How to choose carved doors?

At the entrance to the house, as well as at the facade, guests and passers-by appreciate the conscientiousness of the owners, their aesthetic taste. A rather beautiful option is the use of doors decorated with carvings. But you need to choose them as carefully as possible and taking into account many nuances in order to avoid mistakes.

The impersonality of structures made of metal and plastic is not to their liking for quite a few people. No matter how beautiful and harmonious they are, no matter how well they are woven into the interior, there will still be a feeling that something is missing.

The carved wooden door looks much more advantageous and original; according to a number of experts, both Russian and foreign, instead of single decorations, it is more correct to cover the entire surface of the entrance group with a pattern. Here you should definitely warn: the right decision can only be made by a trained designer or a specialist in the design of premises.

The main decision was made - to be a carved door! But in order for it to serve long enough, performing both the main and decorative functions, it is required to understand properly the type of wood. This is equally important when buying / ordering, and when making your own. To enter any structure, strength will be the primary criterion.

But if a wooden door is to be installed at the entrance to the steam room, it is preferable to use hardwood, which absorbs moisture minimally and calmly transfers its excess.

Also pay attention to the fact that:

• height up to 160 centimeters is ideal, and up to 1.7 m is only tolerable;

• the opening must take place outward;

• options with external fastening of hinges and wooden handles are only worth taking, they are safer and reduce the risk of burns.

When it comes to home doors, there are many more options available.

The most expensive, except for exotic species, is the oak massif; it can last for several decades, but it is difficult to process. Therefore, you will have to pay a considerable amount for the finished product. In terms of external attractiveness, beech is not much inferior to oak, and according to some experts, it even surpasses it.

Attention: for all the aesthetics of solid wood, it can be used only where the air humidity is normal or low; such a solution is also impractical for the front door. To reduce the risk of internal deformation, slats must be present in the inside of it.

When the decoration is completed, the canvas is certainly covered with polyurethane varnish, which not only blocks the appearance of fungal colonies, but also adds external appeal.

Interior doors can be decorated with carved platbands; in most cases, the top board in them is painted with a pattern that visually dominates over other ornaments. Towards the side elements of the plot there are overhangs, intertwining in an arbitrary way. Carvings based on the 19th century are widespread, and scenes inspired by the Renaissance are not uncommon.

In an ordinary city apartment and even in an oriental interior, the carved details look good, you just need to choose and think over them properly. In addition to external beauty, these elements improve sound insulation, prevent dust and dirt from penetrating inside. An alternative is the use of door linings, most often the largest of them is placed in the center of the canvas. The doors with corner overlays are no less elegant.

Beautiful entrance doors can only be created by a well-trained carver who has all the necessary equipment. Whether the décor is classic or avant-garde, carvings will greatly enhance the visual impact they create.

Experts identify such decoration techniques as:

• flat-relief (the figure has only a slightly outlined silhouette, which is in the same plane as the base);

• contour (the lines are deep, they go along the surface, the ornament looks like an engraved one);

• geometric (a pattern embedded in the material on a smooth surface);

• relief (divided into bas-relief and high relief);

• slotted (it is used quite rarely and is used only to obtain a part of the composition).

Oak doors (as well as others belonging to the elite category) are processed in such a way that there are no voids or knots left, so that the moisture content of the wood is within certain limits and new portions of moisture, temperature changes do not affect the properties of the structure. Optimal for both financial and practical reasons is the use of a spliced ​​array.

Additional decorations can be very sophisticated - there are also handles (hinges) made for antique versions and inserts of stained-glass windows, forged blocks.

Stationary carved screens must be equipped with reliable fastening mechanisms; the standard period of their use is equal to the service life of the whole house. The sliding partition is very aesthetic, and the folding ("accordion") is useful where there is not enough space. But swing structures are categorically not suitable for a small room. It is undesirable to order a pendulum door with a blank canvas, it will be too massive.

As for cutters for doors on wood, tool steels (either stamped or high-speed) are used for their manufacture. It is important that some tools are used in machine tools in large-scale production, and completely different - in hand mills. The roughing cutter has a serrated cutting edge, with its help the wood is pre-processed. Finishing is done with a finishing tool, in which the working part is completely smooth.

The following video is about how to carve a bath door on a CNC machine.