Want the new home to be decorated comfortably and thoroughly? This task must be assigned to the sliding door at home. At present, sliding doors have gradually become the "favorite" in home decoration with the continuous iterative design and a wide variety of door panel materials. Today, I will tell you how to choose the most suitable sliding door for different spaces at home.
Is it better to choose lifting rail or ground rail for sliding doors?
From the perspective of installation mode, sliding doors are mainly classified into lifting rails and ground rails. Lifting rail means that the lifting wheel and rail are installed above; The ground track refers to the exposed track that can be seen from the ground.
Advantages of lifting rail: easy to clean, smooth to push and pull; There is no damage to the ground, and the overall feeling is stronger. Disadvantages of lifting rail: poor sealing and poor sound insulation; The installation is difficult, the maintenance factor is high, and the service life is not long.
Advantages and disadvantages of ground rail:
Advantages of ground rail: good sealing and sound insulation; It is easy to install, maintain and durable. Disadvantages of ground rail: it is not easy to clean, and the pushing and pulling are not smooth; It causes damage to the ground, and the overall feeling is not strong.
How to select the lifting rail and ground rail?
If the space has high requirements for heat insulation, sealing and privacy, ground rails can be selected, such as balcony, study, bedroom and other spaces. If the space has low requirements for sound insulation, but high requirements for smoothness, cleanliness and durability, hanging rails can be selected, such as cloakroom, kitchen, toilet, etc.
How to choose the material of sliding door?
The sliding door of aluminum alloy+glass is the most common, which is not only durable, but also versatile. There are also many popular choices of glass styles.
Changhong glass. There are many colors of Changhong glass. At present, grey glass and white glass are more popular. Grey glass is more atmospheric but also more expensive. White glass is recommended to choose ultra white glass, which is more transparent visually and has higher light transmittance. Water ripple. The grain is like water. It has a natural sense of oil painting. It is highly decorative. It is matched with a very narrow border and has a good appearance. The mystery of the square grid is that the world you see through the grid is like a mosaic. The pixels are magnified thousands of times, making it difficult to see what is hidden behind. If there are old people and children at home, you must buy tempered glass, which is stable and safe. If you want to keep more transparent and clean, you can use double glass, but the price is also more expensive.
Wooden sliding door; The wood is lighter and more textured, giving people a more warm and natural feeling, which is very suitable for Japanese or simple design style. However, attention should be paid to the selection of wood materials. It is better to select solid wood, composite wood and other materials that are not easy to deform and are resistant to high temperature and hot pressing, and try to avoid selecting unqualified wood-based panels, because there is a lot of formaldehyde and it is easy to deform. Plastic steel and steel are also common materials, which are hard to deform, durable and widely used.
How to choose sliding doors in different areas?
Living room/balcony. The balcony in the home has been sealed, so there is no high requirement for thermal insulation and sound insulation. It only needs to be separated from the living room, and has high requirements for lighting. You can choose the floor rail sliding door, because the sealing and sound insulation of the floor rail sliding door are much better than the hanging rail. Double glazed sliding doors can also be selected for balconies. Double glazed sliding doors have better sealing performance than single glazed sliding doors. The insulating glass has stronger heat insulation. It is recommended to use tempered glass with a thickness of more than 6mm, which is safer but more expensive.
kitchen. The kitchen door should be damp proof, waterproof and easy to clean, and the glass sliding door is widely used. The home is an open kitchen, which can use black framed glass sliding doors. The simple narrow black frame has a high color value, and the transparent material has a greater visual sense of space. If you want to be transparent, but don't want the lampblack to spread all over the room, you can also try the invisible sliding door. It can not only separate the space between the kitchen and the living room, but also block the noise and lampblack, which is very convenient.
bedroom. The sliding door of the bedroom is generally used as the partition of the area, and the solid wood or glass partition is generally selected. Changhong glass sliding door has better partition effect and high privacy, as well as lighting and aesthetics. However, the sliding door of the bedroom has a good sound insulation effect. Closing the door is a comfortable sleeping environment.
TOILET. The toilet should be water resistant and moisture resistant, and the privacy should be strong. Sliding doors made of glass and metal should be widely used. Double layer frosted glass sliding door ensures privacy and saves space to supplement light source. The sliding door in the toilet can also be designed as three doors and two rails, with the middle door open, which not only ensures sufficient space in the middle aisle, but also separates the dry and wet areas without cramping. In addition, the ceiling design makes the floor clean and convenient.
Cloakroom. Sliding doors in the cloakroom can avoid space constraints and improve utilization and permeability. The transparent gray glass sliding door keeps a larger sense of space and a certain sense of privacy. One drawer and the other shelf are designed to be beautiful and practical. The white wooden sliding door, together with the minimalist wardrobe design and wooden floor, looks more simple and atmospheric.
Sliding doors are popular nowadays
Barn gate. The combination of barn door and magazine rack not only has a high face value, but also can put "toilet reading materials", which is more suitable for families of two or single apartments. The width of the barn door in the bathroom should be more than 1-2 cm, so that you can not be afraid of looking into the side gap to protect privacy.
Corner sliding door. The opening angle is very large. The gray glass is used to ensure lighting and increase concealment. The floor sweeping robot without ground rails can easily enter, and people are not easy to stumble. Sliding door at the corner with open kitchen, transparent and beautiful