Sliding doors to the bathroom: the design of sliding sliding doors in the bathrooms and toilets, photos

Sliding doors to the bathroom are widely used and most popular, is not inferior to the classic door. Their main advantage is that it saves space, which is especially important in small apartments and houses.

Design features sliding doors

The easiest way to install - invoice system in which the doors slide along the wall on the lower or upper guide rails. you can mount this product yourself.

Door design is quite simple, its component parts: the door leaf, horizontal guide rollers. The greatest burden falls on the main guide when driving. It may be that both the lower and upper. More preferably, use of upper guide since it is less susceptible to contamination.

There is a fairly large list of varieties of sliding doors, depending on the type of structure:

1. On a parallel course. Movement of the web is parallel with the wall surface. This species differs quite good sound insulation performance. Perhaps the use of one or more valves. Doors with a parallel move, in turn, are divided into several subtypes based on the opening mechanism and movement.
   

   Sliding doors with a closed upper guide

2. Vnutriproemnye. It is envisaged that there are two wings that, when closing - are moving towards each other. Sliding door for a bath somewhat inconvenient to use, as often only one door opens.
   

   Vnutriproemnye doors decorated with natural wood veneer to match the decorative panels on the bathroom wall

3. Cascading. Each leaf moves independently of the other, on its own guide.
   

   Such designs are most often used for decoration of wide doorways

4. Cluster. A distinctive feature is the presence of a special opening in which the door leaf comes. This opening can be built using a sheet of plasterboard or chipboard.
   

   Cassette doors when opening the valves leave space on either side of the doorway

5. Radius. Original and interesting design provides radial movement of the door.
   

   Radius doors on aluminum frame, laminated under a natural tree

6. Doors - compartment. Door coupe - the bathroom - a very popular type of construction. the two flaps are provided, which move along the guide rails in opposite directions.
   

   The flap compartment door when opening goes back wall

7. Harmonic. Despite a number of obvious shortcomings - this design, yet gained a certain popularity.
   

   The main disadvantage of folding doors - low noise insulation, that can not be improved, as the door leaf is not a holistic

Pros and cons of the recoil of the door structure

Sliding door design is widely used and installed in the bathrooms. Considerable popularity is due to the following advantages:

• Structural features of the opening and closing mechanisms require significant space savings. The door does not take any extra centimeter of space, - dead zone when you open them simply does not exist. It is this reason explains the great demand for sliding doors, as modern apartments, mostly significantly limited in the living space, forcing their owners to try the most efficient use of every living meter.
  

  Space savings - perhaps this is the main reason for the popularity of sliding doors

• Aesthetic appeal, harmonious compatibility with any interior of the apartment.
• Originality and glamor version, concise and stylish design.
• Manufacturers offer a huge selection of different models, made of the most modern and attractive materials in different colors and decorative design. Selection of doors, blends perfectly with the surrounding environment, there is no difficulty and is entirely dependent on the presence of the taste of the customer. It is also possible to produce customized designs. In the closed state of the door is one of the elements of the interior.
• There is the possibility of uncomplicated installation of automatic opening and closing mechanism of the door.
• Smooth and silently turn.
• Long service life sliding doors to the bathroom. The design is robust and can last for several decades.

• The possibility of wide application in all, not at all standard doorways. The design provides for one or more of the valves, depending on the wishes of the owner and the bathroom size.

Along with significant advantages, sliding doors, which are used in the bathroom, and have a few drawbacks.

The disadvantages of using the recoil door design in the bathroom:

• The door is loosely fitted to the doorway and does not have sufficient integrity, it is not recommended to use this type of door structure in superposed lavatories, - through the slit below or above the web (depending on the type of suspension) will penetrate unpleasant odors.
• For this reason, the sliding doors do not have a sound-proofed, so singing in the bathroom, you can only if there is more or less acceptable voice and hearing, or in the absence of potential listeners.
• Rollers doors are subject to rapid wear and will need to change them if the door is frequently opened door leaf.
• The lower guide rail requires constant cleaning of dirt nabivsheysya.

What are the sliding door to the bathroom

In the selection of the sliding door for the bathroom should be guided by the operational features of the premises: fabrication material must be strong and durable, be resistant to moisture, to a temperature differences. Sliding doors should have negligible mass. If used in the manufacture of glass - it should be frosted or completely opaque.

Depending on the material, sliding doors are divided into two types:

1. Continuous or homogeneous.
2. Framed.

Solid doors are made of the same material, which may be glass, wood, plastic, linoleum, OSB, metal, laminate.

Paneled produced by combining several materials, manufacturers offer a very interesting combination of two or more materials. More popular compared with solid.

Materials for door leaf: a short description, features

Bathroom doors should be constructed of materials that meet a number of criteria and requirements. Below, we look at an object that corresponds to the most popular ones.

wood array

Suitable for installation in the bathroom with significant limitations, since wood is affected by humidity and exposed to fungal diseases, - the result may deform and lose its operating quality. Treatment of wooden door panel with special bactericidal compounds and waterproof emulsions able to some extent to remedy the situation and prolong the service life of the product.

Advantages: naturalness, beauty, style.

Fiberboard, chipboard

Fiberboard - fiberboard (orgalitnaya slab) is obtained by compressing the steamed wood chips. The thickness of the hardboard is seven millimeters 7 mm. chipboard doors make the carcass method. Advantage - price. Disadvantages: short term operation, considerable exposure to mechanical damage, moisture and steam.

Particleboard - chipboard (particleboard) obtained by compression of dry sawdust and bonding them using formaldehyde resins. Advantages: easy in processing, resistance to water and steam, durability, low cost, wide range of colors.

Glass

Tempered glass - the preferred material for the sliding door to the bathroom.

Benefits:

• Absolute resistance to moisture, temperature extremes.
• Not afraid of mold and mildew.
• The elegance and aesthetic appeal.
• Strength, durability.

Disadvantages:

• The complexity of care.
• Considerable weight, which creates a load on the door construction.

Metal

Practically used in the manufacture of solid doors, mostly metal parts used in the door paneled type.

Plastic

Benefits:

• Durability.
• Nonsusceptibility rotting.
• Easy to clean.
• Cheapness.
• Moisture resistance.
• Ease of construction.

laminates

Laminated sliding system can be installed only good quality. According to its characteristics the material slightly inferior plastic. The film used for lamination is not very reliably protects the product from moisture.

combined options

The most popular combinations: glass, chipboard, laminated glass, glass-PVC, solid wood - glass.

Selection guide fittings and

The list of accessories for sliding doors include: rails, rollers, special handles, latches. In the selection of accessories necessary to take into account the weight of the door, its design features: size, types of movement along the guide rails, fastenings.

Options Door decor

Most large room for creativity provide glass doors. This material can be applied ornament, perfect etch pattern, sand blasted or draw a portrait of the whole picture.

Videos about the peculiarities of the sliding door

Photos of sliding doors in the bathroom