How to measure sliding doors correctly? Sliding doors installation complete guide

Do you know what is the most common reason for clients’ complaints? If you have a little bit of experience for sure you can say - installation mistakes. How to do the sliding doors measurements well? You will see in today’s episode of debesto B2B academy. Are you looking for cheap, high quality windows and doors? Visit our website: 👉https://debesto.com/en-us/👈 📺 Watch our episode on how to choose sliding doors for your client:    • Video   📰 Read the article: https://debesto.com/en-us/how-to-meas... 00:00 - Introduction 01:09 - How to measurement when floor is done and threshold is not embedded 03:32 - How to measurement when floor is below final height and threshold is embedded 06:58 - How to measurement when floor is below final height and threshold is not embedded ____________________________________________ I will explain the main topic of this episode based on a few real situations from construction sites. The rules of installation are the same for every material such as vinyl, upvc, aluminium or wood. Let’s start with the measurement. The way of measurement is different in each of these three examples. First situation: you install the door when the floor is done and there is no possibility of embedding the threshold in it. Second: you install the door in conditions where the current floor is below the final height and your door has a low threshold embedded in the floor. Third: you install the door in conditions where the floor is below the final height, but the threshold will not be embedded in the floor. In the first example you should measure the width of the door opening from right to left at 3 heights and choose the smallest dimension. Subtract 2cm from the left and 2cm from the right. In this way you have the width of the opening in the narrowest place minus 4cm. Determining the height is a more difficult task. It all depends on the installation conditions. If the floor in the building is finished, and we cannot embed the threshold into the floor, we determine the patio door height from the floor to the lintel line, subtracting 2-3 cm for expansion joints. The final height of the door will be about 2.5 cm lower than the height from the floor to the lintel at the lowest point. Remember to order doors with the lowest possible threshold. For example, in bifold door or HST sliding doors, you can order thresholds not embedded in the floor and meeting the criteria of a low threshold without barriers. It is more difficult to determine the correct height of the door when the building is under construction, and there is no physically finished floor yet - the so-called level “zero” . In this case you must require from the investor to indicate and mark on the walls where the floor level is planned. Once you have determined the "zero level” of the finished floor (with tiles, carpet, plank or anything else) measurement is very simple, but there are two options again. If you plan to install the door with the threshold embedded in the floor, you can do measurements as follows, Measure the height from level “zero” to the lintel at a minimum of 3 points. Then you subtract 2cm from the lowest height obtained. And this is the height of your door from the threshold to the upper part of the frame. But attention! To order the door correctly - you must add the threshold height to this height - which, depending on the model, can be from 20 to 90mm! In order for the measurement to be complete and allow you to order the correct door size - you must measure the height from zero to the current level of the bottom frame at minimum 3 points and provide the lowest obtained dimension for the supplier. Having those 3 parameters: 1. The height of the opening from the lintel to the zero level, 2. Door model and threshold height, which will be embedded in the floor. 3. And height from the bottom frame to the zero level. The supplier will select a sliding door with an embedded threshold of optimal dimensions. and system profiles widening the frame or ground profiles, for example. from XPS or styrodur. If you install bifold or sliding doors like HST with a threshold base set at floor height measurement is much simpler. You only need measurements at 3 points in height from the zero level of the finished floor to the lintel. You subtract 2cm from the lowest dimension and this is the height of your door. Extensions - in 3 points, as in the previous example, the height from the finished floor level to the bottom jamb. You give the lowest value to the supplier - as the dimension to which you should choose system profiles expanding the frame or ground profiles. ____________________________________________ Follow us on social media 👇 Linkedin:   / debe.  . Facebook:   / wearedebesto   Instagram:   / wearedebesto   #howtomeasure #slidingdoors #installationguide