A complete guide to choosing wooden doors for home decoration, teach you how to choose the right door in 5 minutes!

A qualified wooden door not only provides you with ventilation and insulation, protecting your privacy, but also serves as a great decoration for your home with its natural texture. So how should we choose, install, and maintain wooden doors? How to renovate old wooden doors with paint peeling off? Don’t worry, I will explain them one by one below.

How to choose wooden doors?

*Tip: Tap and weigh wooden doors

According to experts, the first step in identifying the quality of wooden doors is to strike and weigh them. The filling inside the door is generally divided into solid and partially solid types. Solid filling is definitely heavy and expensive; And some solid parts are relatively light, and the price is also relatively cheap. But some unscrupulous merchants use leftover materials as fillers, which is worrying about the environmental protection of wooden doors. So as consumers, we need to develop the habit of purchasing branded products.

Second move: Check the “sealing strip”

The sealing strip is directly related to the density of the door. The sealing strip is “hidden” at the contact part between the door frame and the door leaf, which feels relatively soft to the touch. Legitimate enterprises will add sealing strips to avoid the problem of a seam after closing the door. If the seal is not tight, the wood is prone to releasing formaldehyde, which does not meet environmental standards.

Third move: Door frames are equally important

The material and quality of the door frame are also key to environmental protection. Some merchants use different materials for door frames and leaves, and solid wood door leaves do not necessarily mean that solid wood door frames will be used. If a solid wood door is made with a door frame made of density board, because it does not contain wood fibers, it is easy to foam when it comes into contact with water, which can cause the door frame to deform. Therefore, when purchasing, it is important to clarify whether the door frame and door leaf are made of the same material.

Fourth move: Understand environmental indicators

The harmful substances produced by wooden doors mainly come from artificial wooden boards and paint coatings. When consumers choose wooden doors, they must understand whether their environmental indicators meet the standards: formaldehyde emission ≤ 1.5mg/L, soluble lead ≤ 90mg/kg, soluble cadmium ≤ 75mg/kg, soluble chromium ≤ 60mg/kg, etc. Wooden doors that are lightweight, rigid, waterproof, corrosion-resistant, insect proof, soundproof, insulated, and flame-retardant should be *.

How to install wooden doors?

1. Installation conditions

Wooden doors must be installed with reserved openings, and it is strictly prohibited to install and build openings at the same time. Wooden doors must be installed after the installation of the floor works (such as floor tiles and stone) at the opening, and at the same time, the wall putty must be scraped and polished flat (all openings on the wall where wall tiles and stone are needed must be fully aligned with the side of the opening), before installation can proceed.

The humidity of the installation hole wall is 25%. If the humidity is 25%, a moisture-proof isolation layer should be installed on the installation wall. The installation site environment is clean, free from clutter, and there are no cross operations.

2. Installation tools

It is necessary to prepare all electric hammers, woodworking hammers, planers, flat files, fine toothed saws (steel saws), screwdrivers, angle gauges, tape measures, plumb bobs, level rulers, drills, hole openers, punctures, and corresponding specifications of drill bits.

3. Installation sequence

*Step by step, assemble the door frame. First, locate the door frame and vertical panel, align the joint according to the back number, and ensure that the opening is on the same plane. Apply glue to the joint.

Step 2: Install the door frame. Place the securely assembled door frame as a whole into the door opening, and use small wooden strips to roughly fix the edges of the door frame. The two sides of the door frame should be on the same plane as the wall. Then check whether the door frame is perpendicular to the ground as a whole, whether the two corners of the door frame top plate and the two vertical plates are right angles, and whether the door frame vertical plate is bent. Twist the iron pieces at both ends to wrap around the wall.

Step three, install the door leaf. First, open the hinge groove. The distance between the hinge groove and the two ends of the door leaf should be 1/10 of the height of the door leaf.

Step 4: Install the door lock. After installation, check whether the door leaf and door lock switch are flexible, whether the seam is flexible, and whether the seam meets the specifications.

Step 5: Install the door frame wire. Cut the door frame line with a right angled edge into a 45 degree angle, use a carpenter to trim it, insert the right angled edge into the door frame groove, and use floor glue to firmly bond the door frame line to the door frame plate.

Step 6: Install the door stopper at the corresponding position.

4. Installation techniques for wooden doors

When installing wooden doors, first check whether all components of the door are complete, whether the dimensions of each component are correct, and whether the allocation to each set of doors to the corresponding position matches the door opening ruler.

The installation technique for wooden doors is as follows: When goods are to be loaded, please place them horizontally on the ground and do not lean against them. Unpainted products should be painted within five days. Try to avoid prolonged exposure to outdoor sunlight to prevent wooden doors from being heated. Maintain indoor air circulation to prevent wooden doors from frequently getting damp. To prevent abnormal impact on wooden doors, do not apply excessive force when not closing. It is strictly prohibited to nail or hang heavy objects on the door. Before installing corner walls and T-shaped wall door openings, customers should be notified to create a “false wall” on the side without door piers, with a width dimension of not less than 50mm. The width dimension of the “false wall” should be determined based on the width of the line. Otherwise, the door edge lines displayed on both sides will be asymmetrical.

How to renovate old wooden doors?

*Step by step, remove handles and other decorative items.

Remove the handles and other decorative items on the wooden door to prevent scratches on the hands in the next step and also to facilitate even painting.

The second step is polishing.

1. Polish all the areas that need to be painted with coarse sandpaper, paying attention not to polish the corners too severely and maintaining the original shape of the wooden door.
2. Dip a cloth in water to make it semi wet, and wipe off all the powder on the freshly polished wooden door.
3. Take fine sandpaper and sand again, paying attention to the corners.
4. Clean the powder thoroughly with a damp cloth.

This part is very important, so that the wooden door can be painted more firmly.

Step three, brush the paint.

1. Take paint, brush, and open the paint cover.
2. Dip the brush in the paint bucket and avoid getting too much paint at once.
3. The rule for painting is from top to bottom and from left to right.
4. Pay attention to painting corners and hidden areas as well.

Step four, air dry.

Leave the painted wooden door for four to five hours until the paint dries completely.

Step five, polish again.

After the paint dries, use fine sandpaper to polish the wooden door from beginning to end again.

This polishing is to smooth out the uneven areas on the paint, which is beneficial for further painting.

Step six, apply the second coat of paint.

Follow the third step above to apply the second coat of paint.

Note that if the paint is too thick, you can add an appropriate amount of rubber water to dilute the paint before brushing.

Then continue to air dry and polish.

Step seven, apply the third coat of paint.

Brush the paint again according to the above steps, and the paint on the wooden door will be finished.

Step eight, install decorative items such as handles.

Install the decorative items that were removed in steps such as the handle back.

So the entire wooden door has been painted.

At this point, you will find that the paint on the wooden door is even and beautiful, and the entire room becomes beautiful.

How to clean and maintain wooden doors?

1. In spring, autumn, and winter, attention should be paid to good indoor ventilation, maintaining indoor humidity, and keeping wooden doors at normal room temperature and humidity to prevent deformation, cracking, rusting of metal fittings, edge sealing, and peeling of wooden door decorative materials due to humidity and large temperature differences.
2. Do not frequently use hands with water stains or other solutions to open wooden doors, in order to prevent the door lock from changing color. When opening a wooden door or turning the door lock handle, do not apply too much force, as it may reduce the service life of the wooden door lock. Hardware accessories such as hinges and door locks that frequently move should be tightened immediately when they become loose. When the wooden door lock fails to open, you can add an appropriate amount of pencil lead powder into the keyhole.
3. In winter, the indoor temperature should not be too high (preferably around 20 degrees). When using electric heaters or other heating equipment, stay away from wooden doors to avoid deformation due to heat.
4. When painting walls, wooden doors should be covered to prevent the paint from peeling off and fading on the surface of the product, affecting the overall appearance.
5. Do not rub the edges and corners of wooden doors frequently to avoid fading and damaging the decorative materials at the edges and corners.
6. When removing stains on the surface of wooden doors, you can use air to wet them and then wipe them with a soft cloth. Using a hard cloth can easily scratch the surface. If the stains are too heavy, neutral cleaning agents, toothpaste, or furniture specific cleaning agents can be used. After cleaning, immediately wipe them clean.
7. To maintain the surface gloss and service life of wooden doors, regular cleaning and dust removal should be carried out. Special maintenance solution for wooden decoration products can be used to maintain their surface.
8. When removing dust from wooden doors, if it is inconvenient to wipe them off with a soft cotton cloth, a vacuum cleaner can be used for cleaning.
9. Be careful not to leave cloths soaked in neutral reagents or water on the surface of wooden doors for a long time, as it may damage the surface and cause discoloration or peeling of the surface finishing material.
10. When using wooden doors, do not hang heavy objects on the door leaf or avoid sharp objects from bumping or scratching. When opening or closing the door leaf, do not apply too much force or open at too large an angle.