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In modern living rooms, the door does not just separate rooms - it is considered part of the interior. Broken or old glass interior doors - this is a very unpleasant phenomenon, due to which the interior loses its original harmony, in addition, leaving the glass in the door broken can harm the inhabitants of the home. On how to replace the glass in the interior doors with your own hands, you will learn from this article.
to the contents ↑We study the
material Before proceeding to the insert replacement procedure itself, it is necessary to understand what type of glass you are dealing with.
Decorative glass insert
This insert in the door is the most expensive, and, not all manufacturers use it. Such a glass can be called an ideal option, because it does not require any improvement. The only drawback of this design is that it will not be so easy to find an insert with the same decorative elements.
Important! Very often the door hosts do not find inserts with the same design, and eventually replace the glass in all their interior doors, spending on this replacement is not a small sum of money.
Ordinary glass insert
Such material is an ideal alternative to an expensive decorative insert, however, this material entails an additional revision, where it is meant to be pasted with special decorative films. You can buy a glass tab in almost every construction shop.
Important! If you compare this glass with the above, the price will be approximately half as much.
Plexiglas
Both types of tabs described above have one serious drawback - fragility. With a careless attitude to such material, it can easily be broken even before you fasten the glass in the door. This disadvantage is deprived plexiglas( monolithic polycarbonate).Simply put, this is a normal transparent plastic, which is very easy to scratch.
Important! Just like ordinary glass, monolithic polycarbonate will need additional refinement to give a decorative look - it needs to be covered with a special decorative film, which, at the same time, will also serve as protection against small scratches, subsequent clouding of Plexiglas.
Plywood or wood-fiber board(
) This option is the most budgetary. Replace the broken or darkened glass can be, doubly folding the fiberboard back sides to each other. Another option for using such a material is to cover with an opaque film on the laminated fiberboard.
Important! This option can not be called durable and attractive, but it is he who is the cheapest.
to the contents ↑Replacing the glass
You broke the glass in the interior door, what should I do? After you have dealt with the material, you can safely pull out the insert and go to its replacement.
How to pull out the old glass?
If your glass is broken, before work it is better to put on shoes with a dense sole - it will protect you from getting shards in the leg.
You can remove the old glass by following this algorithm:
- Explore how to attach glass to the interior door leaf. Each manufacturer has it's own.
- Wear gloves and loosen the attachment using a chisel and a hammer.
Important! For greater safety, it is best to loosen the upper beads first.
- Carefully remove the glass.
Important! If the glass is broken, first it is better to get rid of large fragments, and only then - from small ones. For greater safety, it is better to put them in a tight package, so that others do not get injured. If, apart from glass, the rubber lining is damaged, you will have to buy a rubberized tape.
Standard version of the insert
This option involves the use of quarters, which users are often confused with glazing beads, but this is not entirely correct. So, if you have this door leaf, you can immediately say that you are very lucky, because the process of insert replacement in this case is very simple.
Install the glass in the door as follows:
- Remove the old glass.
Important! If the old glass tab was broken, after removing it, you need to carefully sweep away all the fragments from the floor, so as not to step on them while working.
- Complete all the necessary measurements and purchase a new decorative or usual insert in the store.
- If it is decorative, it's easy to paste. To do this, you need to insert it where the old glass stood, and fix the glazing beads.
- If the insert is usual, first you need to paste it with a special self-adhesive film. Next, you need to insert this glass in the same way as the decorative one.
Important! Before sticking the film, you need to familiarize yourself with two rules:
- Before proceeding to its gluing, the surface of the glass should be moistened with a little soapy water.
- During the application, the film needs to be carefully ironed and disposed of air bubbles - the spatula will work well with this job.
Non-standard version of
Unfortunately, not all doors have such a simple structure, as described above. There are also such models, where glazing beams are simply not used. In this case it is necessary to disassemble the door completely, into separate parts. This technology for replacing glass in the interior door with their own hands is as follows:
- Examine the ends of the door leaf for the presence of screws and confirmations.
- Remove the door and put it on the floor.
- Get rid of stubs and fasteners.
- Remove the long side door, then remove the glass insert.
- Install the new glass and assemble everything as it was, observing the reverse order of the algorithm.
Important! Any decor that was on the old glass insert can be glued to a new one using liquid nails.
From this article, you learned how to replace the old glass insert in the door leaf, without turning to a professional and significantly saving money. Do it slowly, carefully, and then no problems - no technical, no aesthetic, will not arise.
