Is it possible to create a comfortable and stylish plumbing space in a limited area? The attempt will certainly be crowned with success if you choose hidden doors for the bathroom and toilet. A well-known room, complemented by such an extraordinary final chord, will transform before our eyes, getting rid of ordinary flaws:

• very small dimensions required by building standards;
• tightness, feeling of overload, pressure, discomfort;
• disproportionality of architecture, etc.

The best way to get quality hidden doors for your bathroom and toilet is to buy them from complete set. Today, many reputable factories offer products equipped with exactly those elements that optimally match their characteristics.

Thus, the Secret system of the Academy brand contains in the device:

• canvas that is to be fixed in the same plane with the wall. Without protruding on the general surface, it “smoothes out” the perception of the composition and helps to unload it;
• a box of a patented structure, which successfully copes with the role of a strong and reliable supporting structure, but does not betray its presence in any way. Responsible for the coplanar arrangement of the sash, it is hidden behind the wall decoration. The hidden door to the toilet and bathroom does not require installation of platbands;
• a set of hinges designed for installation inside the canvas and box. Special canopies are built into the parts of the block and remain invisible when the sash is closed. Only a strict rectangle is visible to the eye, separated from the wall by a gap of 3-4 mm and not disturbed by burdensome parts.

Coating options

A product that will work in conditions of constant humidity and sharply changing temperatures must be practical, protected from negative influence environment. When choosing hidden doors for the bathroom, owners look with special interest at modelspainted with enamel or wrapped in eco-veneer with a wood-like texture. A canvas without finished cladding offers a different look at the design of the opening.

Treated with a protective primer, it is subject to:

• masking against the general background of the room. To do this, use paint, plaster, ceramic tiles. Completely hidden design - a chance to get unique interior and minimize the number of visible details of the situation, unloading it;
• mirror equipment. Such a product will give the room more depth, light, and presentability;
• turning into a painting - for example, with a marine theme. Low price, inherent in primed hidden doors for the bathroom and toilet, may well be combined with an exclusive artistic design.

In order for the “invisible” device to become an integral part of the decoration and delight you with uninterrupted operation for a long time, it is important to take care of its professional installation. Academy specialists will provide assistance in this matter.

Until recently, all communications in bathrooms were visible, and this was considered completely normal. But time does not stand still; now they are hidden behind hypocardboard structures, turning latrines into stylish rooms with a minimum of clutter. Plumbing inspection hatches help maintain access to meters and taps and not spoil the beauty. You can buy them or make them yourself.

Species

Depending on the object hidden behind the hatch, the following hatches are distinguished:

• electrical;
• plumbing;
• ventilation.

By location:

• floor;
• wall;
• ceiling

Special requirements strength requirements apply to floor and ceiling hatches. Floor-standing models must be resistant to external physical impact, have reliable design, frame, with additional equipment, moisture protection and sound insulation. Ceiling doors must be light in weight and have a well-thought-out closure option so that the doors do not accidentally swing open. Such windows are used in commercial premises, public places, garages.

IN residential buildings and apartments, wall hatches are more readily used for a number of reasons (space saving, wider choice of models, simplicity and ease of installation).

Traditional shapes for sanitary hatches are square and rectangular. If necessary, custom doors can be made or ordered, but their installation and application will vary slightly.

According to the material of manufacture, the following are distinguished:

• Available plastic models. Usually with a handle or push. Often used white, however, other popular colors can be found on sale. Wide variety of sizes.
• Metal doors have a colored coating (powder paint), they are loved for their strength and stability.
• Other materials. You can make a plumbing hatch under the tiles from available materials (plasterboard, chipboard), which allows you to apply a masking coating on top. The frame for this door is usually made of aluminum or metal to ensure durability. They can be played up and hidden in a traditional design. This is an elegant solution that is becoming popular not only among designers, but also among ordinary people. This option is especially good when it comes to non-standard shapes and sizes.

The more inconspicuous the inspection hatch in the interior, the better. Therefore, such models, both magnetic, hidden, and push-on, are attracting more and more interest.

Push structures

They are made using push systems and roller mechanisms. Often combined with invisible mechanisms, with double spatial hinges, which save space and do not use handles. Doors can be sliding, hinged, or swing open in one or both directions. It is better to choose mechanisms from trusted manufacturers.

The peculiarity of some push systems is that they open in two steps: after strong pressure, the door moves slightly to the side, after which it becomes noticeable. In this state, the lid can be easily pulled to the side. In practice, plumbing hatches of small and medium sizes are designed this way.

Hidden, invisible

Popular invisible systems combine the nuances of other options and make large doors invisible.

They are usually used in residential buildings in bathrooms to visually enlarge the space, as well as decorate communications in niches, providing access. The use of special hinges and drywall on the lid helps to “adapt” the inspection hatch to the wall. At the same time, the installation of such a window should be taken into account in advance when designing a niche. For a completed renovation, redesigning it as “invisible” may be inconvenient and, on the contrary, will ruin the entire look.

On magnets

Designs based on neodymium magnets are used in floor and wall viewing windows. The magnets are very strong and can support significant weight. A cunning approach helps make such covers invisible: the groove for the hatch is made a little smaller so that the door itself is under the flooring (tile, piece of laminate), masking it. In large-size versions or for heavy materials, the lid is equipped with a handle for convenience. Light and small hatches can be removable and without handles; large ones are often made folding. The magnet helps the lid to hold on; in some versions it is simply moved to the side to weaken the attraction; in floor-standing ones they complement the force of the lid’s own gravity.

Dimensions

Standards for inspection hatches assume a minimum size of 10 cm*10 cm square. finished products use hatches the size of regular tiles 20*30.

Working with arbitrary parameters, craftsmen strive to bring them closer to such an option that ceramic products can completely fit on the curtain. This approach will allow you to “hide” the hatch. Specific dimensions depend on the purpose of the door and the position of the pipes and cables.

The biggest of ready-made options they consider doors to be 120 cm. Homemade doors that differ from the usual parameters should be brought closer to the following: at least 5 - 50 mm of tile stock on the fixer with the wall, no more than ½ of the tile’s own parameters on the free side.

Components

The structure of a particular hatch depends on its type. Standard wall option Includes aluminum frame, lock, hinge and door.

The material of a hidden plumbing door is usually made moisture-resistant (for example, treated plasterboard, chipboard, OSB). The frame is mounted in a niche or wall. The lock “reacts” to external influence, holding the door in the niche grooves.

The hinge mechanism and adjustment are an important part on which exactly how the hatch opens and in which direction depends. In simple versions, these can be mounted or furniture hinges. In the tricky ones - double ones with additional adjustment units.

Hatch position and opening side

Usually they try to determine the location of the inspection hatch in such a way that when it swings open it does not touch other objects in the room, and also gives necessary review. It is convenient to open the door left or right, with rare exceptions. Vertical opening is accompanied by more responsible site preparation.

The angular position of the viewing window is thoughtless: the corners of the door will interfere, the structure will be weaker. It is better not to make the door close to the floor: the bottom edge can scratch the floor and leave marks. The rule of whole tiles also applies to this moment of installation.

Installation of a hidden hatch

Installation secret hatch It starts with attaching the frame. IN plasterboard construction profiles are pre-prepared to connect the hatch frame with the frame using metal screws. The grooves for them are drilled in advance. If the installation is carried out in an opening in a brick or block wall, then use dowel-nails, and foam the gaps between the frame and the wall. In this case, the door is removed from the frame and installed after the sealant is ready (about a day for hardening to remove excess along the contour).

After installing the frame, the niche is covered with material covering the frame. The surface of the frame must be flat. After installation, check the operation of the hinge mechanism; you can debug it with a hex key.

Facing

The finishing of the hatch and walls is done at the same time. To glue the tiles to the invisible door, you need to prime the work surface. The pressing mechanisms are fixed with special fasteners, the doors are weighed down or a load bolt is used. On drywall, tiles are glued using liquid nails or using special cement mixtures. On wood boards a reinforcing mesh is pre-installed. When applying glue to ceramics, future gaps are taken into account. For high-quality fixation of tiles, the glue must hold at least ½ of its surface.

The mixture should not flow or clog into the space between the hatch and its frame. The excess needs to be eliminated faster. The mixture will set in a day, then you can remove the excess from the tiles.

Grouting, sealing

The processing of invisible hatches has its own characteristics: they are not rubbed down around the edges. The rest of the hatch space is covered with the composition like the entire wall. To accurately determine this location, the edge is treated with construction tape, leaving a small gap. They put it in silicone sealant, leveling the layer with your fingers. In order for the mass to behave obediently, you need to wet your hands in a soapy solution. After this, the tape is carefully removed. Silicone takes 2 days to dry. The final touch: cuts around the perimeter of the hatch. They make it at an angle of 45°, trying to reach construction knife to the base, using 1 stroke on each side. This helps avoid fringing around the edges.

Excess sealant is removed from the open hatch.

How to do it yourself?

Not always ready inspection hatches satisfy requests. In this case, you can spend a little time and effort and make the necessary part yourself.

If you need a small window, then magnetic options are good. To do this, install magnets at the corners of the door, and duplicate magnets at the edges of the frame (8 magnets in total). It is better to equip the lid with a neat handle, it will be more practical. Use regular furniture fittings as a handle.

When making large doors, furniture spare parts are also useful: it is convenient to install ready-made push systems and conventional hinges.

• Take measurements, mark the future location and check it with a level to avoid distortions.
• Prepare the base and frame. You can use regular aluminum profile under the frame, make the frame from planks or from the same profile. Set the frame.
• Making the lid: the base must be dense, use wood boards. The coating depends on the thickness of the layer and the planned work. It is better to use drywall: finishing work They walk on it more successfully than on a prepared tree. Carefully connect the cover parts with self-tapping screws.
• Prepare the grooves for the hinge mechanism: step back 10 mm on both sides and drill. Having connected the hinges to the cover, attach it to the frame and make markings for the holes for the mechanism.
• Install the hinges in the frame. Now you can hang the hatch in place. The cover should be flush with the unfinished wall and not rise above it. The hatch must have a gap so that it can be easily opened by pressing (take into account the future cladding).



Remodeling plumbing doors is not an easy task. A simple element of the interior requires careful attention. Many people only understand after purchase and installation how it would be better to carry out this procedure. It can be useful to ask your neighbors upstairs or downstairs how they resolved this issue and whether they were satisfied.

Pay attention to the following points:

• When purchasing a ready-made plumbing hatch check if the orientation is correct (vertical or horizontal). Often the size 20*30 confuses both sellers and buyers.
• Use a level when installing.
• Small windows They are installed immediately with a lid, and large ones are disassembled into parts.
• It is better to do the wall cladding immediately under the door of the invisible system, leaving the bottom row above the floor for last. In this way, the dimensions of the tiles are adjusted and accidental distortions are avoided.
• Unsuccessful operations with cutting the sealant can be corrected: apply silicone along the edge and close the hatch. Remove any excess material and leave to dry again.
• If the wall is being prepared for painting, then the seam must be cut after filling, before the mixture dries.

With a little experience, you can quickly install ready-made inspection hatches, and if you wish, you can create it yourself. The master's work is afraid!

Some owners want to arrange a secret room in their apartment where they can hide personal belongings from prying eyes, cash and other things that you want to hide.

A secret door can be installed for the following purposes:

Hidden door in the wall

To hide a door in the wall, you need to decorate it with your own hands so that it blends into the overall interior. It's better to sheathe it beautiful panels made of plastic or wood, but you can simply cover it with material to match all the walls of the room.

In this case, it is important not to install platbands, but to use special locks and hidden hinges on hinges.

Hidden wardrobe door

A secret door in the form of a cabinet is the oldest and classic option, which has already lost its popularity. A closet equipped with shelves on which all kinds of souvenirs and personal items are located will hardly arouse any suspicion among anyone. To prevent things from falling off the shelves when the secret door is opened, they are lubricated with special wax.

Can be purchased now ready-made system cabinets, which is already equipped with a door, but is much cheaper and easier to make bookshelves on a pre-installed door.

Another very simple options in the interior there will be a closet arrangement, in the back wall of which there will be a room.

The use of cabinets is the best method disguising a secret door to the room. But the use of such a method will be appropriate only if there is home office or libraries.

Hidden door behind a mirror or picture

Great to hide secrets interior doors A mirror or a special mirror overlay will help. It is better to hide the door using this method with your own hands in the hallway or in any room where there are mirrored cabinets.

This is quite easy to do. You just need to fix the mirror on an MDF base, make a frame of metal or wood and install a hidden handle.

You can also disguise interior doors using a painting. As a result, instead of a door, you can get a work of art in which the door leaf will be a painting, and the frame will be instead of platbands. To do this, it is better to stick photo wallpaper on the door or hand-paint the canvas with special paints.

So one can come up with original interior and at the same time hide a certain room from prying eyes with your own hands.

Curtain to disguise the door

One of the cheapest and easiest methods for arranging a secret door is a curtain. You can choose both simple fabric canvases and intricate draped curtains.

To disguise the door in this way, you need to use a cornice (which can be sewn into a suspended ceiling or hung on special brackets) and a curtain or curtain. This option is best suited to hide the entrance to a niche, dressing room, or for use in an inconspicuous corner of the room.

If the owners of the house want to hide something dangerous, then it is better to do it not behind the curtain, but behind secure door with a good lock.

It may seem that secret interior doors are enough complex design to do it yourself. It's actually quite easy to make it yourself. To do everything quickly and correctly, you must adhere to the following principles:

To prevent the door handle from showing, it is better to use a special in-depth model. An excellent option would be to use sliding mechanism, which will work when pressed or rotated.

If your home has hollow walls, then installing hidden sliding doors would be an excellent option. This option will be especially relevant when space is limited. Open camouflaged doors This can be done using special automation or manually.

An excellent option would be to use a hidden door in dressing room. Most often, owners do this to hide their belongings from strangers.

If you want to draw attention away from any room in your home or just want to decorate the interior stylishly, you will be interested in learning how to make a secret door. This design practically merges with the surrounding objects. This solution will be relevant if you are a follower of the minimalist style or just want to hide certain room from prying eyes. Overall, this is a very interesting idea that can be brought to life with your own hands.

There are many ways to disguise a door in the interior

Basic Design Principles

If at first glance a secret door seems difficult to make, in fact you can make it with your own hands without much difficulty. To properly arrange a secret door, it is important to adhere to the following principles:

• The door frame should be hidden in the wall or additionally disguised. To do this, you can cover it with plasterboard.
• Loops and sliding system hidden types are also selected.
• It is advisable not to use standard handles and locks.
• A fragment of the plinth can be attached to the bottom of the canvas.
• If the door is planned to be disguised as a wall, it should be clearly flush with its surface.

If you don't want to door handle has given away the entire structure, you can install a mortise-in-depth model on the side, equip the canvas with a pressure-operated system, or install a rotating or sliding mechanism.

An important factor when creating a secret door is the non-use of standard handles and hinges

You can come up with many options for execution. The most popular of them should be noted:

• curtain;
• wall decor;
• mirror;
• painting;
• closet.

Curtain

The simplest version of a secret door, which you can make with your own hands, involves the banal use of curtains. Straight fabrics or drapery can simultaneously attract attention and, when correct design, disguise the passage to another room.

In order to secure the curtain you need to use a curtain rod. This can be a regular window version on brackets or hidden, for example, sewn into suspended ceiling. It is best to choose curtains of the same design as the window ones. The ideal option for such disguise is to place the door under the curtain opposite the window. Then such a design looks quite organic. It is also a good idea to locate the entrance in a niche or an inconspicuous corner of the room. Even a draped bright curtain will not attract special attention. In this way, you can separate an area for work, rest, study, or hide the entrance to the pantry or dressing room.

The easiest way to hide a door is to use curtains

Disguise as a wall

The most popular way to hide a door in the interior is to disguise it as an adjacent wall. If you play this situation correctly, the entrance to another room literally dissolves against the background of the wall.

You can do this kind of work with your own hands in different ways:

• Wallpaper. The easiest way to disguise yourself. In order for the entrance to be as unnoticeable as possible, care should be taken to ensure that the gaps between the canvas and the wall are minimal. Also, do not forget that the baseboard may give away your idea. You can use plain wallpaper, with a pattern, ornament, or a photo version.
• Painting. An alternative to the previous option. You can create an additional effect by painting the wall with rectangles of slightly different shades. This will allow the door to get lost in the general background.
• Panels. A very popular option. The panel covering is fixed to the frame of the canvas, just like on the wall. It can be wood, laminate, MDF, etc.
• Decorative inserts. If the design of the room provides for the presence decorative niches and inserts, this option will suit you perfectly. This way it will be more convenient for you to hide the box by constructing a box, and several identical inserts will ideally distract attention from the door.
• Tile. A very effective way. Additional camouflage is provided by the seams between the tiles. Can be used decorative brick, mosaic or regular tiles.

Disguising the door as a wall is the most commonly used option

Large mirror

A good way to hide a secret door in the interior is to use a mirror overlay. This option looks especially good in the interior of a corridor, bedroom or in another room where there are wardrobes with mirrored doors. This is an excellent option for decorating the entrance to the dressing room.

An example of disguising a door as a mirror

This kind of work can be done very simply. In order to secure the mirror, an MDF base is used. The frame is best made of aluminum. You can additionally fix a decorative frame on top, which will replace the handle, allow you to hide the joints and create the effect of framing a large wall mirror.

An interesting way to hide a secret door is to use a mirror

Another advantage of a mirror is that it will visually expand the space. However, it will require constant care to ensure that fingerprints and dust do not remain on the surface.

Painting

Another option, which you can also do yourself, involves using a work of art as a disguise for the door leaf. It's about classic version disguising the door behind the picture. To a certain extent, this method is similar to the previous option with a mirror. The picture will also not indicate that there is a passage behind it, and the frame will hide the gaps and joints.

You don't have to hang a Renaissance-style painting on your door, as it usually looks in movies. For modern interior Photo wallpaper or some modern composition, abstraction or family photo in large format would be perfect.

Using a picture, you can easily disguise the door

In order to set up such a disguise, you don’t need to buy an expensive, huge painting. Just choose a suitable image and stick it on the door like a photo wallpaper. For the frame, use wood, plastic, moldings or other materials.

Hidden behind the closet

Perhaps the most interesting way is to hide the entrance to the room behind a closet. Previously, a secret lever was used as a lock, which could be activated using a special book. Today everything can be done much easier. It is not even necessary to use a full-fledged closet with books or boxes. You can replace it with a prop mock-up. In this case, panels and decorative overlays are attached to the canvas, which create the effect of books standing on shelves. The whole construction will take much less space, but at the same time will provide an amazing effect.

The most in an interesting way hide the door is to use the closet

You can decorate the door in such a way that it is clear that this is the entrance to another room. The way it is decorated will give the room a certain chic and style. This ideal option as for classic interior, and for anyone else.

The secret door in the house is original solution design that is decorative, practical and stylish. Which option to choose is up to the owners to decide, but each of them deserves attention and implementation.

What techniques can be implemented using the model?

When installing hidden doors in the bathroom and toilet, the owners resort to various possibilities their design.

A regular laminated or painted sash without any visible frame. Fixed flush with the wall, it acts as part of the overall geometry of the room. The absence of bulky trim has a beneficial effect on the overall perception of space - especially if it is small and burdened with many details.

Fully camouflaged canvas. On one or both sides, the product, supplied without cladding, can be turned into a visual extension of the wall. In the hallway, the material for its decoration will be wallpaper or decorative plaster. And from the side of the bathroom it will hide the door ceramic tiles or practical enamel.

Painting. Treated with high-quality primer, a hidden door to a toilet or bathroom is a “faceless” design that can be given any look. In particular, decorate it with an original pattern, or even turn it into a full-fledged work of art - for example, inspired by a marine theme.

Mirror. An excellent functional option for the bathroom, which will visually expand the room and come to the aid of household members in various hygiene and cosmetic procedures.

What door systems can you consider?

The hinged block is the simplest, most reliable and popular way to design plumbing rooms, but not the only one. When there is a need to buy hidden doors to the bathroom and toilet adjacent to a narrow and cramped corridor, from swing design it is better to refuse in favor of:

sliding model, coplanar with the wall. To open such a sash, you need to pull it towards you and slide it. The area around the opening is completely unloaded, but the canvas needs an unoccupied wall to slide;

rotor design. The stylish and laconic product opens by turning and sliding. The width of the sash is evenly distributed between two adjacent rooms.

Who makes "invisible" cameras?

The following will help you fully equip the product:

hidden loops;

magnetic plumbing lock;

white sealing outline;

handle chosen at the discretion of the customer.