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Glass interior doors

Glass interior doors Until recently, interior doors were almost imperceptible in the interior - the faceless cloth, separating the room. Today they have become an essential piece, and besides, they are " learned " connecting rooms. Glass doors are an excellent alternative to conventional interior doors made of traditional materials. They deprive the space oppressive isolation, visually " pushing " space and connect the rooms and stuff their light and give the impression of greater room volume. In addition, glass doors give the room its own look, its originality. The interior gets original modern sounding and becomes more stylish.

Elegance, originality and unsurpassed ability to glass doors fit into any modern interior increasingly attracted the attention of sophisticated customers. In Europe, the glass interior doors - not a new trend fashion, and the ordinary. This is a new trend is reinforced by the fact that our fellow citizens no longer associate the glass doors to the entrance to the subway entrance or research institutes. Now the glass door is perceived both organic and functional interior detail.

The story all-glass Door has been around for decades, taking the start in constructivism late 20-ies of the last century - in the days leading architects of the world covered the search for new and unexpected applications for traditional materials, often ignoring the fact that the level of development industrial technology did not have time for the " flight of thought " and limited the " open space of imagination ". However, many of the ideas put forward by then have been very viable - year after year, science and industry, gaining experience, advanced the possibility to the full implementation of bold ideas. One of them - make greater use glass in interior design.

Get in the end of XX century the most widespread style " Hi-Tech " ideas and gave new impetus to the use of glass doors and walls not only in the shopping and public facilities, but also in the interiors of living quarters. Frameless glass doors have been widely equipment used in saunas, bathrooms and showers.

Safety glass

A significant step forward led to the new technology of thermal hardening or hardening allowed to increase the mechanical strength and Traumatic of sheet glass. After quenching the glass changing from the crystal lattice, making it stronger than usual in 4-5. If tempered glass is still broken, then it will fall apart into many small (about 1 cm in diameter) fragments with non-acute edges, reducing the risk of injury to a minimum. That's why most all-glass self-supporting frameless doors and walls, produced in the world today, run it from tempered glass.

There is technology triplex. Triplex - it's actually a few glasses, between which are taped polymer films. Even if the triplex is broken, the film does not allow to fragments scattered on the sides and caused injury to person. In practice, the split glass door is difficult, the only thing they are " fear ", - strikes sharp objects in the butt. Fabric thickness, typically 8-10 mm, although thicker occurs glass -12 and 14 mm.

Fittings for glass doors

Unsophisticated buyer sometimes surprising and seems unreasonably high cost of accessories for glass doors , in comparison with products for conventional doors - wood, metal or plastic. Indeed, special fittings, especially from leading companies, is not cheap, but the reason for that - need very careful approach to designing and manufacturing of all parts and elements.

Glass - unique and specific material in combination therewith any detail as it is tested for quality and aesthetic usefulness. Besides the main task - to provide ease and convenience opening, all items must be harmoniously fitting complement and enhance the natural beauty of glass, gloss polished edges, which is possible only with the impeccable attention to the quality of any, even the smallest detail.

Accessories for glass doors are traditionally holds a special place of honor among the other " hardware ". With its small size parts accessories need to reserve to withstand very heavy. The design of the hardware designers widely used by various kinds of pure metal texture - matte or polished to a mirror finish stainless steel and aluminum. In cases where it is justified by the ambient interior colors are used anodized (in gold), painted in the colors or brass hardware details.

Large manufacturers offer different elements (handles, hinges, brackets, fasteners nodes) combined single style. Use them in different combinations makes it possible to equip a single key, not only door, as one of the elements glass wall, but the whole self-supporting walls of glass. Such designs kits and accessories convenient to apply in cases where the size of the opening so large that even a very wide and high of the door leaf will not close it completely, and " suture " the remaining space opaque material " vgluhuyu " No smysla.Tselnosteklyannye doors can be equipped and are becoming more common open automation systems, electronic Combination Locks and Electric strike with remote control - all leading manufacturers of similar devices be sure to offer special models specifically for glass doors.
High-quality glass cloth, for all apparent simplicity and conciseness - the result of careful work of many specialists and in full may be made only if the enterprise whole range of special equipment and technology. Only with their help possible to cut and process the sheet of glass with a tolerance of a few tenths of a millimeter, to obtain a flawless polished edge surface of the trapezius, drill holes and perform complex shaped cutouts for installation elements of the hardware.

Very high demands on dimensional accuracy are presented without reason - because when you install the glass doors are no longer possible fit in place as it is permissible for other materials - tempered glass can not be expose the second or additional machining.

Ways of opening glass doors

The term " glass door " It includes several types of frameless structures. By way of opening them can be divided into groups:

Pendulum - glass doors opening both inside and out. As a rule, such a door closer floor is used, which, after opening back door in the closed position. The door itself is attached to the floor and the ceiling.

Swing glass doors - the doors open only to one side and put in the door frame. Door by the side hinge attached to a wall or door frame. The glass doors of this type are usually placed in the internal and apartments, offices (including office partitions from different materials).

sliding glass doors - at opening drive off to the side. Carriage to which is attached the door leaf, move along the upper rail (which is fixed to the ceiling or wall). This design is particularly suitable in situations where the normal door when you open up too much space and partitions off the passage. Sliding doors are placed inside the building.
Of curved glass - thanks to the relatively young technology tempering curved glass paintings was made possible make like a pendulum, and sliding doors with curved door leaf. These doors - a sign of individuality and originality.

Pricing and manufacturers of glass doors

Leading foreign companies specializing in the manufacture of glass doors offer a great selection of ready-made models in standard sizes, decorated drawings of different styles - in this variety, you can easily pick up options most appropriate to the overall design, colors and purpose premises. Glass doors are made by European firms, of course, are of high quality and variety of models. But there are moments to consider the market. Firstly, the European door, say Italian or German, are certified under Western standards, that is, to put a door opening, need to work hard. Secondly, the delivery of German or Italian doors is 2 to 4 months, will have to wait.

Of course, the doors, custom-made for individual author's design, different higher cost, but in some cases it is absolutely justified and even necessary if it is important to emphasize the stylish room, his distinctive, high status and a unique interior. In the end, any-glass door or partition is always highly exclusive product - the final price affects the selection glass and decorating technology, nuances of the hardware configuration and the complexity of the installation.

The cost of designing, fabrication and installation can vary in a very wide range - from a few hundred dollars for a " typical " version with the simple kit accessories, up to 3000-15000 and even more, for the " exclusive " - A work of art - large size and complexity, with custom-made, one-of-a-kind items.

Premises which are used in the design of doors and walls of glass, always distinguished by the special atmosphere of lightness, spaciousness, and, simultaneously, of respectability. Pleasing to the eye accented geometric clean lines, the play of light on polished granite, each perfected " change " and detail of high-quality accessories.

Wherever set modern-glass door - it will always be that same door, one wants to enter.

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