A drawing of an entrance metal door with a frame. How to weld a metal door

In shops you can choose metal doors different models and sizes. They can be entrance and interior. You can make the door yourself. This requires materials, tools, skills and knowledge of working with iron.

Manufacturing metal structure do it yourself has a number of advantages over buying finished products. At a minimum cost, you can get front door into an apartment without alterations doorways... When making metal doors on your own, you must follow the rules of safe work, at each stage, all operations must be performed accurately and accurately. Advantages:

• choosing the material for manufacturing yourself, you can be sure of its quality;
• can be done with an individual finish;
• you can make an iron door in a budget option.

If you do it yourself, you can save a lot of time.

Measurements and drawings

Making metal doors with your own hands begins with drawing up the simplest drawings. For this, measurements of the doorway are made. Width is measured in several places. Then the minimum value is selected. 1.5-2 cm is subtracted from the resulting figure. The gaps between the door frame and the walls of the opening should remain of this size. The dimension is transferred to the drawing. The height of the future product is measured in the same way. According to the data obtained, a profile or angle is prepared for welding.

Tools and materials

Self welding metal doors are cheaper than purchasing a finished product. But you cannot make an iron door without the skills of using tools and a welding machine. For work, you must prepare the following tools and materials:

1. metal profile or corner;
2. door leafs made of metal sheets;
3. steel sheet with a thickness of 2 mm or more;
4. construction loops;
5. accessories for doors: locks and handles;

• electric drill;
• construction foam;
• anchor bolts or other fasteners;
• grinder equipped with a disc;
• welder;
• veneer;
• facing material.

Other tools may be needed. It depends on the model of the structure to be welded. It is good if your home workshop has a workbench and several clamps.

Steps for assembling steel doors

An iron door with your own hands at home is created in several stages:

1. making metal frame products;
2. creating a durable door leaf;
3. installation of high-quality locks and handles;
4. surface sheathing.

The standard dimensions of the door frame are: width - 90 cm, height - 2 m. If these conditions are met, you can make an iron door with your own hands.

Stage 1: weld the loot

For making a door from shaped pipe or from the corner to the apartment or to private house you need to cut the material. In cross-section, the profile should be about 50x25 mm. The workpieces are cut according to the dimensions in the drawing and placed on the welding table. The next operation is to measure the diagonals. Both of them must be absolutely equal. When these indicators are achieved, you can start welding. The finished work is checked again: the diagonals are measured, the dimensions along the inner space. If the work is done correctly and correctly, the welded seams are cleaned.

Stage 2: frame for the door leaf

The leaf should be located in the door frame at a short distance from its inner edges. In this case, the sheet of canvas should protrude beyond the outer edges of the frame. The structure is welded with short seams. Their length is up to 4 cm. They are located at a distance of 15-20 cm from each other. After welding and checking the geometric parameters, the seams are cleaned with a grinder and sandpaper.

Stage 3: fastening the sheet

The cut steel sheet is welded to the finished frame. About 10 mm on each side should be left for the slamming of the future door. The sheet of the required size is applied to the frame and welded. Work begins with the hinge part of the door. Welding is carried out with the imposition of seams inside the cavity. The canvas is welded along the entire perimeter. To give the product more strength, you can use the installation of stiffeners. The work ends with cleaning the seams and painting the door leaf. The paint protects the metal well from corrosion.

Step 4: how to weld the hinges

Hinges for metal products are made of steel rods with a diameter of about 2 cm. Loops are welded to the frame and to the canvas. The halves of the loops should match each other. To do this, you must carefully measure the distance when installing them. If this condition is met, the door can be easily put on the box and will close and open well. After welding, the parallelism of the profiles on each side of the assembled door is checked. It is imperative to carry out anti-corrosion treatment.

Stage 5: we cut the lock

The construction is almost complete. It remains to insert locks into it. It is recommended to install two locks different types... To enter the bolt of the locking mechanism, you need to make holes in the corner. It is necessary to make holes and slots in the canvas for fastening the lock case. This is done by the craftsman himself along with the holes for keys and handles.

Stage 6: cladding and insulation

To give the product a beautiful appearance and heat-shielding qualities, doors are insulated and external cladding. For cladding used different materials: vinyl leather, artificial leather, PVC film, leatherette, wood and much more. PVC film can be imitated with wood texture. Some owners paint products in the desired color and decorate them with forged decorative elements. Profiled metal sheets or elements made of soft materials are also used.

Foil insulation can be used to insulate and improve sound insulation properties. It fits inside the door leaf, a layer of mineral wool, polyurethane, foam or other insulation is placed on it. The remaining gaps are filled with sealant. To improve sound insulation, a rubber strip is glued. The entire package of insulation and insulation is closed with a sheet of plywood or MDF, which is attached to the structure with screws or liquid nails.

Stage 7: installation

Installation of the finished door structure is carried out in two different ways... The entrance door can be located in a single plane with the wall. In another case, there are large slopes on the inside of the wall. Most often, doors are installed using metal plates. They are attached to the box in three places along its long sides. The opening is cleared of foreign objects and rubbish. The door is installed and leveled in level and plumb line. For this, wood or plastic wedges are used.

The puncher makes fastening holes in the wall. Metal rods 10-15 cm long are hammered into them. Anchor bolts can be used instead of rods. Installation is done as follows: the owner himself needs to repeatedly check the quality of the installation. Improper installation will cause the locks to jam or jam. Before filling the gaps with polyurethane foam, it is imperative to check the ease of operation of the locking devices. If everything works well, the voids are filled with foam.

In cases where the door is installed inside the wall, installation using anchors is used. In this case, a welding machine is used to secure the door. The finished door structure is installed in the opening and secured with wedges. In the vertical racks of the box, 3 holes are drilled each. Through them, pieces of steel rod 10-12 cm long must be driven into the wall. The remaining ends are welded to the frame. After that, the operation of the locks is checked again, the voids are filled with polyurethane foam.

The technology of manufacturing and installation of the door with the exact fulfillment of all requirements is simple. It should be noted that making a door with your own hands is easier if 2-3 clamps are used during welding. If you have to cook a door structure for the first time, do not be upset about its ugly appearance. The appearance can be changed when facing surfaces. Decorative overlays hide all the flaws of an inept master. The next product will be much better.

You should not take a thick sheet of metal into work. The product will be heavy. A thickness of 1.5-2 mm is enough. The profiled pipe must also have a wall thickness of 1.5 mm. For the door leaf, at least 4 horizontal partitions must be used. After cutting the elements, the ends should be well processed. All rust from the workpieces is removed with a metal brush and coarse sandpaper. It is necessary to weld them to a sheet of metal with small seams located 10-12 cm from each other.

The finished product must be degreased and covered with two coats of primer. After drying, paint the product with paint twice. The service life of homemade metal doors is no less than that of those purchased in a store.

Time makes you save. The same time makes increased demands on the protection of the home. Metal doors are an invariable attribute of every city apartment. The alternative to them in terms of reliability is only the entrance doors from the array, but they are fabulously expensive and themselves provoke an intruder into breaking. Nice door made of metal together with the installation is also expensive. An alternative is a metal door with your own hands.

Of course, a home-made door cannot be a full-fledged analogue of a factory one: in artisanal conditions, it is unrealistic to comply with the manufacturing technology. But it is quite difficult to open a metal door, and it will produce the necessary psychological effect.

Drawings "Do-it-yourself metal door":

Manufacturing features

Attention: when measuring the opening, you must proceed from its real perimeter, i.e. clean off all paint and plaster from concrete slopes.

To make metal doors with your own hands, you need:

1. Measure the opening.

2. When calculating the dimensions of the box, it is necessary to lay two centimeters on all sides on the mounting gaps.

Video "Making fireproof metal doors with your own hands":

3. A steel corner is suitable for making a box. The recommended width of the shelves is 5 by 2.5 centimeters. The corner needs to be cut into pieces according to the size of the future box.

4. Lay out the workpieces on a flat surface with a rectangle. Control measurement - along the diagonals: they must be of the same length.

Video "How to make steel doors with your own hands":

5. Weld the door with your own hands or ask a professional.

6. The frame of the canvas should be made two centimeters less than the box in height and one and a half in width. For the frame, you can use a 4 x 2.5 cm corner. Weld in the same way as a box.

Video "Manufacturing of non-standard metal doors":

7. Cut a hole for the lock in one of the uprights.

8. Weld the hinge profile to the other post.

9. Tie a steel sheet with a thickness of at least one and a half millimeters to the frame by spot welding. The sheet should overlap the frame by a centimeter (from the side of the lock - by one and a half).

Video "Self-made doors":

11. Weld the sheet.

12. For the hinges, a 2 cm thick steel bar is suitable. Place the balls from the bearings into the hinge blanks.

13. Mark the attachment points of the hinges and their counterparts on the canvas and the box. Weld the hinges.

14. Clean welded seams, paint the fabric with protective enamel or powder paint.

16. Inner side doors can be sheathed with MDF panels.

Do-it-yourself metal front door is ready. Remained editing.

Installation methods

Attention: often if you install a factory door with your own hands, you will lose the warranty on it.

The first way mounting the canvas in the opening - using mounting plates (if you made an entrance iron door with your own hands - you can weld them in advance).

1. Three plates (lugs) are installed on each rack. When installing the box, the plates must adhere to the wall from the inside (so that they cannot be cut off).

2. Place the box in the opening, measure it vertically. There should be a gap of about two centimeters between the box and the opening.

3. Drill holes for fasteners through the holes in the plates and insert the anchor bolts.

4. Foam mounting clearances. When the foam hardens, the excess is cut off.

5. Hang the canvas on the hinges.

6. Cut in the best locks for metal doors.

7. Close the gaps with platbands. If the walls of the opening are wide, they are closed with MDF extensions.

Second way: if the walls of the opening are wide and the box is recessed inward.

1. Place the box in the opening, align vertically. The gaps between the box and the walls are from half a centimeter to a centimeter.

2. Through the mounting holes in the box, holes are drilled for fastening in the wall of the opening (depth - 10-15 centimeters).

3. Insert anchors and tighten.

The third way: concreting the box.

In this case, a hollow box is used, the interior of which is filled with concrete. Measure the location of the box vertically, fix the box to the wall with anchors and leave until the mortar has completely set.

2. Before hanging the hinges, grease them. When adjusting the hinges, the fasteners are loosened on them.

The choice of metal doors on the market is large enough, and everyone can choose the best offer for themselves. But the high cost of factory products is often discouraged, and its developers cannot predetermine all the needs of the buyer. In addition, custom-made designs with unique geometries or the use of atypical materials can result in significant cost and lead time increases. In case of self-production, you can be more confident than ever in the quality and perfection of the door you create.

In the presence of suitable materials and tools and at least minimal skills in handling them, you can prepare a good metal door pretty quickly. The main thing is to strictly observe the sequence of technological operations and the requirements for each of them.

Peculiarities

The production of the frame of metal doors begins only after measurements. On all sides, be sure to leave a gap of 2 cm so that the box easily and freely enters the opening. Gaps are also needed from the canvas to the box, and the sheet of metal should slightly go over the edges of the frame. The weld seam should not be longer than 4 cm, while for each meter there should be at least five seams. To make hinges, you need to take a metal rod with a diameter of 2 cm, which is welded to the box on one side, to the canvas on the other. A prerequisite success and long service of homemade door favors thorough anti-corrosion treatment.

The choice of materials for cladding and its features vary very widely, in fact, you are limited only by your own stylistic preferences.

How to: step by step process

Assembly metal door do it yourself will definitely require the use of:

• Steel sheet (thickness not less than 1.5 mm);
• Metal corner;
• Hinges (how many are needed determines the strength of an individual hinge and the mass of the block);
• Lock, handles and other accessories;
• External surface cladding material;

• Polyurethane foam;
• Anchor bolts and electric drills;
• Welding equipment;
• Welding table;
• Assembly goats;
• LBM with a disc for metal.

But this list is only approximate and preliminary, it can be modified and refined depending on which entrance door you need. High reliability is ensured only thick steel sheet or sandwich version, that is, a pair of sheets separated by an insulating material.

An iron door must be made by exact dimensions. Standard openings reach 80-90 cm in width and 200 cm in height.

To completely eliminate errors in measurement, you need to reach the very base of the walls, knocking down layers of decorative coatings on a certain part of them. Or cut through the vertical casing with a hammer and chisel. You need to measure on each of the four sides, both inside and outside.

Leaving a gap of 2 cm you should not be afraid - it will help to correct the skew of the opening, and when the need for fitting is no longer needed, it can easily be closed with polyurethane foam. A corner is cut strictly to the size of the box, it is placed on any rectangular plane, ideally on the welding table. If you use a trestle as a stand, do not forget to check their geometry. Only on condition that the lengths of the diagonals coincide with each other, you can weld the corners.

In most cases, it is enough to create a structure from a 1.5 mm professional pipe or an equal angle 45x3 mm - a thicker structure will still not become truly armored, but it will turn out to be prohibitively heavy. With a low level of welding skill, it is worth buying a sheet of 0.2 cm, there will be less risk of burning it.

Further, in the profile with the help of a grinder, a cutout is made for the lock. Wooden slats of a certain length must be hammered into the frame, this will then allow to simplify the sheathing of the structure. A hinge block from a metal profile is welded onto the hinges and the box, thanks to which the rest of the welding work will be noticeably easier. Pay attention to the accuracy of measuring the distances between the loops, they must be the same on the boxes and on the frames, otherwise the installation of the door at the entrance to the apartment will be too difficult.

Making sliding doors is not much more difficult than ordinary ones. This solution will save a lot of precious space in small housing. The classic sliding system (compartment) can be suspended, cassette; some options are equipped with upper and lower guides. It is the last type that should be recommended to those who do the work on their own, because it is more reliable than others. But you will need to take care on the correct placement and fastening of parts.

The gaps should be as small as possible, the fit should be carried out as accurately as possible. A threshold or a depression is made at the bottom so that the rail can be mounted.

It will take a lot of time to clean the guide, otherwise, under the influence of fine litter, it will quickly become clogged with dirt and fail.

Suspended systems can be attached to the top of the doorway or to the ceiling itself, depending on how high the door and the room are. The canvas in this version is 1-1.5 cm from the wall, and not a single piece of furniture will come out of this space. False panels masking the upper rails can be installed both on the very section along which the door moves, and on the entire interval from one wall to another. A more time-consuming, but also more interesting option from a design standpoint is the placement of a "border" around the perimeter of the room. Such a decision will have to be abandoned, if the guideline cannot be placed high enough.

A cassette door can be made if a special structure (niche) into which the canvas is to be removed was initially provided for when creating walls or partitions. You can use an additional drywall block, but it will absorb 10-12 cm of room space. When in the first place a tight fit of the door end when closing and enhanced sound insulation, and the room is large enough, this can be neglected. Unfortunately, even the most simple schemes sliding cassette doors, created by yourself, will be very expensive to perform.

The cascade type differs from the traditional use of not one, but several canvases at once, for each of which a special rail is allocated. If you need to divide the room into two parts, the device should diverge like a partition. A group assembled next to one wall will be able to block the entrance to the room only to the width of a single canvas.

Assembling a product according to the "accordion" scheme is even more difficult. It is not recommended to do it yourself without professional installation skills. In addition, the "accordions" almost do not interfere with the propagation of sounds and the escape of heat.

To mount a radius sliding door, you will need to build a semicircular plasterboard wall; whether to install it in doorway or use it as a full-fledged partition at full height, it's up to you and only you. If you wish, you can supplement this design with a cassette, inside which the canvas will "hide". Most often it is formed from hollow walls inside. As in the case of the "accordion", if you do not have sufficient experience and skills, you should not take up the work.

The easiest way is to make a sliding hinged door. Calculate the fittings properly. It is better to lay an excess margin of safety than to face the sudden destruction of your product. The canvas will inevitably be larger than the doorway itself. The length of the top rail is defined as twice the width of 1-2 canvases.

Double doors begin to be made, like ordinary ones - by measuring the existing opening. It should be 90-110 mm wider than the box.

If you need to narrow an unnecessarily large passage, apply:

• Lumber;
• Putty;
• Plaster.

By purchasing butterfly loops, you can avoid screwing them into the wall. When hanging a swing door, it is necessary to take into account the level of the floor, the horizontal and vertical axes are strictly observed. When gaps appear, they are sealed with polyurethane foam.Do not forget to carefully remove any excess., which necessarily falls on a free surface.

Masking of cracks is carried out with the help of platbands; holes for the installation of handles and locks are made before the final hanging. When the installation is complete, immediately check whether the sashes are straight, whether they open freely or not. A safe lock with a cylinder or a lever device should be chosen at the entrance; an armored pad guarantees additional protection against drilling. Never place locks at the ends of doors, such an arrangement will make the home almost defenseless from any intruder.

To insulate a metal door, it is advisable to use mineral wool, which freely passes water vapor and does not accumulate moisture.

Installation of a door with a window is almost the same as usual work. The required opening is easy to cut with a grinder. Stiffening ribs, including diagonal ones, must be prepared.

This opening is filled with a decorative lattice, and when the canvas is painted, you can start working with glass.

Welding technology

It is not difficult to weld a metal door yourself, but this must be done in small parts. Do not make seams longer than 4 cm. From the beginning of one seam to the beginning of another, there should be exactly 20 cm. Work proceeds from the center to the edge using the reverse step method and from different sides. Cooking the door at home, take your time, Take breaks from time to time to cool the product.

Then the workpiece must be lifted above the welding table, pieces of pipes and profiles are placed under the box. The hinges are made of steel rods with a diameter of 2 cm. To make them work better after being attached to the box, a ball from a bearing is placed inside any hinge. Watch carefully so that the axes of the upper and lower loops coincide. The top of the hinge is attached to the sheet, and its lower fragment must be welded onto the box.

The potholders must be cut off immediately after the hinges are welded. Entrance doors are polished and finished to perfection. You can insert the lock without any special problems: a fragment is cut from the corner of the frame in such a way that it turns out to enter the lock without problems, but there is no gap left. After installing the locks, the holes for fasteners, keys, handles are marked. These markings will help you to drill suitable holes.

How to finish?

The door decoration is able to emphasize the asceticism and severity of forms or to bring a feeling of lightness and grace into the space. In both cases, solid wood and veneer can be used. Because self-assembly doors are designed to save money, then the coating is chosen cheaper, warm upholstery made of MDF is often used, which is in no way inferior to more expensive products from elite varieties of wood.

Despite the fact that there are many models of entrance doors on sale, in some cases suitable option it is rather difficult to choose. Some are not satisfied with the dimensions due to the non-standard opening at the installation site, others are afraid of hidden defects in the product, and still others are embarrassed by the high cost of the kit.

Hand-made production of a metal door, with the correct organization of the process, has a number of advantages. For example, you don't have to worry about the quality of the structure, you can assemble it according to any acceptable drawing, and there will be no problems with the design - there are many methods. In addition, the costs of assembly and finishing of the block will be minimal.

Preparation phase

You should start work with dismantling old door and complete cleaning of the opening. Only after a thorough examination of the state of the base can we conclude whether it is suitable for installing a metal structure or not. It may be necessary to narrow (expand) it in accordance with the required dimensions, further strengthen it. The latter is typical for buildings made of aerated concrete, wood, as well as other materials with a significant degree of deterioration. Consequently, the necessary technological operations are carried out.

After obtaining a passage in the wall with the correct geometry, you can start making measurements. Based on this, a drawing of a metal door is being developed. In addition to determining the dimensions of the frame and sash, you should also choose a design scheme. First of all, in which direction it is more convenient to open the canvas, where it is better to install locks, hinges (their number) and accessories (handle, peephole) on it. Sometimes it is advisable to make a version of the "lorry". In it, the small sash is rigidly fixed, but if necessary, temporarily expand the opening (for example, when moving oversized loads), it is easy to open it.

• The scheme of a metal door is drawn up taking into account the fact that there should be a small gap between the jamb and the base (about 15 - 20 mm). It is called editing. It allows, firstly, to correctly position the frame, adjust its position, and secondly, to additionally insulate the opening around the perimeter.
• The hinges on the door are placed at an equal distance from each other, and their number is determined by the mass of the canvas; with its low weight, two canopies are enough. But in any case, their distance (upper and lower) from the sash cuts is chosen to be about 150 mm (for openings of standard height).

Materials and accessories are being prepared. When working with iron, welding is imperative. Plus to this - a perforator (electric / drill with a bump stop) and a "grinder". Everything else is an ordinary household tool, a square, a tape measure. With materials it is a little more difficult, you have to choose.

• Corners or profiles (with a side of 4 cm) are suitable for the frame. Here it is worth focusing on the purpose of the structure, the requirements for its stability and the option of further finishing. If high-quality insulation, increased strength is assumed, then a door from a profile pipe - the best solution... But the stiffeners can be made from the corner.
• The frame cladding is made of sheet steel. It is necessary to optimally combine such indicators as the total weight of the web and its strength. But in any case, it is not recommended to use metal with a thickness of less than 2 mm.
• Fastening elements. Any iron door, even a homemade one, even a purchased one, is fixed in the opening with anchor bolts. The only exception is for models mounted in wooden (frame) buildings. As a rule, when self-installation doors at their entrance, they are attached to special frames or to the base using welding or large hardware.

Everything else - seals, thermal insulation and Decoration Materials, fasteners, accessories - at the discretion of the master.

With a lack of experience in making steel doors with your own hands, it is better to limit yourself to overhead hinges. Concealed awnings are much more difficult to install, and a professional approach is needed here.

The procedure for the manufacture of metal structures

An iron door with your own hands, regardless of its scheme and drawing, is assembled according to one algorithm. Initially, individual elements are made.

Box

There are no problems with it, but on condition that all measurements and cutting of the blanks are made correctly, in strict accordance with the drawn up drawing. Welding the individual parts into a single structure with the correct geometry is not difficult. It is only necessary to carry out work on a perfectly flat, rigid surface and constantly monitor the corners. At the end of the assembly of the jamb, all seams are carefully ground with a diamond disc.

Without fail, hinges and fastening strips with drilled holes are welded to the box. With the help of the last details, it is fixed on the wall from any material.

Door leaf

• The frame manufacturing technique is absolutely identical.
• For reinforcement, stiffeners are installed according to the selected scheme.
• A groove is cut for the tongue of the lock.
• Frame sheathing on one side. It is made by means of fastening by welding steel sheets, with a slight overlap. In the area of ​​the hinges it is about 5 mm, along the length of the frame is about 10 - 15. It is recommended to "grab" the cladding with several seams, no more than 40 mm long. To ensure the reliability of fastening, the intervals between adjacent sections are selected within 20.

• Depending on the scheme, at this stage of assembling the metal door, the fastening elements of the lock are installed, the hinges are welded (those parts that are attached to the canvas) and a window for the peephole is cut out.

• If the sash is supposed to be insulated, then an insulating material is immediately laid; it fits between the stiffeners to prevent it from sagging under its own weight.

• It remains to weld the second sheet of metal to the seamy side of the frame and also cut a hole in it for the peephole and the lock cylinder.
• The last thing to do with the sash is to carry out a control check of its geometry and grind all joints, welds and paint with primer to exclude metal corrosion.

If the "lorry" scheme is chosen, then all technological operations for the small canvas are absolutely identical, with the exception of the peephole and the door lock. But the upper and lower stops, for fixing in a fixed position, should be provided.

Finishing

Making a metal door with your own hands is not all. It is necessary to arrange it accordingly. With blocks installed in ancillary buildings, it is quite simple; as a rule, they are colored. But if we are talking about a door at the entrance to a residential building (apartment), then it is desirable to decorate it. The choice of option is at the discretion of the owner, and some recommendations will help with this.

How can the canvas be finished:

• Solid materials - plywood, fiberboard, vinyl plastic, wooden lining, laminate, MDF with subsequent varnish coating (colorless or with tinted components).
• Leatherette and kozhvinil are used to cover the sash.
• The door on the water to the apartment can be pasted over decorative film... Since the influence of atmospheric factors is minimal, this finish will last a long time. And given the low cost and ease of design, this is one of the best solutions.

Assembling the structure

In fact, it all comes down to hanging the sash, checking its position, constipation and adjustment (if necessary). All that remains is to install the handle, lock and peephole. If in the door scheme there are crossbars, lower (upper) stops, then you need to make a markup.

The sash is covered, and the places for drilling holes are outlined on the jamb. After readiness, their coincidence with the fixing elements is controlled. This applies to both the main canvas and the additional, small one.

The final "touch" is the installation of the manufactured door in the opening and lubrication of all rubbing parts (which many people forget). After that, we can state that everything, the work is done completely.

For those who have the skills to work with metals and want to get a high quality iron door at low cost, its self-production – the best way... Moreover, the drawing, scheme, exterior finish is chosen not by the manufacturer, but by the master. This means that the entrance to the house will not only be reliably protected, but also decorated in an original way, and the block structure will perfectly fit into the interior of a particular building.

If the prospect of welding work scares you less than the price tags on the metal entrance doors, you can make it for your home just as well with your own hands. And when compared with Chinese consumer goods, it is also much more reliable.

Given below detailed instructions will help you cope with this task. It would seem that the choice on the market is so huge that there is no need to make it yourself. But for many, this process itself can be very interesting, and the opportunity to save money plays a significant role. However, in order to cope with this complex work on your own, desire alone is not enough. At a minimum, you need to have at least a little welding skills and have the necessary tools.

To understand where to start work, what materials you need for this and in what quantity, you need to carefully study the opening. Often, in houses of old buildings, the entrance doors are kept "on parole": if you pull out the box, it turns out that between it and the main wall there was a void, sealed with plaster.

Therefore, you need to clean the opening to its actual size in order to determine the size and design of the future door (see). If the opening is standard (in our reality it is about 900x2000 mm), it will not be so difficult to do it yourself.

If it is much wider, you will have to weld an additional metal frame and fix it to the side of the door. If the opening is higher, then an additional frame is welded over the box. If desired, it will be possible to insert shockproof or armored glass into it.

Having received all the sizes you are interested in, make detailed drawing designs of the future metal door and count required amount materials.

Tools and materials

In this case, you will need:

• Steel sheet with a size of 1000x2000 mm and a thickness of 2 mm.
• Protruba 50x25 mm - 9 r.m. Of these, 6 rm. for the manufacture of boxes and 2-3 r.m. for stiffeners.
• Steel corner 32x32 mm - 6 rm for the door frame.

For reference. Metal corners and profiled pipes are sold in whole rods of 3 or 6 meters. Consider this when buying so that you do not have to weld one part from two elements. Buy with a margin.

You can sheathe doors with wood paneling or planks, stick Pvc film, which will imitate the structure of wood or trim the doors with soft material. You can also just paint the canvas, and to improve appearance weld some forged decorative elements to the door.