wooden panel block for painting in standard sizes with a pine box and a canvas width of 4 cm costs 2000 rubles. A paneled door of a similar size and of the same material, but with a leaf thickness of 5.2 cm, can be purchased for 15 thousand rubles.

The cost of a door depends on its thickness and the type of wood from which it is made

The cost of a door structure made of solid ash of standard sizes with a leaf width of 5 cm, which has a coating and fittings, is 32 thousand rubles. The price of such an oak door is 80 thousand rubles.

An entrance wooden door with a frame costs 7-10% more than a single door leaf. This should be taken into account if it is possible to do the casing yourself.

The price of a wooden entrance street insulated door largely depends on the number of contours - layers of insulation. A design of standard sizes with one contour and a web width of 8 cm costs 34 thousand rubles, with two contours - 44 thousand rubles, with three - 56 thousand rubles. If the height of the insulated door exceeds the standard 210 cm height or 100 cm width, the price increases by 10%. If both indicators exceed the norm, the cost increases by 15%.

If the door has additional elements in the structure or they are larger than standard sizes, their price will be higher

Can you save money if you do not buy ready-made, but order wooden doors? Yes, you can, if you contact directly with the manufacturer, bypassing dealers and trading companies. Samples are most often exhibited in online stores and retail outlets, which means that you can purchase a door block only after its manufacture (with a prepayment).

The advantages of a custom-made wooden door are obvious:

• you can realize your own wishes by choosing a shape and color;
• the dimensions will be taken into account as much as possible, there will be no need to adjust them or fill the voids when installing the box;
• the ability to agree on the type and location of fittings installation.

When ordering the manufacture of a wooden entrance block, you need to make sure that the reduction in price is due to the lack of trade markups, and not due to the use of cheap materials.

A custom-made wooden door can be cheaper than factory-made models

DIY wooden door: necessary materials and tools

To understand how to make a wooden door yourself, you need to have at least minimal skills in working with wood and, of course, desire. First you need to decide on the model and make a purchase of blanks. For example, for a paneled door that will be installed as an entrance to an apartment, it is better to use ash or pine wood. For the manufacture of the structure, the following materials will be required:

• timber for a box 5x10 cm;
• boards for a frame 5 cm wide;
• tongue-and-groove boards for panels 2.5 cm wide;
• joiner's glue;
• coating materials.

A certain set of tools is also required:

• milling cutter or milling machine;
• grinder;
• sawing tools or machine;
• chisel, hammer, measuring devices.

The process of making a wooden door at home with your own hands

Before starting work, everything should be fixed on paper without fail, i.e. execute the drawing. Stages of work:

1. Having made a preliminary selection of 1.5x55 cm in the beams for the box, we mount the strapping from them - "trying on" the entry into the doorway. At this stage, it is very important to set the corners correctly (90 °).
2. Then we prepare the panels by laying out the boards and connecting the grooves with the protrusions, apply glue to the joints. It is better to tighten the canvas with clamps until it is completely dry.
3. We carry out the frame with the desired number of crossbars. We mount the strapping frame by inserting it into the groove. A depression is made on vertical blanks, a ledge on horizontal blanks. The harness is assembled, but not fixed.
4. Saw the glued sheet into the required number of panels in accordance with the drawing and insert the panels into the frame. If after "fitting" no problems arose, you can assemble the door leaf using glue.
5. The final stage is painting the wooden doors and installing the fittings.

Useful advice! It is recommended to install the hardware before painting, then remove it, coat the door and reinstall it. In this case, you will not need to be careful when attaching the hinges and installing the handle, and you can avoid accidental damage to the surface of the canvas.

The fittings are installed after painting the wooden front door

It is not difficult to figure out how to install a wooden door. If there is no error in dimensions (dimensional accuracy must be monitored during the entire manufacturing process), difficulties will not arise. It is more convenient to hang the hinges in the horizontal position of the door block. Then, using self-tapping screws, you need to fix the box in the doorway and hang the door. It is better to mount the handle and lock after hanging. This makes it easier to determine the height of their installation, so that later it is convenient to use.

Stylized wooden entrance doors

If, as a summer residence or a country house, a building is purchased where the entrance block is made using the old grandfather's methods, you should not rush to dismantle and change it. Make sure the tree is still strong. With appropriate processing, you can make interesting semi-antique wooden doors. Choosing an ethno or country style as a basis, with a minimum of financial costs and physical effort, it will be possible to equip an excellent suburban recreation area, where one of the significant elements of the interior will be the door.

To stylize an antique door, you need to remove the remaining paint, sand the boards, preserving all the bumps and chips.Then the coating of the desired shade should be applied, but in such a way that the natural structure of the wood appears. You can also apply forged pads on the hinges, install a decorative metal handle. This will give the old wooden door a new lease on life.

A wooden entrance door can be artificially aged

Antique door is made of new material. For such purposes, a processed board without straight cut lines is used. The manufacturing technology of such doors is rather complicated. To lay boards with "wavy" edges in a sealed door leaf, you need expensive tools and a high professional level.

Each such door is an exclusive option, it is impossible to repeat the pattern formed from the boards. This is clearly demonstrated by photos of semi-antique doors. Adherents of the appropriate styles will be able to choose a model that will adequately decorate the building.

Repair and restoration of wooden doors

One of the significant advantages of a wooden door is the ability to restore and update it. This need may arise in several cases:

• changing the exterior of the facade or the building as a whole;
• wear of the protective coating;
• minor damage to the door leaf.

You can restore old doors in the workshop or with your own hands.

In the workshop, where professionals work, the restoration will be done quickly and efficiently. Of course, the costs of transport and the purchase of paints and varnishes, and the wages of the master will be required. It is quite affordable to carry out the restoration yourself. You will need a small set of tools:

• building hair dryer (if you don't have one, you can rent it);
• a set of sandpaper of various grain sizes (or grinder attachment with a sticky sanding disc, ideally a sander);
• spatula or knife;
• brushes, varnishes, paints.

The door must be removed from its hinges, laid horizontally, having previously unscrewed the fittings, and with the help of a hair dryer (if the layer is thick) or sanding, remove the old coating. It is necessary to carefully examine the canvas so that there are no traces of old varnish, paint or unpolished places.

Useful advice! Particular attention should be paid to sanding the door leaf. All areas not brought to a perfectly smooth state after coating will appear as protruding pile.

To make the door look good, it needs to be sanded thoroughly.

Carry out protective and decorative coatings in the horizontal position of the door. This will prevent drips. If a spray can is used, the intensity of the spray must be monitored and kept at the same distance throughout the application.

The same steps, only in an upright position, must be done with the inside of the door frame. To achieve the maximum effect of novelty, it is better to purchase new platbands and paint them yourself. If desired, the door leaf can be decorated.

It is recommended to entrust the repair of wooden doors installed at the entrance to the premises to professionals. Only specialists, if necessary, to seal the cracks will be able to select the required type of putty. And if you need to replace a fragment of the canvas, only a professional will be able to give a guarantee that the glued part will withstand street conditions.

It is better to entrust the repair of very old doors to professionals

GOST: wooden doors for residential buildings

GOST 475-78 defines the basic standards for wooden structures. According to the document, the entrance doors are:

• internal - office, staircase, utility (including attic);
• outdoor - street and vestibule.

Entrance doors can be heat and sound insulation, fireproof and heat insulating. If the door unit faces the street, then a high level of moisture resistance is required.

This document indicates the permissible number of wood imperfections, i.e.knots, resin pockets and wormholes. In addition, the number of defects in wood blanks - chips and cracks - was determined.

Wooden entrance doors must comply with all GOST standards

The dimensions of the entrance doors are determined by GOST 24698-81. Products in finished form must undergo laboratory tests, during which indicators are established:

• the level of resistance to mechanical stress;
• resistance to the influence of atmospheric phenomena;
• level of flatness;
• noise and water resistance;
• burglary resistance.

According to GOST 9825-73, moisture and weather-resistant paints belonging to the 1st group must be used for covering wooden doors. Before staining, wood must be treated with solutions that prevent decay.

Paints used to paint the door must be resistant to moisture and prevent the leaf from rotting

Wooden entrance door in operation: possible drawbacks and ways to eliminate them

The door is subjected to constant mechanical stress, so the occurrence of violations in the normal functioning is almost inevitable. Possible disadvantages that appear during door operation:

• sagging. In order to prevent sagging, it is necessary to periodically inspect and, if necessary, change the hinged canopies (possibly to more reliable ones);
• rubbing. Most often, they arise due to the omission of the door leaf due to deformation of the door frame or weakening of hinged awnings;
• swelling. When the front door swells, it is necessary to check the condition of the protective coating. Most likely, it needs to be updated or supplemented with a new layer.
• the appearance of cracks. If cracks appear on a product made of quality wood, direct sunlight may be the cause. It is worth assessing if the canopy is protecting the door from sunlight enough.

Sometimes the problem is caused by a manufacturing flaw. There are many temptations to purchase front doors for a private home at half price.

When buying inexpensive doors, you need to make sure that their price is not associated with the presence of any defects

Useful advice! When buying a door block at a reduced price, you should definitely figure out what it is - a promotion or a markdown. The latter option necessarily assumes reasons - disadvantages. It is necessary to be sure that the existing defects will not affect the subsequent operation.

Even the entrance door structure, made of high-quality materials and processed with modern means, needs maintenance, as it functions in outdoor conditions.

A beautiful and reliable front door gives a feeling of comfort and security. Therefore, you need to carefully and responsibly approach the choice. It is necessary to evaluate the product comprehensively. Decorativeness as a component of the interior and quality indicators as the basis for normal functioning should be the main criteria when choosing a reliable structure.