A door is an essential part of every home. It is intended not only to protect against uninvited guests, but also reduces the penetration of noise from the street.
Doors for residents of apartment buildings can be not only a guard of housing, but, conversely, a real enemy. It is precisely because of improper installation, installations with the wrong opening side that the chances of playing an important role in the moments on which the future life of people can depend are increased.
When installing, the owners also often ask the question in which direction the interior door should open. To answer it, one must take into account both convenience and fire safety requirements.
In terms of convenience
Often people install interior doors so that they open inside the room. This is done to facilitate the entry of equipment or furniture into the room.
In the case of children's rooms, the doors are specially installed so that they also open inward. If the child closes in the room, it will be much easier to break them out.
How fire doors should open
Documents such as GOST and SNiP contain fire safety standards. With their help, you can determine what design you need to install in the room, in which direction the interior door should open. There is also other information regarding installation.
According to these standards, all doors in the room must be installed so that the simultaneous opening does not block each of them. Entrance canvases open strictly outward so that during evacuation it is easier to remove all residents or guests of the apartment from the premises.
When planning, it is necessary to take into account the scale of the entrance doors (at least 800 mm). When opening them, no barriers should appear. If this is not feasible, then only in this case can the installation with opening inward be considered.
The door installed in the bathroom should open outward. These are safety requirements. If a person loses consciousness, then his body will not interfere with discovery. For the same reason, kitchen doors open outward. This is due to the fact that the kitchen is a place of increased danger in the apartment.
Fire safety rules are not strict. From the very beginning, it is necessary to exclude all options when the doors will interfere with each other, for example, collide or block the passage. This will not only prevent you from quickly leaving the room during evacuation, but can also create daily inconvenience.
The choice
When choosing a door, it is important to pay attention to the country where it was produced. For example, if it is made in Russia, then it is called left-handed when the door opens onto itself with the left hand, and the door handle is fixed on the right side. If you can open it with your right hand, and the handle is located on the left side, then it will be called right-handed.
In many European countries, the right and left door can be distinguished from each other by the location of the hand. What does this mean? If the structure opens with the right hand to the right side, then it is right.
How to choose a loop?
Most states use universal loops, but it is in Russia and Switzerland that they are most often divided into left and right. Such hinges are more convenient due to the fact that, if desired, they can be removed and interchanged or doors replaced.
To choose the suitable, just stand in front of the canvas. If it opens with the right hand towards the person, then the right hinges will be needed, if the left is the other way around.
Particular attention should also be paid to the manufacturer. For example, loops made in countries such as Italy, Spain, or Israel are defined differently. If the right door opens with the left hand, the right hinges are needed, and if with the right, the left hinges will be needed for such a door.
The opening side affects the design
Considering the question regarding which way the interior door should open, in no case do you need to first buy the latter, and only then choose the side of its installation. It is not right. First you need to choose the side and the corresponding design. To understand how the door should stand, it is recommended to install the box.
The castle will play its role here. Because for him it is necessary to choose the installation side, which will depend only on the opening side of this door.
In determining the design, the following factors play a major role:
- the specifics of the opening;
- type of door lock;
- security measures.
Typically, doors are mounted on 3 hinges that are equally spaced from each other. The interval is counted from the lower and upper edges and is 250 mm.
Mounting on 3 loops, in turn, will guarantee the most rigid grip of the box in the opening without disturbing the appearance of the surface. But suppose the installation of the door leaf and 2 hinges, provided that each of them, according to its technical indicators, can withstand a mass of at least 80 kg.
Scale
When installing the interior door, it is important to correctly determine the scale of the doorway. It is also necessary to learn the standards and characteristics of various types of structures.
Today on the market you can buy products from both domestic and foreign manufacturers. Do not forget that GOSTs may vary.
The parameters of the door leaf are calculated when measuring the opening. The size of interior paintings established by GOST:
- kitchen - 70 cm x 200 cm x 7 cm;
- bathroom, bathtub - 60 cm x 190/200 cm x 7 cm;
- room - 80 cm x 200 cm x 7 cm;
- double door (2 canvases) - 120 cm x 200 cm x 7 cm.
If previously any repairs related to the doorway were carried out, for example, the walls were leveled, then the depth may not correspond to the dimensions established by GOST.
The market has a huge selection of paintings and accessories from Russian and foreign manufacturers. As a rule, the height of the product is 200 cm, the width of the interior door is 60-80 cm. And the thickness of the box can be from 15 mm to 45 mm. Given the scale of the doorway, you will be able to choose the right option the first time.
Conclusion
According to statistics, most of the deaths from a fire in apartment buildings are due to the inability to get out of the building. Experts say that, having analyzed all situations similar to each other, a definite conclusion can be made.
Lethal outcomes provoke mainly violations of the rules for installing interior doors, or rather, the erroneous choice of the wrong side. Subsequently, this leads to blockage of the passage and to the death of people.
This question is particularly acute regarding children's rooms. In a dangerous situation, people will act subconsciously. Because of this, when choosing the side of opening the door, you need to consider all possible options and choose the one that will first of all give the opportunity to protect the lives of all residents of the apartment or private house.
If you have any doubts, it is recommended to contact a specialist who will not only advise, but also recommend the best option for which side the interior door should open.