To save the maximum amount of heat in the apartment and not to overpay for heating in winter, try to insulate the front door with your own hands. It’s not as difficult as it might seem at first glance..
Perimeter
Insulation of doors, both wooden and metal, usually begins around the perimeter. The task is not difficult. To solve it, you must have a special seal, which can be either self-adhesive or mortise.
How to insulate an iron front door with it?
Self-adhesive sealant will require surface pretreatment. Treat the door frame with any suitable solvent (alcohol, acetone, paint thinner), and firmly press the self-adhesive sealant around the perimeter, removing it from the backing. The mortise seal is forcefully pressed against the groove previously cut in the door frame.
Advice
How to insulate a metal front door around the perimeter so that it is reliable? First of all, you need to accurately determine the thickness of the required insulation. This can be done using plasticine. Wrap it in plastic wrap, place it between the door leaf and the frame, and press firmly. A roller is formed on the back of the plasticine, its thickness will be the thickness of the insulation you need.
Insulate with heat-insulating material
How to insulate a metal front door so that it is not only reliable, but also beautiful? If your door is a metal profile with a sheet of metal welded to it, it will not be able to protect against cold and noise. You can insulate the front door with your own hands by filling the gaps between the metal sheets with a suitable thermal insulating material.
As a heater, you can pick up panels made of expanded polystyrene, polystyrene, or other thermal and noise insulating materials.
You will also need:
- one or more sheets of fiberboard;
- liquid Nails;
- sealant;
- screws;
- tool for work (tape measure, door, jigsaw, screwdriver).
How to insulate an iron front door according to all the rules?
- To begin with, measure the door leaf with a tape measure. Carefully and accurately transfer the obtained data to the fiberboard, and cut out the resulting template.
- Mark holes for locks and a peephole (if any) on the template, and also cut them out.
- To cope with the task of insulating a metal front door on your own, it is necessary to fill the voids in it with the selected insulation so that there are no voids and cracks left. Insulation is attached to the door using liquid nails or sealant.
- At the next stage, polyurethane foam will help you to insulate the front door with your own hands. With its help, all voids, even small gaps, must be filled, then let the foam dry, cut off all excess, and also cut holes in the seal for locks and a peephole. After that, the preparation can be considered completed..
- At the last stage, the fiberboard sheet cut out according to the template is screwed along the entire perimeter of the canvas. Then the door can be upholstered with the selected material – already mainly for decorative purposes..
If you still doubt how to insulate an iron entrance door without the help of specialists, study the design of your door. It is possible that you will not need some operations, and everything will be easier than you thought..
