Often, renovations in an apartment or house also affect the hallway. You cannot ignore such an element as the entrance door group. The stores offer a variety of materials for decorating the inside of the front door with your own hands. Common options are covering the interior with laminate, PVC and fiberboard panels or decorative stone. We will dwell on the features, advantages and disadvantages of each finishing option in detail.

Features of the interior decoration of the entrance door

The main requirements for an entrance door are: reliability, strength and beautiful appearance. The door does not have to look expensive - its combination with the interior design of the home is much more important. From the outside, its appearance speaks volumes about its owners, so it must be attractive. If the surface faces the street, it must be resistant to ultraviolet radiation, wind, precipitation, and temperature changes.

The interior coating should also not only be beautiful, but also provide the necessary thermal insulation. The finishing is selected in such a way that it matches the interior. Sound insulation directly depends on the material, but it is desirable that the coating is not very expensive.

Solid or veneered panels

Many models in our catalog are finished using MDF panels with a top layer of natural veneer. This is a good option, harmless to humans, characterized by stability and a long period of operation. A large assortment of colors allows you to advantageously decorate any interior. Such panels are installed both on the inside and outside of the door.

For custom-made canvases, solid oak panels can be used as finishing, which are environmentally friendly and have high strength and resistance to all kinds of influences. They are impregnated with compounds that extend their service life and convey attractive shades and textures of wood.

How to finish a door

The front door can be made of different materials, which can be painted, upholstered or sheathed. Each method has its pros and cons. Finishing begins after installing the product along with the door frame in the opening.

Painting

The entrance door can be painted with latex, water-based or oil-based paint. The color of the painting material is selected so that it is the same as the wall decoration or contrasts with it. Before applying the paint, the surfaces are well prepared, after which the coating is applied in two layers.

The features of this finishing option are simplicity, high speed and relatively low cost of paint. No special tools are required to apply the material; you can use just one brush.

The disadvantages include the impossibility of sound and heat insulation.

Upholstery

Thick fabric, leatherette or genuine leather are suitable as upholstery material for the entrance door from the inside. Additional elements will require a special thread and carnations. Upholstery of canvas with modern leatherette looks expensive, brings warmth and comfort to the room, and protects well from noise and cold.

The most affordable material is leatherette, which is characterized not only by a low price, but also by the following advantages:

• abrasion resistance;
• durability;
• ease of care;
• wide choice of color shades.

Despite all the advantages, the material also has disadvantages:

• flammability;
• easy to damage with a sharp object;
• impossibility of high-quality restoration of the coating.

Sheathing

To ensure that the front door is finished with high quality, lining, PVC panels, and chipboard are used. Decorating the canvas with such materials has practically no disadvantages. A similar finish can be used for lining doors made of both wood and metal. As a result, good heat and sound insulation is ensured and the service life of the door is increased. Such materials have a wide variety of textures and colors to suit any interior design.

Finishing the slopes of the entrance door from the inside: instructions

2015-11-11 Author:Vera Category:Doors Views: 7120

Entrance sheets play a protective function in the room. They should be not only powerful, but also beautiful. An important role in this is played by the finishing of the slopes from the inside of the entrance door. The work can be carried out by specialists or independently. The choice of method depends on the wishes and requirements of the user.

Finishing methods

Slopes play a fairly important role in the interior design of canvases. There are several finishing methods that involve the use of:

• Plastic.
• Plasters.
• Tree.
• Drywall.

Let's take a closer look:

• The latter option is used for severe curvature of slopes. Installation of drywall is carried out on a special frame. The craftsman will be able to save on facing slopes by using the plastering method.
• The interior decoration of entrance doors is rarely done with plastic, which is explained by the poor resistance of the raw material to mechanical stress.

Note! The most popular method is wood. This natural material is characterized by strength, reliability and resistance to various damages.

When choosing raw materials for slopes, the level of load on them, as well as aesthetic indicators, are assessed.

Using plaster

Plaster is used to give the slopes a finished look.

Plaster is a universal material that does not require maintenance after installation. Initially, the surface is prepared for plastering:

• Dust and dirt are removed from it.
• If there are uneven areas where the surface was plastered, they can be removed using a grinding machine or spatula.
• Before plastering, a primer is applied.
• The master must set the thickness of the putty and make markings. The mixture for slopes is prepared from sand, water and cement.

IMPORTANT! When preparing the mixture, you need to achieve a medium consistency, viscosity and homogeneity. Otherwise, the plastering process will be of poor quality.

Carrying out practical work

Step-by-step instruction

Cement beacons are applied evenly over the entire surface of the door slope.

The first layer of plaster is applied with a spatula and leveled:

• After it dries, the next layer is applied. The procedure is repeated until the places have a completed appearance.
• To level the mortar as evenly as possible, it is best to use a small rule or an ordinary trowel.
• After completely leveling the surface, a more liquid solution is prepared, which is the final plaster.
• After applying it to the entire surface and drying, the surface is leveled.
• For this purpose, craftsmen use construction mesh. Upon completion of the plastering, painting or finishing with decorative materials is carried out.

You can learn more about plastering from the video.

This finishing method will ensure perfectly smooth slopes that will last for decades.

Installation of decorative elements

With the development of innovative technologies, decorative materials have become more widely used, for example:

• Laminate.
• MDF panels.

Many novice craftsmen ask how to decorate the front door from the inside?

• When using decorative raw materials, this will be as simple as possible.
• They are characterized by a wide range of colors, which allows you to emphasize the originality of the design of any room.
• Preparatory work consists of thoroughly preparing the base.

IMPORTANT! Decorative materials are best installed on a special sheathing, which will ensure excellent fixation reliability.

Detailed instructions for laying laminate flooring

Installation of corner joints is carried out with special profiles.

To make slopes you can use laminate:

• It is characterized by ease of processing, sawing and installation.
• Before installing the laminate, the surface is cleaned of dust, dirt and old finishing material and the surface is primed. If there are large irregularities on the slopes, they are eliminated.
• You need to fasten the raw materials to the slopes with self-tapping screws, characterized by the presence of special decorative caps.
• At the final stage, the laminate is coated with a special compound, which will improve the appearance of the doorway.

Note! When laying decorative materials between them and the wall, craftsmen place thermal insulation material, which reduces the level of thermal conductivity of the doorway.

Finishing the slopes of entrance doors can be done using special putties.

Use of artificial materials

Decoration with decorative stone

Artificial materials are widely used in facing slopes, which is explained by their excellent decorative abilities. The price of the materials is low, which has made them especially popular in the construction market.

These include:

• Ceramics.
• Stone.
• And other raw materials.

They are characterized by:

• Strength.
• Reliability.
• No maintenance required.

Laying tiles

Decorating slopes using ceramic tiles

Before laying the tiles, the surface is leveled. This is done using special glue:

• You need to start laying tiles from the bottom. If the surface of the slope is very curved, then it is leveled with plasterboard. Tiles can be laid on top of the raw materials. When laying tiles, special attention is paid to the top of the slope.
• To create an original appearance and complement the design, you can use artificial stone.
• Before laying the tiles, the surface of the slopes is leveled and primed.
• The material is fixed using a special glue. At the joints of the tiles, strict control of their coincidence is carried out.

ATTENTION! It is especially important to monitor the quality of laying corner joints that must be treated with a special compound. Otherwise, during operation, you can get caught on an incorrectly laid tile and tear it off.

In custody

When laying the material, the tightness of its adherence to the wall is monitored. Artificial stone is characterized by the absence of the need for special care. When using artificial materials, the room looks completely different.

Installation of finishing on a slope can be done by anyone. To do this, he must familiarize himself with the characteristics of the material and the instructions for its installation. Since the area of ​​the door slopes is small, the technician will be able to install them in just a few hours. The duration of the work directly depends on the selected material. Finally, we recommend watching a video on how to finish the slopes of the front door with plasterboard.

Upgrading a metal entrance door with your own hands

Today on sale you can find metal entrance doors in a wide range. But, unfortunately, products often quickly become unusable, since at first glance, high-quality finishing material does not always meet expectations. Ordinary townspeople do not have enough money to constantly replace their doors with new ones, so manufacturers offer decorative coatings with imitation wood, marble and even glass, which will help restore old doors and slopes on their own and thereby update them beyond recognition.

Materials used for door cladding

It can be very difficult to determine from the appearance of the front door exactly what material it is made of. Thanks to the variety of finishing materials, a plastic door can look like a marble one, while the surface of a metal door, finished with wood, looks like a classic wooden model.

It is very important to correctly select the materials used for finishing. Thus, materials for external cladding must be highly durable, and interior finishing must be environmentally safe.

Materials for finishing the outer surface of the door

You need to understand that the outer surface of the front door experiences serious loads. Especially if it is a street door that takes on all the vagaries of the weather.

But the entrance doors leading to the entrance must also have durable coatings, because impacts can be not only natural. The covering of the front door must also be resistant to conscious sabotage actions that may be carried out by irresponsible citizens out of hooligan motives. Exterior door trim options:

• The most durable and vandal-resistant coating is powder paint.

Advice! Powder coating looks quite attractive, but this finishing option cannot be done with your own hands, since spraying paint requires the use of special equipment. And after painting, the doors are exposed to high temperatures, as a result of which a dense polymer film is formed on their surface.

• The finishing of doors with special panels made of artificial stone is very resistant to various influences. However, this coating does not withstand exposure to caustic chemicals.

If you choose a door finishing option that you can do yourself, you will have to choose less stable, but quite durable materials. Most often, for exterior decoration they use:

• MDF panels;
• Laminate;
• Wooden lining.

Advice! The facing material is attached to the metal surface of the door using glue or to a pre-assembled frame made of slats.

Materials for interior finishing

Since the likelihood that someone will deliberately damage the finish of the door from inside the apartment is quite low, materials for interior decoration may be less durable and reliable. But more attention is paid to the decorative qualities of the materials used to finish the door from the inside.

• If interior doors open into the hall or hallway, then the logical solution is to decorate the door at the entrance in the same style as the interior doors.
• In small hallways, the inner surface of the front door can be made mirrored.

Advice! If there are small children in the house, then it is better not to use the option of installing a mirror on the front door for safety reasons.

• If it is necessary to insulate the front door, it is upholstered with insulating material from the inside. And after installing the insulation, the door is finished with artificial leather or MDF panels.

In other words, there are no special restrictions in the choice of materials; the main requirement is that the interior decoration must be completely safe.