Folding doors and sliding doors are common in decoration, and the utilization rate of folding doors is lower than that of sliding doors. The kitchen is the source of our food, so the decoration of the kitchen should not be sloppy. As for the choice of folding door or sliding door in the kitchen, it is difficult for many owners. Now let's take a look at the folding door in the kitchen? Is it better to choose sliding door or folding door in the kitchen?
How about folding doors for the kitchen?Advantages of installing folding door in kitchen:
1. Beautiful and fashionable
The appearance of folding doors is fashionable and generous, and their shapes are different. They are suitable for many areas of the home. Many open kitchens also choose folding doors to improve the effect of home decoration.
2. Good sealing performance
The use of folding doors in the kitchen can make full use of the tightness of the folding doors. When the folding doors are closed, the lampblack and water vapor in the kitchen can be well isolated to prevent the lampblack from spreading to the living room or room.
Disadvantages of installing folding door in kitchen:
1. Fade easily
There is much oil smoke in the kitchen, which is easy to accumulate oil stains, so the folding door It is easy to get oil stains on the folding door, so we should often use neutral detergent to clean the folding door. Some organic solvents will cause the folding door to fade, reducing the beauty of the folding door.
2. Easily damaged
Compared with other types of doors, folding doors are vulnerable and easy to damage. The kitchen is used frequently at home, so the folding door is used frequently. Pulley and other parts are easy to be damaged or deformed, and it is difficult to push.
3. Breeding bacteria
As a place for cooking, the kitchen requires high natural hygiene. It should be cleaned frequently to avoid bacteria in the kitchen. However, folding doors are easy to breed bacteria, and it is troublesome to clean the gaps.
The kitchen should choose sliding door or folding door?Advantages of sliding doors:
1. Sliding doors are flexible, and you can decide which door to open according to the situation in the kitchen.
2. The sliding door is installed to make it look beautiful and generous. When the sliding door is opened, the room can still be kept flat and does not occupy too much space. You can also use the sliding door made of glass, so that the daylighting will not be affected very much.
3. Sliding doors sold in the market are more popular with consumers because of their moderate price.
Disadvantages of sliding doors:
1. The installation of sliding doors requires half of the door opening space, which cannot be fully opened, and at least half of the door opening space must be occupied when using.
2. There are requirements for the width of the door frame during the installation of sliding doors. The general width is 600 - 900mm.
The advantages and disadvantages of folding doors have been introduced in the above section. To sum up, compared with traditional side hung doors, folding doors and Sliding doors have certain advantages. But compared with sliding doors and folding doors, sliding doors are more practical in life. Of course, they should also be combined with the kitchen space. Small areas are not suitable for sliding doors. At this time, you can consider using folding doors.
What material should be selected for the folding door in the kitchen:
1. Tempered glass folding door
The folding door made of this material has the characteristics of luxury and *. The glass partition material is engraved and sandblasted glass partition. The requirements for materials are relatively strict, and it is usually required to use raw glass with high strength and excellent safety performance.
2. Solid wood kitchen folding door
The solid wood folding door is mostly made of precious wood, such as cherry wood, walnut, teak, etc. The processed folding door is characterized by non deformation, corrosion resistance, crack free, thermal insulation, etc.
3. Aluminum alloy kitchen folding door
Aluminum alloy folding door is a new type of material, which is made of 3003 aluminum manganese alloy and 5005 aluminum magnesium alloy plates coated with baking varnish, PE plastic as the core layer, and polymer adhesive film through a series of processes. Its decorative effect is good, with the characteristics of fire prevention, moisture-proof, sound insulation, heat insulation, easy handling and installation.