Hanging system for sliding wardrobes: types and characteristics

What is it and how does it work?

The hanging system for sliding wardrobes is a set of sliding doors equipped with top-supporting or bottom-supporting rollers. It consists of an aluminum profile with a special coating. The system includes closers that allow you to close the doors carefully. The need for its appearance was dictated by the living conditions of many apartment owners and their families who do not have significant living space: it allows rational use of living space.

The hanging system for sliding wardrobes is a set of sliding doors equipped with top-supporting or bottom-supporting rollers.

The choice of the “right” one is determined by ideas about comfort.

Doors installed with this system move from the outside of the structure.

Tips for choosing

When choosing ready-made furniture or ordering according to individual measurements, you need to pay attention to the sliding wardrobe system used. The following recommendations will help you avoid becoming a victim of unscrupulous manufacturers:

1. During operation of the cabinet, the main load falls on the door opening mechanism, so it is worth choosing high-quality fittings. The most durable sliding systems are made of aluminum alloys.
2. When choosing a wardrobe for a child's room, you need to take into account the age of the child. Since furniture for children does not need a very long service life, you can save a little on fittings, for example, instead of aluminum profiles, purchase steel ones, which are also quite reliable. Over time, the cabinet will still have to be replaced, so there is no point in spending money on expensive parts.
3. When purchasing bedroom furniture, you need to make sure that it has a sliding door lock installed, which allows you to close the facades as silently as possible. This is convenient when one of the spouses is still sleeping, and the other needs to use the closet.

When choosing a wardrobe that divides a room into zones, it is worth considering that the back wall should be made of facing material.

When choosing a particular cabinet model, you must check the quality certificate. This document confirms that the furniture is made of safe materials. If they refuse to present the certificate, you should think about the feasibility of such an acquisition.

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You should choose high-quality fittings, since the entire load falls on the doors

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The bedroom closet must be equipped with a door lock

The back wall of the partition cabinet must be made of facing material

Types of hinged doors

This:

1. Hinged door. The canvas is suspended on the upper fittings and fixed on the lower one;
2. Support door. The wings are supported by the lower rollers, and the upper fittings are used to fix and support the door. They are easier to install and cost less, but the sashes may have play relative to the line of movement.
3. Combined. The shutters are fixed on both profiles (there is no play). The design is the most reliable and expensive.

The design has proven its versatility, which is why it is used in the manufacture of sliding wardrobe doors, which can be installed in any room of the apartment.

Classification

The modern furniture market offers several types of sliding door mechanisms for wardrobes. They differ in type of construction and materials of manufacture. The choice of the optimal option depends on the shape and dimensions of the product for which the fittings are selected.

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By type of design

According to this criterion, sliding mechanisms for wardrobes and wardrobes are divided into the following types:

1. Roller - the system consists of upper and lower guides, which are built into the furniture body. Door facades move along these profiles on special wheels. The main load falls on the lower guide, so its installation requires special attention.
2. Hanging - the doors of the structure are fixed on the top guide. When moving, the facade does not touch the floor and the lower part of the body. The disadvantage of this installation method is its relative fragility. This option is not suitable for heavy doors; the recommended weight of the door leaf is no more than 80 kg.

If you plan to make a wardrobe with your own hands using a hanging sliding system, the doors are best made of plastic, glass, plywood or chipboard.

Roller

Hanging

According to the material of manufacture

If low quality raw materials are used in furniture production, the product will not last long. In this regard, when choosing sliding elements of the system, you need to pay attention to the materials of manufacture:

1. Steel - stainless alloys are used in the production of accessories for the economy segment. The material is considered relatively reliable, but has a lot of weight. If handled properly, steel profiles will last no less than more expensive options.
2. Aluminum - the metal is used for the production of luxury cabinet models. Its advantage is considered to be the ideal ratio of lightness and strength. Handle profiles, guides, and door frames are made from aluminum. Another advantage of the material is the variety of colors and textures. The disadvantage is the high cost.

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An aluminum profile can be decorated in two ways:

• anodizing - applying paint with a chemical reaction, while the pigment penetrates deep into the metal and remains resistant to moisture and sunlight;
• PVC film - using special equipment, the part is covered with a durable laminating film, which is also wear-resistant.

Aluminum profiles and guides can be painted in any color, matte and glossy textures, wood or stone finishes are available. Matte bronze, silver or gold shades, artificial aging of the surface, and patination are popular.

Steel

Aluminum

Anodizing

PVC film

According to the shape of the door and the presence of the frame

Sliding systems for sliding wardrobes differ in the type and shape of the facade, the presence or absence of a frame:

1. In the form of a separate suspension, the rollers are placed inside the guide. This ensures quiet and easy gliding.
2. Systems for radius facades - profiles have curved or concave shapes, which makes it possible to install semicircular doors. The guides for such cabinets are made of aluminum, which makes the design more expensive.
3. Frame - the material of the door facade is framed in a special metal frame, which can be made of stainless alloy or aluminum. Such designs are used when doors are made of fragile materials, such as glass or plastic. In this case, the frame ensures the strength of the facade. In addition, a metal element can be used to divide the door into several parts, each of which will differ in color or material (combinations of wood and glass, plastic, rattan, bamboo are popular).
4. Frameless - the design is the most budget-friendly. Only one vertical profile can be attached to the facade, acting as a handle. All fasteners are screwed directly to the door itself. In frameless structures, facades made of chipboard, MDF, furniture board, and solid wood are most often used. The downside is a shorter service life due to possible deformation of the door leaf.

In the form of a separate pendant

For radius cabinets

Framework

Frameless

By type of guides

Depending on the mounting location, the guides are divided into upper and lower. As the name implies, the first ones are mounted on the inside of the cabinet body cover, the second ones are installed at the bottom. The most durable is a combined system using both types of profiles. This way the door leaf is secured on both sides, which eliminates the risk of it falling out or deforming.

Based on the number of facades, single and double guides are selected. The second type allows you to install two doors that can move in the same plane without interfering with each other.

Upper

Lower

What is special about the hanging system for sliding wardrobe doors?

Anyone who plans to order a wardrobe is faced with the problem of choosing a system for sliding doors: bottom-supported or suspended (top-supported). The latter consists of:

• top guide with rails;
• roller carriages;
• locking mechanism.

The hanging system for sliding wardrobes appeared on the Russian market not so long ago, but has already managed to win the enormous sympathy of customers. The peculiarity of the top-support system is that the sliding doors are suspended on the upper guide, which holds the entire structure. The doors do not move inside the cabinet, but in front of it. The guides are attached either to the ceiling or to the roof of the cabinet. Installation of the suspension system is quite simple and does not require additional milling of the doors. However, during installation, it is important to take into account the quality of the plane on which the guide profile is attached, since it may not withstand heavy loads.

Typically, hanging systems for sliding wardrobe doors are used for interior partitions and built-in wardrobes, because due to the absence of a bottom guide, unnecessary and inconvenient obstacles are not created on the floor. In addition, dust constantly accumulates inside the rail with the bottom guide, which makes it difficult for the doors to move. There are no such problems with the top guide.

Coplanar sliding systems

Coplanar mechanisms are an improved version of top-hung systems. They are used to complete premium cabinet wardrobes. If I selectively equip bottom-mounted and top-hung mechanisms with closers, then all coplanar systems without exception are equipped with dampers. The main advantages of such devices include:

• arrangement of all facades in a single plane;
• the ability to combine the texture of wood-like slabs;
• silent opening;
• high load capacity;
• minimal effort when opening even heavy facades;
• the ability to complete door panels with protruding handles;
• minimal gaps between facades;
• easy system adjustment.

The design of coplanar systems limits their scope of application only to cabinet furniture. Theoretically, they can be used to make interior partitions, built-in wardrobes or dressing rooms. However, this is a very complex and expensive process.

Materials for the manufacture of suspension systems

To ensure that the suspension system remains reliable for many years, stably withstanding serious weight and inertial loads, its elements are made of high-strength modern materials:

• profiled guides - made of high-strength aluminum alloys;
• rollers are made of abrasion-resistant and elastic fluoroplastic;
• rolling bearings are made of special steel, hard and resistant to shock loads;
• fasteners are made of stamped alloy steel.

This approach is practiced by well-known European manufacturers Krona Koblenz, Cinetto, Hettich and some others. Systems produced under these brands allow the use of heavy door leaves made of solid wood, MDF panels or thick tempered glass. Most often they are installed in wardrobes, but in recent years sliding doors between rooms, where highly reliable hanging systems are also used, have become increasingly popular.

Advantages and disadvantages of a hanging system for sliding wardrobes

This design has gained great popularity due to a number of reasons:

• the room is provided with a neat aesthetic appearance, since all things are securely “hidden” in the closet;
• space saving is ensured;
• the loss of running carriages is prevented due to the strong fixation of the array in the doorway and the shape of the profile;
• an atmosphere of comfort is created when using sliding wardrobes due to the silent movement of doors;
• allows each door to withstand loads of up to one hundred kilograms.

The design has proven its versatility, which is why it is used in the manufacture of sliding wardrobe doors.

The bottom-support sliding system is installed in a mortise or overlay manner, which allows the door section to be installed to the floor.

The reason for this was initially the ease of use in small apartments.

Attention! Among the disadvantages, experts note the rather high price of cabinets with top rails. They require mandatory design of the upper part of the door, since its structure is open. Installation of the product will be much more difficult, compared to bottom-mounted ones.

This design has gained great popularity.

The system includes closers that allow you to close the doors carefully.

The roller is located inside the rail guide, which ensures that the cabinet door opens neatly.

And if they are decorated with mirrors and inlays, this adds aesthetics and gives the room originality.

The best models of the hanging system

There are products from many manufacturers on the market. The best models are:

• Aristo is a high-strength profile with a wide range of colors. Estimated service life up to 30 years;
• Versal – perfect dimensional accuracy of profiles, easy installation. Estimated period of use is up to 18 years;
• Komandor - with increased tensile strength and a more advanced design of the lower roller.

HfTTich, Hafle and Marbella profiles are also popular.
Thus, an atmosphere of comfort is created when using sliding wardrobes due to the silent movement of the doors.

Important! It is not recommended for specialists to buy cheap models. The design is not particularly reliable and can quickly fail. There will be more problems instead of convenience and efficiency of use.

Sliding wardrobes are compact, multi-functional, large capacity, and easy to use. They replace numerous cabinets with doors. The hanging system is an ideal solution for attaching door leaves. Convenient and aesthetically attractive conditions are created for access to the contents of the cabinet and for its smooth closing.

Features of the suspension system for heavy doors

The classic hanging system for a door is a rail attached to the top lid of a cabinet or the top trim of a doorway, along which rollers move with the door leaf suspended on them. Thus, the entire weight load falls on the rail and the upper supporting element of the structure. At the bottom of the cabinet or doorway there is a bottom rail, which serves as a guide and limiting element, preventing the panel from swinging on the suspension. Rollers slide along the bottom rail, attached to the lower end of the door leaf and not bearing any weight load.

Designers of sliding systems focus on safety and comfort. This is why it is recommended to use suspended rather than support options. By using a support system, the consumer is not free from the danger of the door tipping and falling under certain circumstances. In addition, the lower guide often becomes clogged, which disrupts the smooth operation and creates obstacles for opening and closing.

For suspended systems, the danger lies primarily in the inertial force possessed by a massive door sliding on rollers. However, today we have learned to deal with this problem with the help of:

• patented shock-absorbing devices that are built into the carriage with rollers to absorb vibrations and soften the movement of the web;
• soft closing systems that protect hands from being hit by the door;
• locking devices that absorb the shock load when the end of the door leaf comes into contact with the locking mechanism;
• closers that ensure slow and reliable closing of the door.

All these devices not only ensure the safety of the user, protecting him from being hit by the door leaf flying on rollers along the guide, but also extend the life of the door. If they are not installed, the vibrations of the impact load that occurs when the door slams will loosen the connecting fittings and break the door leaf. This will not happen when using damping systems.

Installation features

There are two ways to install suspended systems:

• on the ceiling or on the top lid of a cabinet - usually used for sliding wardrobes, sliding interior partitions, wardrobe doors;
• on the wall above the doorway - used for installing interior doors or doors to a dressing room.

If the upper (load-bearing) guide is mounted not on a solid wall, but on a cabinet lid or on a light partition, then care must be taken to ensure the proper strength and rigidity of the material in order to avoid its deflections or other deformations under the weight of heavy doors. The top rail and rollers are usually masked with a decorative trim to maintain the overall aesthetics of the structure.

Types of hinged doors on rollers

The general principle of all sliding doors is that they do not open outward or inward, but to the side, moving horizontally along or even inside the wall. Despite this, there are differences in the types of hinged doors and they must be taken into account.

Sliding door

The most common and well-known type of hinged door. But here everything is not so simple because they can be:

1. Hanging. They are attached only at the top and, if the height is sufficient, they can tap when moving along the wall.
2. Suspended with two guides. They are attached both at the top and bottom, but the design implies the presence of a threshold or a guide recessed into the floor.
3. Hanging cassette. Installed in most cases in private homes. The door leaf goes into a special groove in the wall, which is quite difficult to make in ordinary apartments.

Cascading sliding doors

The design principle differs from sliding doors with two guides only in that two, or even more, guides are installed both above and below. There can be several door panels and the entire structure is mounted in such a way that their sequential arrangement can form another interior partition, and in the open position all the panels are assembled together.

Cassette version

When installing a sliding structure, it is necessary to free the wall where the movement of the leaf will occur, and sometimes this requirement causes some inconvenience, but when installing cassette-type doors, this can be avoided.

Their peculiarity is that they go deep into the wall. There are two ways to do this. During construction, you can make the opening at home much wider, but in this case, the installation of cassette-type doors must be planned in advance.

If the owners have identified a desire to install a cassette door in an already finished house, then it is necessary to create an opening in the already finished walls. This design option has one undoubted advantage - the canvas is located in the opening, due to which it has good sound insulation and will not let in unnecessary odors, for example, from the kitchen.

Harmonic

Hanging interior doors open according to the accordion principle. It consists of several narrow canvases, which fit tightly to each other when opened. When closed, they form a single plane, but not always perfectly flat.

Among the advantages, it is worth highlighting their low cost among all hanging doors. They are easy to use and do-it-yourself installation. But when it comes to sound insulation, the accordion is far from ideal. Therefore, most often this door option is installed in pantries or dressing rooms.

Suspended double-leaf structures

The most traditional option. The installation of interior doors occurs on the upper hangers, and the installation completely depends on the size of the panels. Ease of movement is ensured by installed rollers that move along the upper guide. To remove unnecessary noise from the operation of the suspension system, the hinges are lined with rubber or plastic material.

In order to hide the top guide, a decorative overlay made of wood or plastic is used to match the design, but if you wish, you can leave everything as is. To avoid excessive concentration on decorative finishing, experts recommend making such a decorative panel around the entire perimeter of the room.

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Decorative components in sliding wardrobes: types of front fittings

This class of products includes elements that remain visible after the cabinet is assembled. Main types of facial fittings:

Edge fittings perform a decorative function and protect the edges of the cabinet from damage

1. Handles for sliding wardrobes - used for opening doors, drawers and sashes. If the wardrobe has pull-out drawers, it is advisable to use mortise handles, which are not only convenient to use, but also will not create obstacles to opening the sliding system. This type of handle can also be used on door leaves. To fix such products, facade milling is used. Handles are available in oval, round and rectangular shapes.
2. Edge materials - have a decorative purpose, improve the appearance of furniture, and also protect the edges from mechanical damage.
3. Locking mechanisms for sliding wardrobes - used to lock door leaves and built-in drawers.
4. Decorative components are elements that are used as decorations, as well as products used to disguise seams and various structural parts. They have the form of overlays, which can be voluminous or flat.

Note! If desired, additional fittings can be added to the standard package during cabinet assembly, if you first provide space for it.

There are several requirements for front fittings. Since these elements are located on the outside of the cabinet and are in plain sight, they must maintain their aesthetics for a long time. In addition, the front fittings should be easy to use. It is advisable to select products with a durable coating that will not be subject to mechanical damage, abrasion and fading.

Handles for sliding wardrobes are oval, round and rectangular

Manufacturers use wood, metal or plastic to make decorative fittings. The type of material is selected taking into account the design of the furniture, as well as the structural features of the cabinet.