For a residential area with a small living area, it is extremely important to use the living space wisely and compactly. For this purpose, they often resort to using sliding wardrobes with a sliding door system in the interior. In addition, such a design will be an excellent option for a partition for large doorways, and will also help most successfully with zoning any room. They often resort to closing niches with the help of such elements.
Each door leaf is distinguished by its unique design, the material used to create it, and the dimensions suitable for the opening. The design features are very diverse, but they all have one thing in common - the presence of rollers for sliding doors. The service life of the door leaf and its ease of use depend on these small details. Moreover, not only the quality of the rollers is important, but also the correct installation by the master.
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Installation and assembly options
The main components of the system, which allows making various furniture elements movable, are structured from many components and connecting units. One of the main such parts are rollers. They allow doors to be pulled out without jamming and with virtually no noise.
The most popular in the furniture and construction market are:
- door sliding systems, including various types in terms of design;
- sliding systems for various drawers, including designs for drawers for tables, as well as sofa units, extending shelves for tables and cabinets.
This article will consider the first type, which represents information on the use of all kinds of sliding structures for sliding doors and connecting doors of sliding wardrobes.
Functionality
The main purpose of the guides in the sliding structure system for wardrobes is the comfortable operation of the sliding elements. One of the main elements is the rollers, which move along specially designated rails. Such rails are the foundation of any mechanism along which the rollers move horizontally.
In addition to the main components, the system may include additional accessories, which include:
- supports or suspensions for better sliding of rollers;
- muffling and sealing elements that make opening more convenient and silent;
- fixation regulators;
- various types of small decorative elements;
- additional parts that are required for use with specific sliding systems (various types of rollers and rails).
You can get such components at any construction market. A sales consultant will help you choose the right parts for a specific choice for the interior and components of the structures. And the choice allows you to select elements for both a budget wallet and a luxurious interior. All the necessary components depend on the size of the furniture, the weight of its doors, the quantity and other important factors.
Types of structural elements
When choosing elements for a sliding system, special attention should be paid to what the parts are made of. Currently, manufacturers offer a fairly extensive list of materials from which door components are made. We will divide the parts into the following categories, depending on the material used for their manufacture.
- Plastic. This guide profile is the most cost-effective. But the reliability of plastic structures is extremely questionable, because plastic itself has not proven itself as a reliable material for all kinds of building elements. Most often, plastic parts are combined with various metal edgings, allowing the parts to serve much longer than originally expected. Rail supports combine a plastic profile and rollers with a plastic profile and a support surface made of metal material.
- Steel. Products made of this material are distinguished by a long service life and reliability of construction. The price of such parts is relatively low and varies in accordance with the popularity of the company producing such parts. The more famous the company, the higher the price of its products. Therefore, the cost of steel components can be exorbitantly high. Do not overpay, because the properties of steel and the ease of installation of steel elements will not increase from this.
- Aluminum. This material is most often used to make supports for rails, including for sliding door systems of sliding wardrobes. Such parts have proven themselves to be the most reliable in the construction and furniture market. They are highly reliable, have a beautiful appearance, and also provide high ergonomic properties. The high quality of such parts allows them to be used even for heavy structures of any size, up to a height of five meters! The only thing that can scare off buyers is the high cost. But do not skimp on components, because the service life of any sliding system depends on them.
The supports, which are made from the above-mentioned materials, can have different shapes. They can be curved or straight. In addition, the roller rails can be strips of one, two or three levels. This division depends on the number of connecting nodes, as well as the number of sashes.
In order to enhance the aesthetic components, anodizing, chroming or painting of individual elements of the structure is used. All coatings are made in accordance with powder spraying technologies. Types of painting are selected in accordance with the customer's interior. Details can be made in gold, silver, bronze, and can also have a wood texture. In addition, a choice of different colors is possible.
Types of sliding systems
For sliding doors, the most popular designs are those with upper and lower types of fastenings. Designs with upper type of rolling involve installing guide elements in the upper part of the furniture. Support rollers are installed at the top, and the lower part has a locking function. Locking rollers move along the lower support. Thanks to this design, the door leaf will slide smoothly, without oscillations in different directions. In addition, such a system has aesthetics and a high degree of ease of use. When installing the lower support below the floor level, a visually extraordinary effect will be achieved.
In addition, there are lower and combined fastening systems. The lower ones have a similar structure to the upper ones, only the supporting element along which the rollers move are the lower rails. But the combined system combines both types of fastening, which allows the doors to be used in the most practical way.
Having considered the key points when choosing sliding systems for wardrobes and more, we can confidently say that any client will be able to choose the most convenient and profitable option for themselves. Much depends on the interior of the living space, so when choosing, you should rely on the color scheme. And for the reliability of the created structure, it is necessary to buy parts made of high-quality material that can last for decades.
What system (combined) is proposed in the sketch? Company?
It is necessary to make sliding doors with a decorative overlay, thickness about 30-32 mm.