How to choose a suitable sliding door?

Many places use sliding doors in decoration. How to choose a suitable sliding door? What style of sliding door is suitable for different decoration spaces? The sliding door can separate the space and integrate the space - whether it makes the space spaced or connected, whether it increases the quantity or quality of the space, the sliding door makes the home space flexible and rich. More and more people tend to save space, flexible size, convenient and practical building materials. Sliding doors are favored by many modern families because of their simple and fashionable characteristics.
 

What is a sliding door?
 

At first, the sliding door was only used for the sliding door of the wardrobe in the bedroom or dressing room, but with the development of technology and the diversification of decoration methods, the function and use range of the sliding door are expanding from the traditional plate surface to glass, cloth, rattan, aluminum alloy profiles, from sliding doors, folding doors to partition doors. In this case, the use of sliding doors began to become diverse and rich. In addition to the most common partition doors, sliding doors are widely used in bookcases, wall cabinets, living rooms, exhibition halls, and sliding doors.
 

What are the types of sliding doors?
 

According to the opening form, it can be divided into single and double sliding doors, folding sliding doors, embedded sliding doors, hanging sliding doors, etc.
By profile: titanium magnesium aluminum alloy sliding door, plastic steel sliding door, wood sliding door, glass sliding door, stainless steel sliding door, etc.
According to the style, it can be divided into straight rail sliding door, corner sliding door, diagonal sliding door, folding sliding door, etc.
By space: balcony sliding door, kitchen sliding door, toilet sliding door, bedroom sliding door, wardrobe sliding door, sliding door partition, etc.
 

What is the function of sliding door?
 

Partitioned space
The sliding door with opaque, dark color and hard material has a strong separation force and gives a clear boundary to the space. This sliding door is suitable for the separation of large space with high storey height. The sliding door with small size, light and thin material and good permeability can divide the space continuously. This sliding door is applicable to the division of various living rooms and the limitation of local space.
Shading / Lighting
For reading areas with high lighting requirements, sliding doors with good light transmittance can be used. For areas with certain lighting requirements and low permeability, semi transparent sliding doors can be selected, which can not only meet the lighting requirements, but also block a certain line of sight.
Privacy and sound insulation
In order to take care of the privacy of life, the entrance of these areas can be covered by mobile sliding doors. Soft fabrics, sponges and foam materials have certain sound absorption capacity.
 

How to choose a suitable sliding door?
 

Profile.
The profiles of sliding doors in the market are divided into aluminum magnesium alloy and recycled aluminum. The profiles of high-quality sliding sliding doors are made of aluminum, strontium, copper, magnesium, manganese and other alloys, which have great advantages in toughness, and the thickness can reach more than 1mm. The profiles with lower quality are recycled aluminum, which reduces the toughness and service life. Most aluminum magnesium alloy profiles use primary colors without coating, and some businesses often use the method of surface coloring of recycled aluminum profiles in order to pass off inferior products. Therefore, consumers should let businesses show the cross-section of product profiles to understand the real material when shopping.
Pulley.
The sliding door is divided into two sets of upper and lower pulleys. The upper pulley plays a guiding role. Because it is installed in the upper rail, consumers often do not pay attention to it when shopping. A good upper pulley has a relatively complex structure. It not only has bearings in it, but also has aluminum blocks to fix the two wheels, so that it can slide smoothly in orientation, almost without noise. When choosing, consumers should not mistakenly think that the sliding door should be as light as possible when sliding. In fact, high-quality sliding doors should have a certain weight when sliding, and they should be smooth without vibration.
Track.
The rationality of the ground rail design directly affects the use comfort and service life of the product. Consumers should choose the style with good foot feeling and conducive to cleaning and hygiene when shopping. At the same time, for the safety of the elderly and children at home, the height of the ground rail should not exceed 5mm.
 

Sliding door selection details
 

Listen carefully to whether there is noise when sliding. It is probably the most intuitive way to measure its quality by relying on the sound of sliding. Generally, the factors causing sliding noise are the poor process of bearing pulley and the gap between pulley and track. Although some bottom wheels slid smoothly at that time, careful observation will find that there is a greasy feeling on the bottom wheels. This is because some sellers smeared oil on the bottom wheels to achieve the purpose of sliding silently. In this way, it is not only easy to get contaminated with dirt, but once the grease is dry, it will be blocked and generate noise. Therefore, it is necessary to observe every detail when selecting, and quietly experience it while sliding.
Observe whether the upper pulley and the slide rail are tightly engaged
Generally speaking, the upper pulley plays a guiding role. When selecting, shake the sliding door in the direction perpendicular to the sliding rail. The smaller the shaking, the better the stability. When shaking, pay attention to the observation of the upper pulley and the upper slide rail. If the sliding door is of good quality, the gap between them is almost zero. In this way, there will be no vibration when sliding, which is smooth and smooth. Therefore, the close combination of the upper pulley and the slide rail determines the smoothness of its sliding.
Pay attention to the cooperation of other small parts
In addition to pulley, frame and other important materials of sliding door, some small accessories should be carefully selected. Specially designed anti bounce device can prevent the door body from jumping out of the track, which requires careful observation when selecting; The damping device can reduce the vibration of the door in sliding, and ensure that the sliding door is still smooth on uneven ground; The height adjustment system can shorten the distance between the sliding door and the ground and prevent dust from entering; The dust-proof brush is mainly set at the lap joint between doors. Special brush should be selected to block dust. The brush with good quality is durable and can prevent damage caused by long-term collision between doors and walls; If the panel of the sliding door you choose is made of glass, you must check whether there is a rubber strip at the joint of the glass and the metal frame, which can play a fixed role and ensure that the glass will not crack due to vibration.

How to maintain the sliding door?

After years of use, sliding doors will hide dirt in the surface and cracks, and will also be corroded by moisture in the air. Therefore, it is very necessary to maintain sliding doors at home regularly. The maintenance period is generally half a year. When cleaning, it is necessary to clean the surface dirt without damaging the surface oxide film, electrophoretic composite film and spraying powder.
Door panel cleaning
The glass door panel can be wiped with a dry cloth on weekdays. Every once in a while, use diluted neutral detergent or special detergent for glass, and then dry it with dry cotton and lint free rag.
Frame cleaning
The frame of the sliding door is mostly made of metal materials, which can be wiped with a dry cotton rag during daily cleaning. If you clean with water, you should try to wring out the rag to avoid damage to the metal surface and affecting the appearance.
Track cleaning
The bottom rail is easy to accumulate floating dust, which directly affects the sliding of the bottom wheel. Therefore, it is necessary to often use a vacuum cleaner to remove the floating dust on the bottom rail, clean the edges and corners with a rag dipped in water, and dry them with pure cotton cloth that can not shed wool.
Pulley maintenance
A drop or two of lubricating oil every half a year or so can keep the pulley smooth. The sliding door pulley is divided into upper and lower wheels. If it is a brand pulley, the upper and lower wheels slide with needle roller bearings. There is no need to add lubricating oil. Just pay attention to cleaning sundries.