There is a kind of door called barn door, barn door analysis of advantages and disadvantages:
Home design style basically changes every year, every year there are new elements to join, such as the new darling of the home decoration industry barn door, this element is all the vogue now, it originally originated in Europe and the United States, is a common farm barn rail door, and later was applied to the home decoration design elements, known as barn door.
Features of the barn door
A barn door is a sliding door. Unlike a traditional sliding door, the track of the barn door is exposed and connected to the wall by sliding rails and pulleys above.
Didn't you think a door could be so simple and straightforward, and very personal? Not only that, but barn doors have many advantages:
(1) Save space, small door preferred
Traditional sliding doors are made in the door, no matter how to push, always take up half of the door space. And the barn door is made on the wall, open completely will not occupy the door space, to ensure the absolute spacious when walking.
② Rich color, texture, appearance level is high
Barn doors are much richer in color and texture than regular doors, and when installed in a home, the appearance level is truly outrageous! And can control any style, modern simple, Nordic, American, Japanese... All of it!
③ Can be reused
This refers to the barn door detachable, even if you need to move, the barn door can be removed and installed in a new home, to a certain extent to save the cost of decoration.
It is said that everything can not only look at one side, home decoration things should be considered in a comprehensive way. The advantages of a barn door are many, but it has some disadvantages of its own:
① It is not airtight enough, and the sound insulation effect is poor
Because it is installed in the wall of the sliding door, in order to ensure the smoothness of the push and pull, there will be about 1cm gap between the door and the wall, so it is not so high fit with the door, not closed enough, resulting in weak sound insulation effect, more family members are not recommended to install in the bedroom, study and other Spaces.
② not enough privacy
The barn door is open inside and out, so it's not easy to lock, and it's a little less private. If there are many family members, it is recommended to install in the public space, so that there are children do not have to worry about being locked.
(3) Test the bearing capacity of the wall
Barn door is a kind of hanging rail moving door, it completely depends on the hanging cabinet above the wall to bear the weight of the whole door, so the wall to fix the hanging rail should be able to bear the weight, generally not recommended gypsum board or light wall installation barn door.
