Metal doors with a frame from a corner. Insulated metal door from the corner

The entrance to the dwelling must be reliably protected from penetration. uninvited guests, cold and noise. These requirements are fully met by welded doors. You can buy them, but if the opening has non-standard sizes or you want something original, then you should find out how iron doors are welded with your own hands. It is not as difficult as it seems at first glance, it is enough to have welding machine and minimal handling skills.

Necessary tools and materials

To weld the iron door itself, you will need to prepare:

• metal sheet 1.5 - 3 mm thick;
• a pair of loops capable of withstanding loads up to 100 kg;
• profile pipes 40×40 and 40×20 mm;
• accessories (handles, lock, peephole);
• anchor bolts, mounting foam;
• polystyrene or mineral wool;
• PVA glue or "Moment" for gluing insulation;
• finishing material(plywood, OSB, sheet plastic);
• welding machine, grinder, electric drill with a set of drills and discs;
• roulette, square, level;
• primer, thinner, metal paint, brushes, roller.

Measure and sketch

Before starting work, you need to make sure that the walls are made of brick or concrete. It will not work to install a metal welded door into an opening made of drywall or thick plaster. If the results of measuring the width and height turned out to be more than 1.5 × 2 m, it should be, when drawing up a drawing, to provide for the installation on the side or on top of the door frame of an additional frame closed with iron. The sketch indicates the dimensions of the door, the height of the hinges, lock and peephole, the distance between the stiffeners.

Getting Started: A Step-by-Step Process

Correct welding metal doors depends on the state of the opening. Therefore, it is puttied, plastered, adjusted to the size of the door frame indicated on the drawing. The position of the sides is checked by a level.

Assembling the door frame

For safety net, the opening is measured again. If there are no errors, proceed to the manufacture of the frame:

1. Billets are cut from a 40 × 40 pipe, taking into account the fact that the size of the box is 1.5 cm smaller than the opening. This will avoid difficulties when welding the door.
2. Decomposed into flat surface workpieces are attached to each other.
3. Angles are checked, diagonal sizes match, elements are horizontal.
4. If there are no distortions, the welding is completed. The seams are cleaned with a grinder with a grinding wheel.
5. For fastening to the wall, three lugs are welded on each side with holes for anchor bolts, made of a metal strip 40 × 4 mm. For reliability, it is also desirable to put a couple of pieces on top and bottom.

Welding the door leaf

1. Frame elements are cut from a 40 × 20 pipe so that it is 3 - 5 mm smaller than the door frame on each side.
2. After welding, the angles and diagonals are checked.
3. A stiffener is welded vertically, dividing the frame into two equal parts. In each half, two segments are horizontally installed profile pipe.
4. The sheet of iron is marked so that it overlaps on the box 1 cm above, below, from the side of the handle, and at the hinges - 0.5 cm.
5. Since tightness is not required, the skin is welded to the frame in short lengths at regular intervals, alternately on each side, so that it does not “lead”.

We weld the hinges

Before installation, the canopies are lubricated with grease or other similar lubricant. This will protect them from damage during welding. Then:

• the place of installation of the canopies is selected at a distance of 20 - 25 cm from the lower and upper edges of the canvas;
• so that the casing does not touch the door frame when opened, the hinge is installed in a slightly raised position;
• check that the canopies are in one straight line and scald;
• the frame is installed in the box, leveled, the counter parts of the canopies are welded.

We cut the lock and the door handle

To install the lock, two rectangular holes are cut out in opposite walls of the profile pipe at a height of 1 meter from the floor. To make the lock flush, the cutout is made longer on the outside. Two plates are welded into it from the inside, in which threaded holes are made for screwing the ears of the lock with bolts. On the contrary, a hole for crossbars (tongues) and latches is made in the profile pipe of the door frame. After fitting, a place is planned for the keyhole. It is first drilled and then bored to desired shape round file.

After installation, a decorative overlay and a lock handle are installed from the outside. If the peephole is placed in the center, you will have to drill a vertical stiffener. Therefore, it is more expedient to shift it to the side.

We insulate and clad the door

It is best to insulate the entrance metal door with foam plastic 40 mm thick. The use of mineral wool is undesirable, as it absorbs moisture, after which it sits down. After 2 years, it completely loses its properties.

Rectangles slightly sized are cut from polystyrene foam. less space between stiffeners. After gluing them, the remaining gaps are filled with mounting foam. From above, the insulation is covered with plywood, fixed with rivets, and pasted over with veneer or wallpaper. Facing is also performed laminated or plastic panels, clapboard.

Outside, doors can also be paneled, but it is easier and more reliable to cover hammer paint in the following order:

• the surface is cleaned with a metal brush or a nozzle on a grinder;
• solvent degreasing is carried out;
• primer is applied, corresponding to the type of paint:
• 2-3 coats of paint are applied with a brush, roller or spray gun.

We install the door

Installation procedure:

• the frame installed in the opening is aligned with the level gauge using wooden wedges;
• through the eyelets in the wall, holes are drilled with a depth of at least 15 cm;
• fastening is carried out with anchor bolts or by driving in metal rods with a diameter of at least 12 mm, followed by welding to the lugs;
• the door leaf is hung.

The gaps between the frame and the slopes are clogged with mineral wool and filled with mounting foam. After a day, the excess foam is cut off, a layer of cement-gypsum mortar is applied on top. It will protect the foam from destruction, as it is afraid of light.

When starting to make metal doors with your own hands, it will be useful to familiarize yourself with the recommendations of experts to improve their security:

1. It is better to make a canvas from a single sheet, since even with a slight blow, the composite will be washed at the junction.
2. The zone of the locking device should be covered with an armored plate so that it is impossible to saw through the crossbars.
3. To protect against drafts, it is recommended to install a rubber seal in the places where the canvas adjoins the box. It will also get rid of noise when closing the door.
4. The hinges visible from the outside are easily cut off, therefore it is recommended to install anti-removal bolts. Hidden hinges are risky because they have a high chance of jamming.
5. To increase the level of protection, it is recommended to install two locks on the door: lever and cylinder.

The most solid construction It turns out if you weld the door from a profile pipe. However, if it is impossible to purchase it, you can use the corner 40 × 40 and 50 × 50 mm. The manufacturing technology of the door remains the same. If there is not enough experience so far, it is necessary to spare no time in the process of work to check the ease of movement of the canvas at all stages.

How to weld a metal door

Entrance doors should be not only beautiful, but also durable, as well as warm and reliable. Such combination of qualities is given by metal doors. But not all of those on the market can boast of reliability - many of the inexpensive ones can literally be opened with a kitchen knife. Really beautiful and reliable steel doors are very expensive. If you have a welding machine and some welding skills, you can make an iron door with your own hands. Even taking into account the cost of purchasing materials, it will turn out 30-50% cheaper.

What is necessary

We will cook the entrance iron door from a profile pipe and sheet metal. To work, you need a flat work surface, a welding machine, a drill, a grinder, it's nice to have a level (laser level) and something to measure - a carpenter's square, for example.

Standard metal doors. We will do something like this

From the materials you will need:

• profiled pipe 40*40 mm, 40*20 mm;
• metal sheet 2 mm thick door leaf;
• metal hinges are powerful enough to withstand a weight of about 100 kg;

To “ennoble” the door, you will need paint for metal (preferably hammer enamel), a wooden lath, insulation (polystyrene or mineral wool), plywood, OSB or other similar material, plastic or any other finishing material, peephole, lock.

Cooking doors

First, we cook the door frame. We make it from a profiled pipe 40 * 40 mm. Cut pieces to size. If there is rust on the pipe, we clean it. We add clean blanks, set the corners, grab them together.

Welded the door frame

After welding, we check the corners, measure the diagonals. If there is even the slightest deviation, we correct it (hitting the floor with an angle usually helps, the main thing is not to overdo it).

We weld the loops. We retreat from the bottom and top by about 20 cm, mark, cook, making sure that they are on the same straight line. A laser level is very useful here, and if it is not there, you have to measure the distances many times in order to set it accurately.

Holes for locks

We weld everything, check the diagonals, try on. If everything is fine, you can weld the crossbars - to increase the rigidity of the door leaf. We make them from the remains of a pipe 40 * 20 mm.

Box and frame of homemade metal door

We clean all the places of welding, removing the influxes - everything should be even and smooth. You can grind off the excess with a file, but faster - with the corresponding disk on the grinder.

So that the frame does not “bend” and so that later there is a place for installing a sealing gum, we raise the frame by welding metal plates.

We weld the plates that hold the frame in a given position

The frame inside the frame is exposed to right level(we check with a level or level so that everything is in the same plane), we weld the reciprocal loops.

We put a sheet of metal on the finished frame, mark it. It should go on the door frame pipe by 3-10 mm. Only from the side of the loops, the entry should be 3-5 mm, on the other sides it can be more. We expose the sheet from the hinge side, mark the cutting line, cut it off with the help of a grinder.

Marking where to cut

We process burrs and other irregularities after cutting with a file - to a smooth edge. To speed up the process, you can use a grinder with an emery wheel. Then we lay out the sheet as it should be and lightly grab the frame to the frame, the sheet also to the frame (not to the frame). The whole structure must be turned over, but it is difficult to do it differently.

We grab the sheet to the door frame

We turn over the almost finished metal doors and boil the sheet along the perimeter of the frame, then to the intermediate stiffeners. There is no need to make continuous seams - tightness is not needed, we weld in small segments at equal distances. At the same time, we make sure that the net does not “lead”.

We weld metal doors from the inside

We cut the welded frame from the door frame, turn the doors over and release the welded sheet from the tacks. We clean the places of the former welding. Now you can install locks.

Installing selected locks

Warming and finishing

Next we move on to insulation. Styrofoam 4 cm thick becomes good in the welded frame of an iron door. We take it with a low or medium density, since there will be no load on it. These metal doors took 4 sheets measuring 1 * 1 m.

We cut the PP to size, take a low-expansion mounting foam (if you take a regular one, the foam will force it out). Stepping back from the edge about 1 cm, we apply it around the perimeter of the rectangle in which we put the foam, make a few more strips of foam in the middle, lay the insulation. The remaining gaps between the PP and the pipe are also passed with foam.

You can also glue the insulation on a universal adhesive that is suitable for metal and foam, for example, "Moment".

To save money, it was decided to use a sheet of oriented strand board available on the farm. Finishing is planned budgetary - self-adhesive film. As it turned out, this pair is very poorly combined - it took a lot of time to putty the OSB. It would be much easier with plywood (moisture resistant, furniture).

On the metal doors already made with their own hands, an OSB sheet was laid on top of the insulation. It is fixed around the perimeter with self-tapping screws. First, a hole is drilled under the self-tapping screw, then fasteners are screwed in.

Attached OSB sheet

We drill mounting holes in the door frame - there are two of them on each segment. We paint the frame suitable color(taken enamel in a can). The painted frame must somehow be taken out into the street. AT drilled holes we insert long mounting screws, for them and drag it out into the street.

Door frame for homemade iron doors painted

There is only one way out - to putty. We take a putty, we spread it, we wait until it dries, we grind it. Then again - a layer of putty, again grinding. So - to a normal result.

The surface must be flat and smooth

On the second side, we also attach the OSB, but already puttied and sanded in advance - it's easier that way. We cut holes for the eyes-handles, try everything on. Next, we begin to glue the film. In our stores, the widest that is - 90 cm, the doors are clearly wider. Therefore, it was decided to make a finish with imitation of a panel, for which a rubber furniture self-adhesive molding was bought.

The film will be pasted "figuratively"

We find the center on the door, set aside 45 cm on both sides, outline the strip. The central strip of the film will be glued here. We wet the surface with water (spray from a spray bottle), carefully, without bubbles, glue the film.

Carefully glue the film

The missing pieces are cut off, also glued. We close the joints of the canvases with a molding.

Here's what happened in the end from the side of the street

A lighter film is pasted on the side of the room

All that remains is to install the metal doors made by hand in place. They are installed at the entrance from the covered veranda to the house.

Homemade iron door installed

The doors look good. They turned out very heavy, not to compare with the store ones. Most of the time was spent on finishing. If you choose another option, it will be much faster.

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We cook the door with our own hands: theory, practice from the craftsmen of the portal

Production of metal doors - materials, design, technology, personal experience

Today, not only the townspeople, but also the bulk of the owners of suburban property prefer metal structures as entrance doors. In theory, they are much stronger, more reliable and durable than wooden or plastic counterparts. But in fact, many solid-looking metal doors from the budget segment can be opened with a can opener, and a crowbar for them is a universal key. Not everyone can afford to install a massive expensive structure, and high cost is not a guarantee of appropriate quality.

Therefore, craftsmen who have welding skills and the appropriate tool base prefer to make such doors on their own. In this situation, you can be sure of the strength of the frame, and decent parameters of sound absorption and thermal insulation, and give the appearance in the general style. FORUMHOUSE users have also mastered the process and share the results. We study their experience and - we cook a metal door.

• Experience is the best assistant
• Useful tips for beginners from experienced

Metal entrance doors - constructive

In a typical version, a metal door consists of a frame, leaf, hinges and mounting elements (plates, lugs, pins). You can’t do without certain costs for materials and components, but a self-made door will cost much less than a purchased one. The exact list of consumables depends on the design, dimensions and purpose - if a simple frame with sheathing and a latch is enough for the utility unit, then to enter the house the door must be multi-layered, with effective locking fittings and decorative cladding. In the second case, an approximate set of necessary things looks like this:

• Metal corner (from 5 mm) or profile - for the box;
• Metal corner or profile pipe - for the frame, stiffeners;
• Sheet of metal - for power sheathing (optimum thickness 2-3 mm).
• Thermal insulation material (mineral wool, polystyrene foam, XPS or PSB);
• Accessories - hinges (preferably with bearings), seal, peephole, lock / locks, handle, etc.;
• Finishing - wood, forging, plastic (for inside various panels or laminate).

One of the most important stages is measurements, if you make a mistake, in the future it will become much more difficult to install the door, so you should follow certain recommendations:

• All measurements are not from the finishing layer, but from the draft wall;
• There should be a groove between the box and the opening, the standard one is 2 cm (for alignment and mounting seam);
• The gap between the box and the leaf on the side of the hinges is 3 mm, on the side of the lock - 5 mm.

Having a working drawing with dimensions, or at least a sketch, will be of great help, not everyone has a fantasy developed enough to imagine the final result in their mind. Fortunately, there are enough workable drawings on the Web, if drawing and drawing are also difficult.

How to weld metal doors with your own hands

The door to the home should combine reliability and beauty. Today metal door structures manufactures and sells a variety of organizations. But the reliability of many inexpensive models leaves much to be desired. And those products in which a high class of protection is combined with an aesthetic appearance, as a rule, are very expensive. The solution to the problem is to weld with your own hands just such a metal door that is needed.

box diagram

In order not to encounter unpleasant surprises in the process of work, the manufacture of the door must begin with drawings. Ready-made schemes are found on the Internet (we also provide a finished drawing). Allowed and independent production project.

They start by measuring the parameters of the door opening:

• opening width
• opening height
• Wall thickness

The standard canvas size is 2 m high and 0.9 m wide. It will be inconvenient to pass through a smaller door, a large canvas will either be too heavy or not reliable enough.

If the doorway is significantly higher or wider than the standard size, the empty space is filled with additional blocks. At a high height, a blind block is mounted above the door frame, with a wide opening - a blind or swing element on the side. Blind elements can be closed with a grill, glass or a solid sheet of metal.

The door frame is designed so that its dimensions in all dimensions are 20 mm smaller than that of the doorway (or the opening obtained after installing additional blocks). Such a margin of space facilitates installation procedures.

Where and how to install hinges

In order to calculate the number of hinges, the weight of the door leaf is calculated. As a rule, use a minimum of 2, a maximum of 4 canopies. The first hinge is placed 0.15 m from the lower edge of the door, the second - 0.15 m from the upper edge. The rest of the canopies are set so that the distance between all the elements is the same.

The part of the canopy equipped with a groove is attached from above, the part equipped with a pin is attached from below. The upper part is welded to the door frame, the lower part - to the frame. All welding work at this stage is carried out in a horizontal position, fixing the elements of the loops with clamps. Upon completion of the work, the welds are ground.

So that the door leaf does not hit the box during use (when closing), the vertical axis of the canopy is placed so that it coincides with the edge of the door leaf.

How to insulate

Door insulation solves a number of important tasks: saving heat in the house, creating sound insulation, absorbing sharp and unpleasant sounds when opening and closing the door. That's why proper conduct insulation work is a guarantee of the absence of problems during the further operation of the door.

Most suitable material to solve these problems - sheet foam (PP). The exact amount of material needed for insulation is determined when drafting the project. But usually one door requires at least 4 square meters. m. The thickness will also be determined based on the width of the frame and the thickness of the steel sheet laid down in the project. Most often take a sheet of 40 mm thick.

There is practically no load on the foam. Therefore, they take PP of low density. An average density is also acceptable. But a material with a high density will only provide an extra increase in the weight of the canvas, without giving any additional benefits.

Styrofoam is cut into pieces of the desired size. Fix the foam inside the door in one of two ways:

• For mounting foam. So that the expanding foam does not squeeze out the insulation from the frame, take compositions with a low expansion coefficient (ordinary foam is not suitable). Apply foam around the perimeter of the cell on a metal sheet, and add a few strips in the middle. The insulation sheet inserted inside the cell is pressed against the foam, and all the gaps between the PP sheet and the frame are filled with foam.
• For general purpose glue. Suitable "Moment" or other brands of adhesives that provide normal adhesion to metal and foam.

From the inside, the insulated door is closed with a sheet of furniture plywood or OSB, securing it with self-tapping screws. To decorate the inner surface, paint or self-adhesive film is used.

Which castle to choose

The reliability of the protection provided by the door largely depends on the quality installed lock. Today there are several types of castle design:

Plus cylinder lock - the ability to do without complete replacement when the key is lost (just change the central cylinder).

Having placed the lock inside the slotted groove, they mark the holes on the end for fastening. They are drilled with a drill (drill No. 5 or No. 6), then the thread is cut. Now the lock is attached to the box. Holes are drilled in the metal sheet for the handle and the lock hole, and they are closed with overlays. Having reinstalled the handle and fittings, make sure that the lock works from the key and from the handle without difficulty.

It remains to drill holes in the box in the place where the bolts of the lock rest against the jamb. These grooves also need to be processed as carefully as possible. Any burr on them will interfere with the operation of the lock, and in the future will lead to the failure of the lock at the most inopportune moment.

Preparatory work

Work begins with organizing the place and preparing everything you need. It is best if the house has a workbench or table for assembly operations. Then you can work in comfortable conditions. But in extreme cases, a flat area with concrete base and dimensions not less than 2.5 m by 2.5 m.

To work more handy, it is better to have an assistant. Of course, using clamps and welding squares on magnets, you can handle it alone. But together, when there is someone to insure, hold on to, help take all the measurements, work is much easier and faster.

Required materials and tools

To weld a metal door with your own hands, you will need a welding machine, electrodes, a welding mask. This is the most significant item of expenditure in preparation. However, if there is no such equipment on the farm, the device is rented.

In addition to the welding machine, you will need:

• Power tools: drill, grinder (as well as drills, cutting and cleaning wheels).
• Marking tools: scriber, center punch, ruler, building level. Well, if there is a laser level.
• Fixing means: magnetic welding elbows (90° and other angles), clamps.
• A set of files of various shapes for working with metal.

The exact amount of material is determined based on the project. But you will definitely need a steel sheet (thickness - from 2 to 4 mm), a profiled pipe or corner, foam sheets (an alternative is mineral wool) for insulation, OSB or construction plywood, paint or self-adhesive film for decoration. You also need to prepare locks, peephole, door hinges and other accessories.

How to weld metal doors with your own hands. Step-by-step instruction

The order of work is as follows:

After that, it remains only to install the finished box and the door into the opening.

Every person who knows how to use a welding machine has a desire to make a beautiful and reliable iron door with his own hands. This work requires skills, but the product will turn out to be individual, guaranteed strong and durable. The process of welding such doors does not require fantastic financial costs and does not take much time. It is necessary to calculate the amount of material and prepare the necessary tools, but first you need to make measurements and draw detailed drawing future product. We will describe in detail the entire production process and sequence of operations.

The preparatory work consists in choosing the design and construction of the future door, since each door is unique in size and can be outdoor or indoor. To understand how to weld a door correctly, you need to decide on the material, fittings and decor that you want to use. In order to calculate the number of components, you need to make measurements and make an accurate drawing. In the process preparatory work the following circumstances must be taken into account:

• the recommended dimensions of the door are not more than 100 X 200 cm, otherwise it will be too heavy, because additional stiffeners will be needed;
• if the dimensions of the opening exceed 200 cm in height, it is necessary to close the excess part of the opening with insulated decorative or blind inserts;
• if the opening is wider than 100 cm, you can put a blind insert or a hinged securely fixed sash;
• determine in which direction the door will open, and select the appropriate locks;
• calculate the location of the locks and the door peephole in accordance with the growth of the residents;
• determine the type of paintwork, insulation and interior decorative coating;
• calculate the type and depth of the door frame attachment points, anti-removable pins and vertical attachment drive;
• calculate the parameters and determine the type of metal components.

It is very important to make sure that the box will be attached to a solid opening, and not to wooden or plastered fragile surfaces.

The drawing, made to scale, should indicate the location of the peephole, handles, keyholes, hinges (from 2 to 4 pieces), stiffeners and anti-removable devices and mechanisms. To adjust the door leaf must be less box, and she, in turn, is two centimeters smaller than the doorway.

Necessary tools and materials

Fast and high-quality work is possible only if there is a convenient and properly organized workplace and serviceable tools. Self-welding of metal doors requires a certain tool minimum, which consists of the following set:

1. convenient and durable mounting table;
2. welding machine with a set of electrodes and a mask;
3. marking tool, felt-tip pen or sharpened chalk;
4. welding magnets with an angle of 90 ° and clamps;
5. angle grinder (grinder) with discs;
6. electric drill and screwdriver with a set of drills and bits;
7. perforator with carbide drills;
8. serviceable electrical extension cords;
9. tape measure and building level.

After measuring and drawing up a detailed drawing, you can accurately calculate the amount and name of the metal required for welding doors, as well as select locks, hinges and other components. The natural desire to emphasize one's own individuality can influence the choice of material, and special attention here must be paid to the appearance, hinges, increased secrecy of locks, anti-removable knots and additional locking mechanisms. The standard set of materials for a metal door consists of the following elements:

• for the front sheet, steel with a thickness of at least 2-3 mm is selected, according to the size of the door with the overlap of the box, usually 100 X 210 cm;
• the door frame is welded from a corner of 3 X 3 cm;
• for the door frame and stiffeners use a profiled pipe 2.5 X 5 cm and strips;
• fastening of the box to the opening is provided by strips 3 mm thick in the amount of 4-6 pcs. and 30 cm long;
• door hinges in the amount of 3 pieces;
• selected fittings and mounting bolts;
• primer and polymer paint;
• insulation and internal decorative trim.

It is important that the locks have high wear resistance, and the hinges are equipped with bearings to ensure noiselessness and long service life.

Welding sequence

The door welding process is individual and depends on the specific project. It is necessary that the parameters of the welding machine allow stable operation at the existing voltage in the network. To comply with the required dimensions and angles, you need to check with the measuring tool as often as possible, and also use special welding magnets when working. The sequence of operations consists in the phased implementation of the following main points, namely:

• the door frame is marked and cut, magnets are placed in the corners, tack welding is performed;
• in case of violation of the connection angle, it is corrected, then the structure is finally welded;
• seams are processed on all sides by a grinder;
• then the door frame is cut and welded with obligatory measurement of diagonals;
• a gap between the box and the frame of 3 mm is required on three sides and 5 mm on the side of the locks;
• stiffening ribs are welded into the door frame, taking into account the location of the locks, peephole, anti-removable pins, vertical locking drive;
• mark the front sheet and weld it to the frame and stiffeners with a seam of about 4 cm every 15-20 cm;
• we weld the hinges, having previously drilled a hole for lubrication;
• we attach the lock assembly, pins to the welded door and drill all the necessary holes;
• we weld plates for fastening to the box, grind and prime the iron door;
• then painting is carried out, and after drying, all fittings are attached;
• the door leaf is insulated and finished on the inside with final painting.

It is important to carry out the production process without haste, carefully measuring the corners and ensuring that the locks, vertical locks and pivoting hinges work flawlessly.

Of course, this sequence does not reflect the nuances of each individual metal door, but the basic scheme is set out correctly. Thickness, dimensions, and hence weight are selected depending on the needs and individuality of each owner. At the same time, it must be taken into account that additional mass will require an increase in rigidity, and this will lead to a greater load on the frame, hinges and door frame.

Results

We talked about how to calculate, mark and weld a metal door with our own hands, about what tools are needed for this process, what sequence of actions must be followed. Quality comes with experience, but you will certainly save a lot of money, as well as make a door to your taste and size. Successful and successful work!

Manufacturers of metal doors offer many models with the most different finishes and accessories. But their cost is sometimes quite high. A metal structure can be made with your own hands, if you have the material and the necessary tools. Next, consider how a metal door is made with your own hands, and what is required for this.

To make an iron door with your own hands, you should take care of the material and fittings in advance. If you buy them separately, you can save a lot. In the manufacture of the structure, it is important to follow the safety rules, work clearly and accurately.

A hand-made metal front door has several important advantages:

1. The quality of the material used. Some unscrupulous manufacturers try to save on the quality of materials and fittings. If you make the design on your own, then you can buy reliable elements.
2. Uniqueness. You can create a canvas of any size with your own hands, original design sashes. You can make a door made of wood and metal with your own hands, decorate it with glass inserts. Lots of solutions. Such an activity can become a hobby, a creative process.
3. Price. With home "production" there is no need to overpay for the brand.

Also, the product can be given the necessary characteristics: to make the iron door as warm as possible, durable.

Drawing preparation

Before you make a metal door with your own hands, you need to create a drawing of it, taking into account the dimensions of the opening. It will help you figure everything out. expendable materials, mark the location of the fittings.

To draw up a drawing of a metal door with your own hands, you must first measure the height and width of the opening with a tape measure. Standard sizes the doors are 2 m high and 90 cm wide. If the opening is too large, then you can narrow it by installing a separate block. It is enough to simply sew up the upper part with iron by installing a grate. The side part can be made in the form of a deaf or opening additional sash. Do-it-yourself iron entrance doors with a width of more than 1.5 meters are not made, otherwise the sash will turn out to be too heavy, the canopies will not withstand it.

The door frame should be 2 cm smaller than the opening. This mounting clearance is mandatory. After installation of the structure, all cracks are blown with mounting foam.

If creating a drawing of a steel door with your own hands is a difficult process, you can turn to specialists. But this will require additional money spending.

Necessary materials

The most expensive part of the product is iron. It is necessary for the manufacture of the box and the sash itself. Before you make a metal door, you should study the prices and quality of such material.

The general list looks like this:

1. Pipe with a section of 40x20 mm. It needs 20 meters to make a door frame about 2 meters high and 1 meter wide.
2. Steel sheet. Optimal Thickness- 2-2.5 mm. Dimensions 1x2 meters. If you plan to make your own iron door from a professional pipe with a cavity inside, then you can take two sheets of metal of a smaller thickness.
3. Hinges for hanging the sash. The lightest canvases require two loops, but it is better to mount three for reliability. After all, a metal sash with a seal and sheathing is quite weighty.
4. Insulation. If you decide to make an iron front door to the house, its presence is mandatory. It can be foam or mineral wool.
5. Lock (one or two), as well as handles.
6. Decoration material. You can sheathe a metal door with wood, upholster it with leatherette.

Also, for a homemade metal front door, you will need mounting foam, a drill and a grinder with discs, a welding machine and consumables for it. For painting metal, paint, brushes, rollers should be prepared.

How to make a door frame?

Before you make an iron door with your own hands, you need to make a box. It is a metal rectangle, a frame that will include the sash.

Its production takes place according to the following scheme:

1. Cut blanks according to the scheme of a metal door: four parts of a pipe 2040 mm long (these are vertical racks), 4 parts along the width of the opening with a small gap (allowance) of 5-6 mm. When cutting, you need to maintain an angle of 90 degrees, the edges must be even.
2. Assemble the first rectangle. Dock pieces of cuts.
3. Make overlays from the same pipe, placing it flat. You should get a small "protrusion". Assemble the frame on tacks. During work, it is important to check the diagonals of the rectangle so that there are no distortions.
4. Weld the box. We must not forget that when welding metal doors, the iron heats up and can lead. Therefore, pipes are welded in short sections from the center to the sides. It turns out first dotted line. It then needs to be welded so that a solid seam is obtained.
5. Process the seams with a grinder.

This completes the production of the door frame. You can see clearly how to weld an iron door with your own hands in the video. Further, it comes through the canvas itself.

Door leaf assembly

You can mount the canvas of a homemade iron door directly on the box.

The fabrication process includes several stages:

1. First you need to cut the blanks - long and short.
2. Place the workpiece inside the already assembled box, leaving gaps with the help of clamps. Everything is good to check. Weld the pipes of the iron door with four points by welding (then they will be cut off and all traces will be cleaned).
3. Do-it-yourself weld a short blank of an iron door with the side parts of the future sash.
4. Weld one long jumper in the center, it will serve as a stiffener.
5. After that, you can cut off the tacks, weld the frame completely, clean all the seams thoroughly.
6. Put a frame on a sheet of metal, weld the metal door with your own hands with strokes of 2 cm to the frame. It is necessary to start welding from the center, moving towards the edges. Then attach the side pieces. At the very end, weld the lower and upper strips.

The base of the door leaf is ready. As you can see, it’s not so difficult to make an iron entrance door yourself. Next, you need to combine the canvas and the box into a common design.

Assembly of the door structure

Before you insert the iron door with your own hands into the box, you need to install the hinges. They may be hidden. It is these canopies that are most often installed in systems industrial production. But on their own at home they are quite difficult to install, it is better to choose the most ordinary canopies with balls. Teardrop-shaped products are good in that you do not need to weld anything to them.

This drop is an eccentric, it sets the desired distance from the box to the door. The canopy must be moved apart to form the letter L, placed over the seam between the box and the metal sheet. It remains to boil. So it is necessary to fix two canopies. After that, you need to check how well the design works.

The third loop must be welded upside down. This is done so that the sash cannot be removed.

door trim

After the metal base is assembled, it is best to paint the sash. This will protect the metal from corrosion.

Further arrangement of the door:

1. Based on a do-it-yourself drawing of an iron door from a professional pipe, you should install a lock or locks. The best option- two locking mechanisms of different types. To do this, it is necessary to drill a hole in the box for the entrance of the crossbars, and then make a slot for attaching the lock to the canvas.
2. Attach insulation to the metal sheet. To make a metal door with your own hands, you can take a 4 cm thick foam sheet. It is lightweight and will not weigh down the sash. In addition, it is a tough and inexpensive material that does not sag over time. It is convenient to mount it on metal with a special mounting foam, which does not expand much. All remaining gaps also need to be blown out with foam. You can use a suitable adhesive to fix it.
3. From above, sew up with decorative material: PVC film, artificial leather, other materials. Do-it-yourself insulation and finishing of the iron door leaf (video) can be done on one side or on both. It depends on the climatic features of the region. It is important that the material exterior finish the front door was resistant to moisture, did not fade in the sun. You can paint the steel door with your own hands with special paint.
4. In order for the sash to fit snugly against the box, a seal must be installed on it. They are produced with different profiles. The purchase of a specific model depends on the size of the gap. The rubber seal can be self-adhesive, in which case it will not be difficult to mount it.
5. Finally, you need to adjust the hinges and lubricate them so that the sash does not creak when opening and closing.

A more difficult option is to make an iron door from a corner with a glass insert. It can be decorated and protected with decorative forging. Such products look original. The window must be mounted at the stage of cutting the steel sheet. Metal reinforcement is welded along the perimeter of the resulting rectangle or square. Further, all stages of production homemade door from metal with their own hands are the same as for a blind sash. After the product is assembled and painted, a double-glazed window is inserted into it and a decorative grille is fixed.

For smooth closing of the sash, it can be equipped with a door closer. It will provide a soft, silent glide.

Making a metal front door with your own hands is a significant savings in the family budget. It can be equipped with a heater at your discretion, pick up high-quality fittings. Metal products are durable, strong, they reliably protect the premises from intruders. If you still have questions about how to make an iron door with your own hands, the video will help you figure it out.

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In the entrance door market steel structures rightfully occupy one of the leading positions. The manufacturing technology and the positive characteristics of the material make it possible to prevent unauthorized entry into the premises and withstand all illegal opening attempts by selecting door keys, destroying or deforming the door leaf. Range finished products in specialized stores is quite extensive, however, making an iron door with your own hands is not only possible, but also accessible to virtually everyone. It is only important to have the desire and experience to work with a welding machine, as well as to strictly adhere to the sequence when working with materials and tools.

To the main reasons for making steel doors independently include:

• Non-standard dimensions of the structure, which should be the result;
• The embodiment of the exclusive idea of ​​the designer;
• Use of special materials;
• Opportunity to obtain a high quality product;
• Economic component.

A quality iron door has high protective properties, provides sufficient heat and sound insulation, has a long service life.

Iron structure design

The process of manufacturing an iron door should begin with the creation of a drawing, which indicates the actual dimensions of the product. The resulting scheme will serve as the basis for the assembly and subsequent installation of the door.

You need to start by measuring the width and height of the doorway. The measurements obtained are transferred to paper, a diagram of the future design is drawn with the specified width and height of the door leaf.

The standard size of the metal structure is 900 mm x 2000 mm. If the dimensions are larger, then an additional block is installed on top, closed with sheet metal, glass, grating, or a blind or swing block is welded on the side. All elements are specified in the project.

The dimensions of the door frame should be 2 cm smaller size doorway. The resulting gap will subsequently greatly simplify the process of installing the box and allow you to adjust it if necessary.
The number of loops is calculated taking into account the weight of the structure, as a rule, 2 - 4 canopies are used. To evenly distribute the load, the hinges are welded at the same distance from each other. In this case, the first and last are welded at a distance of 15 cm from the outer edge of the door.

The next step is to reinforce the door frame with additional stiffeners. The main stiffener is located in the middle of the door leaf, and additional stiffeners can be put in from the corners of the product or from the hinges, which will evenly distribute the load over the entire door area. The main thing is that the stiffeners do not interfere with the insertion of the lock, the installation of the handle and the peephole. The stiffeners must ensure the strength of the finished product, their number is also chosen at your own discretion.

Materials and tool kit

To necessary tools to assemble an iron door with your own hands include:

• Electric drill;
• Screwdriver;
• Bulgarian, equipped with a cutting disc for metal;
• clamps;
• A set of files, a grinder;
• A set of measuring tools.



Materials for the manufacture of a standard design include:

• Steel sheet (2 - 3 mm thick with a dimension of 100 x 200 cm);
• Metal corners for the frame (3.2 x 3.2 cm 6 p.m.);
• Profile pipe for the frame and stiffeners (5x 2.5 cm 9 p.m.);
• Canopies for doors;
• Reinforcement plates for fastening the door frame to the wall (40 x 4 cm, thickness of which is 2 - 3 mm, in the amount of 4 pcs.);
• Door fittings (locks, handles);
• Anti-corrosion protective compounds, paint;
• Mounting foam, anchor bolts.

The range of door fittings and locks is quite diverse, the choice depends solely on personal preferences. But the most popular mechanisms are locks with crossbars on three sides. Such products are much more difficult to install, but their protective functions are much higher.



If the iron door is intended for utility rooms, you can apply a more simplified and cost-effective option in financial terms: the reinforcing bar will perform the function of a stiffener.

Assembly steps

The process of assembling a metal structure consists of the following steps.

collection box

Frame parts are cut from a profile pipe and laid in the form of a rectangle on the welding table. Once again, all dimensions are checked, including diagonally. The control measurement will allow you to set the angles clearly at 90 degrees. A correctly adjusted design is tack welded.



After completion of welding work, it is necessary to check the perpendicularity of the sides and measure the distance between opposite pairs of corners. Compare source data.

If everything turned out right, you can proceed to the final welding work. Upon completion, the seams must be sanded. Then reinforcing plates are welded to the door frame.



Door leaf assembly

To assemble the canvas, it is necessary to measure the inside of the door frame. On each side we retreat 7 cm - these are the dimensions of the future structure.

From the metal corners, the blanks necessary for the length are cut and pre-treated to eliminate burrs. The prepared corners must be laid inside the structure to form a rectangle. After that, control and measuring actions are performed.



If there are any nuances, they must be eliminated and fit all the details in size. Docking points are welded tightly.

The next step is to cut the material for the stiffeners, they are welded tightly to the door frame. It is important to take into account all the places indicated in the project for installing the lock and related fittings.


Appearance frames with welded stiffeners.

The fabrication of the blade begins with the laying of the steel sheet on the welding table or gantry. A finished frame is laid on top of the sheet and a contour is drawn according to the dimensions specified in the project, while 10 cm must be indented from the outer edges of the frame.



According to the outlined contour, a steel sheet is cut out, the cut sections must be polished. The prepared canvas is mounted to the frame using a welding machine.

An important point: in order to prevent distortion, welding cannot be done with a continuous seam.



The best option for a welding seam is 30 mm pieces with an intermediate distance of 15 - 20 mm. To avoid subsequent hidden defects, the product must periodically cool down during operation, otherwise it may need to be repaired in the near future.

Having finished with the outside of the door, the canvas must be turned over and the door frame laid on top.

For the convenience of fitting the box to the frame, you can use linings, the thickness of which is from 2 to 5 mm, they are laid around the entire perimeter of the structure. In the resulting space, a sealing tape will be installed in the future to improve the soundproofing qualities of the door.



When the door leaf is completely ready, special cuts are made to install the internal lock and peephole, a hole is drilled under door handle. The edges of the holes in without fail are to be sanded.
An important point: the size of the hole for the lock at the same time should allow the installation of the lock without play and provide free access to it in case of repair work.

For a padlock, special pads must be provided.

Installation of door hinges

The upper canopies, equipped with grooves, are attached to the door frame, and their lower parts with pins are welded to the door frame. Docking seams must be polished.



The assembled metal structure must first be cleaned of foreign particles (dust, chips) and treated with an anti-corrosion compound. The final chord is either tinting or decorative door trim.

In order to understand in more detail and clearly how iron doors are assembled with your own hands, it is recommended that you first study the videos that clearly show the whole process from A to Z.

Assembly work on the installation of the door

A box is placed in the doorway and the structure is adjusted relative to the opening, all actions are carried out using a plumb line or building level.



Installation work on the installation of the door frame takes place exclusively with its geometrically verified location. Anchor bolts are used to fix the steel hinges to the wall. After that, you can hang the door leaf on the awnings.

Checking the correct installation: the iron door should both open and close freely, and the hinges should work smoothly and without undue effort.

Installing the lock and door handle

After installing the lock, the end sides of the crossbars must be rubbed with chalk and make marks on the door frame with them. In the marked places, holes are cut out - grooves for the crossbars.



If there is a need for additional protection lock, you should weld a corner of the desired length to the door leaf in those areas where the crossbars come out. Another way is to strengthen the door leaf in the place where the lock is mounted. For this, a 6 mm thick steel plate is welded on the inside. At this stage, it is recommended to adjust the operation of the locking mechanism and take care of the tight fit of the door to the frame.

Having studied detailed instructions manufacturing, you can understand how to properly make a metal structure. iron door with your own hands it is quite possible to assemble at home, most importantly, arm yourself necessary material and tool.

Metal doors are popular due to their reliability and safety. But industrial enterprises charge a significant fee for the manufacture of such structures. Meanwhile, doing all the work with your own hands is not particularly difficult - there would be a desire and elementary technical knowledge.

The benefits of homemade products

Creation metal structures manually more difficult than using professional equipment. But there are no restrictions imposed by specific models and specifications. There is no risk that low-quality materials may be used for the sake of economy, than even large suppliers of finished products often sin. The design and execution perfectly meet the expectations of the owner of a house, garage or country cottage.

Considerations of economy are also important, especially now, when every ruble gets harder and harder over the years.

Design

It makes no sense to take on the manufacture of steel doors without drawings and diagrams. First of all, measure the height and width of the openings. The collected data is rewritten and an exact diagram is drawn from them, showing how wide and high the canvas will be. In most cases, you can get by with a 90x200 cm door block, if the dimensions are larger than this bar, an auxiliary fragment is placed on top.

The following options can be used to close the frame:

• Sheet steel;
• lattice steel structure;
• glass detail;
• deaf fragment;
• swing block.

You cannot bypass any element in the project. If it is not specified or specified incorrectly, great difficulties will inevitably arise.

The number of loops included in the project is determined by the massiveness of the product. In almost every case, 2-4 loops are enough; more complex doors are rarely used for domestic purposes. Be sure to indicate the dimensions of individual structures, and the thickness of the frame sheets, and the type of exterior door trim. It is also important to immediately deal with the desired type of metal.

Tools and necessary materials

It is the metal that accounts for the main costs of both large manufacturers and private craftsmen. Almost all other materials cost noticeably less, with the exception of finishing coatings. Nevertheless, it is quite realistic to make a steel entrance structure with your own hands within 15 thousand rubles. For this amount, it is unlikely that you will be able to purchase even a low-quality craft from Asian countries.

Most often, do-it-yourself door structures are made from a professional pipe with a section of 2x4 cm. 18–22 linear meters of such a pipe make it possible to make a door block of typical dimensions - 100 cm in width and 200 cm in length.

In the event of misunderstandings, it is worth starting from the sketch, since it is not difficult to find already calculated drawings of products for all occasions. The minimum thickness of metal sheets is 0.25 cm, and the remaining dimensions must match the dimensions of the opening.

When choosing hinges, experienced craftsmen prefer those that have a bearing.

Given the significant mass of the structure, three hinges will clearly work better and more reliably than two.

As well as metal profile corners, fittings, thermal protection and decorative coatings may be required. When working, abrasive wheels and drills, electrodes consume a resource. In addition to the welding machine and a special table for working with it, it will be impossible to do without an angle grinder, a quality drill and an electric jigsaw.

If necessary, a hammer, a nail puller and a sharply sharpened ax will help to dismantle the old structure. Hardware is sometimes more convenient to fasten wrench or a screwdriver.

We take measurements

Non-standard dimensions of a do-it-yourself door are important advantage before serial designs. Professionals in factories charge extra for deviations from the most common dimensions. But first of all, you will have to evaluate the actual size of the opening and door block, which should be placed in it. Measurements are made with a tape measure and must be recorded on paper: you should not rely on memory in this case. In addition to the size of the canvas, they also take into account the fact that a box will stand around its perimeter, which usually has a thickness of 20–30 mm.

Since the width is greater in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe loops, and less along the rest of the perimeter of the canvas, it will always be necessary to include the use of additional parts in the project. The widest size is taken into account, since only this condition makes it possible to attach the casing tightly enough. The height of the openings is measured along the side slopes on both sides. With a very high cavity, it is necessary to reduce the opening or prepare large architraves.

When the height of the hole is small, it is better to cut the wall with a special tool than to make adjustments to the door under construction.

How to make an iron front door with your own hands?

Having finished all the measurements and choosing the material, tools, you can immediately get to work. The technology implies a mandatory check of the walls. They should be of strong block materials or solid concrete.

In the opening with dimensions of more than 150x200 cm, it is recommended to install prefabricated boxes, the top or sidewall of which is covered with an additional strip of metal. Wide recesses are equipped with a pair of auxiliary modules with glass. They will help make the door stronger and decorate it.

The door will have to open outward, not inward, to facilitate care in the event of an emergency.

They begin by laying out the key parts of the box on a steel workbench and cutting them according to the markup. The accuracy of the cuts is checked by trial assembly and evaluation using joiner's corners.

Much attention should be paid to the exact connection of all diagonals with corners. The seams remaining after welding are finalized using angle grinders.

Now you need to make blanks for the frame, they use steel corners. Templates during work are rectangular structures of a strictly specified thickness. The main gaps from the frame to the box in the area of ​​\u200b\u200bthe castle are approximately 0.5 cm, and on the other three sides of the structure they are taken 0.3 cm each. They mark and cut the profile, put it in the box and verify the diagonal accuracy. Side profiles are supplied with slots for locks.

In order to weld a door from metal yourself, you need to start work by fixing the corners of the frames and welding the frames at several points around the perimeter. Then a strip metal is welded onto the frame, holding the skin, and a stiffener is welded in the frame. Immediately after this, you need to clean the resulting seams, mark the canvas.

Now you can cut the sheets with a grinder and weld them to the frame. After that, it is required to insert and weld additional stiffeners.

The place for mounting the lock is marked directly on the canvas; there they drill a well and bring it to the desired condition with a file. Then they prepare holes for the lock, cut the thread.

As soon as the installation of the constipation is completed, you can take on the hinges, welding them to the frame of the canvas and to the door frame. It is worth noting that the box needs to be opened and the parts of the hinges inside are to be fixed using a welding machine.

Often the work does not end there and a door with a window is built.

In the prepared recess, you can put not only glass, but also a decorative steel grate made using the technique cold forging. As practice shows, in terms of the ability to transmit light, such a solution is no worse, and in terms of design characteristics, it is even better than a simple glazed opening. If you want to save heat in the room as much as possible, however, the grille can be combined with a double-glazed window. If you wish, you can try other constructive solutions.

Box making process

In addition to the door itself, no matter how convenient and high-quality it may be, you will definitely need a box. It is easiest to create it with a woodworking machine; the starting component is a planed board. It is worth checking the wood to see if it is well dried, otherwise the whole structure can quickly warp.

The required elements will also be the following:

• saws;
• hammers;
• slats;
• screwdrivers;
• self-tapping screws;
• nails;
• other metal fasteners.

On the entrance doors the main part of the box is mainly made of metal, which is welded. But the tree has its own advantage - it is ease of processing. But the fibreboard does not last long enough, and soon you will need to change the box. When choosing wood, pay attention to dark spots. If they are, then this indicates a violation of the drying technology. Such defects cannot be masked even with several layers of high-quality paint.

The markup is first done along the top, then along the bottom borders. To avoid mistakes, you need to add a crossbar and a threshold, respectively. After completing the blanks according to the notches made, they are adjusted to the dimensions of the door.

As soon as the hinges are hung and the door is put in place, it is adjusted again to eliminate the appearance of gaps. For your information: if at some point in the work it inspires fear, there are doubts that not everything can be done, then you need to turn to professional craftsmen.

Installation of double doors

Double-leaf doors are placed a little differently than single-leaf designs. Moreover, they have their own division inside, which must be taken into account. So, some doors with a pair of wings swing open, while others move apart. If the door is already installed, it is dismantled as carefully as possible.

To save the old boxes, proceed as follows:

• remove platbands;
• remove cement and foam;
• unscrew screws or cut nails.

After removing the box, remove the remaining leveling layers, for this use a perforator. If the old shell is made in accordance with all the rules and is well preserved, it is left untouched, only by removing the mounting foam. As in the case of a single-leaf door, you will need to measure the opening. But in addition to it, adjacent planes are also measured. The box beam is cut at an angle of 45 degrees.

The most practical tool is a miter saw, but in the absence of it, you can also use a hacksaw with a fine tooth. Then they cut into the vertical parts of the loop opening, for this purpose a milling cutter is used. In extreme cases, a chisel and a hammer will help to replace it; and it will be even easier to use superimposed insect loops. The structure is pulled together using self-tapping screws. To keep the box intact, before introducing the fasteners, holes are prepared 1 mm smaller than the diameter of the self-tapping screws.

The box in the opening is set exactly according to the level, and you need to follow not only the verticals, but also so that the design does not leave even a small edge of the contour of the recess. Having attached the rollers to the canvases, marking the height of the guides for them, draw a line along the level and screw a bar 4–5 cm thick along it to the wall. The guides are mounted on the bar, and a door is hung from it. It is always required to reserve the technological gap from the doors to the box.

So that it does not let cold air and precipitation into the room, this gap is filled with foam.

How to make a warm door at home?

But even a hermetically sealed door design cannot in itself become a reliable barrier to frost. To avoid the negative phenomena associated with this, it will have to be insulated. Most often, foam and polystyrene are used for this, which in production turn into plates of various thicknesses. Such materials are not destroyed when moistened, therefore they are allowed to be used for insulation of all premises, regardless of climatic conditions. The frame is made of dry timber, which should not damage the metal sheets.

Materials are placed in the gaps between the bars or placed by surprise. Attaching them can occur both mechanically and with glue.

Care should be taken to ensure that the gaps separating the insulation from the frame are minimal.

After finishing work, wait for some time and check if there are any gaps. A layer of facial material is placed on top of the insulation. It is very important that it is not only durable, but also as elegant as possible.

Finishing and decor

Numerous teams of builders and designers are ready to finish the doors, even those made independently. But the payment for their services is often excessive, calculated according to an arbitrary principle. And at the same time, all the same work can be done with your own hands in the shortest possible time.

Door openings can be covered with the following materials:

• laminate;
• decorative stone;
• clapboard (plastic or wooden);
• siding.