Fashion is a circle. Nowadays, the more natural and simple things are more popular. I don’t know if it’s because of this. In the past two years, barn doors have become popular and become an Internet celebrity door. When it comes to sliding doors, it will jump to barn doors.
However, despite its popularity, some people are still on the sidelines because they don’t know if their homes should or should not be fitted with barn doors.
In fact, installing a barn door is not a hassle, first understand these~
It was originally the Barn door of a foreign farm's warehouse, and then it was used indoors. The effect is amazing and eye-catching. It has a simple, pure, crude, and delicate feeling!
The uniqueness of barn doors
1. The hanging rail is installed externally, the rail is above the wall, and the door is hanging (there are certain requirements for the wall);
2. The rail has higher requirements for hardware, which is related to the noise level when pushing and pulling the barn door;
3. With high appearance and texture, it is relatively cheap and can go to the second-hand market to buy wood planks and then DIY.
4. Poor sound insulation and poor sealing effect;
5. The style is changeable, not limited to wooden door materials, even glass and metal materials.
6. It can be reused and can be taken away if you move!
Comparison of barn door and sliding door
1. Different tracks:
The sliding door has a particularly bad point: the track of the sliding door is underneath, and the ground track is like a small threshold. Although it is not a major problem, it is slightly inconvenient to enter and exit.
The most inconvenient thing is to clean this ground track, because there will always be dust, hair, and trash inside. Generally, we don’t clean it deliberately, so it’s hard to see this ground track because it’s so dirty that the dirt is gone. Can't drop...If the sliding door is installed in the kitchen, it is simply enough. Don't want to remove the dirt in the floor rail in this life.
The barn door does not have this trouble: the track is above, which is easy and safe to clean. ▼
2. Different requirements for door openings:
Sliding doors do not have any requirements for the wall, but the door opening must be large, otherwise it cannot be pushed and pulled, and it is generally used as a partition to divide the space; the barn door has requirements for the wall, but there is no requirement for the door opening, and the door can be pushed and pulled if the door opening is small. To the wall next to it. ▼
3. Different materials:
The material of the sliding door is relatively simple, mainly titanium-magnesium alloy, which has no characteristics and appearance; the barn door is first slightly better in appearance, and secondly, its material can be selected, mainly wooden doors, wooden doors of various materials, And you can also spray paint and change clothes. In addition to wooden doors, there are iron doors and glass doors. ▼
4. Different cost performance:
Although sliding doors are much cheaper, they can’t be taken away; barn doors can be taken away when moving. If this reason may not be used anymore (will not move), then sliding doors are still cheap. ▼
Installation
Before installation, take a look at the walls of your home. Since the track of the barn door is above and the door is hanging, you must choose a load-bearing wall! Give up walls such as hollow walls and lightweight bricks. In addition, there must be enough space above the wall and at the left and right ends to install and push the barn door. ▼
When installing, the distance from the top of the door hole to the roof should be greater than 16Cm + the width of the door cover; the bottom of the door panel should also be about 1cm away from the ground; the width of the door panel should be greater than the width of the door opening, and the width of the wall next to the door opening should also be greater than the width of the door opening . These must be understood clearly, the picture can be understood, and the size should be measured before installation.
Then, choose the material, style, and hardware of the door panel. There are many styles of barn doors, and I found some styles, but of course they are not limited to these. And the material of the door panel must also be selected, and the material will determine the price of the barn door. For example, there are solid wood, red oak, ash, mongolica and other materials, as well as glass and metal materials, which also have a unique feeling. ▼
By the way, a barn door with a blackboard wall is more practical and beautiful, because it is not only a front door, but also a wall. Everyone knows everyone’s love for the blackboard wall. By the way, install a blackboard wall on the barn door, which will do two things with one stone. ▼
The hardware must be selected well, if customized, the seller will generally match it for everyone. As mentioned earlier, the hardware feels the size of the noise when it slides, so choose their quality carefully.
There are mainly two kinds of materials, metal and stainless steel. The metal texture has a sense of vicissitudes of life, while the stainless steel texture has a modern flavor. ▼
Then there are so many styles of its pulleys, and they look great when installed. ▼
