Acrylic joints for interior doors

  • Erstellt am 2016-02-19 15:25:43

Peanuts74

2016-03-01 14:11:16
  • #1
Well, you can still manage an acrylic joint, even as a layperson... What I’m more wondering is, should there also be a silicone joint between the reveal and the flooring? Because we don’t have anything there either...
 

Wastl

2016-03-01 16:20:55
  • #2
Nope - nothing needs to be there either. Our door frames "hang" in the air. That means there are at least 0.5mm gaps to the floor underneath. We didn’t put any joint there. The door itself is anyway 1-2 cm shorter than the frame because of the central controlled residential ventilation.
 

ypg

2016-03-02 01:56:35
  • #3


If you have wooden frames, yes.
Otherwise, the wood would swell at the bottom when mopping.
Our carpenter pointed out the problem to us several times that it must not be mopped wet as long as it is open.
However, not everyone has sensitive wooden frames in the house.
 

Peanuts74

2016-03-02 07:13:25
  • #4


Makes sense, if it were only 2mm above the floor, it would (almost certainly) scrape... I just thought that in the bathroom it couldn't hurt if the bottom of the frame was protected against possible water...
 

Peanuts74

2016-03-02 07:14:45
  • #5


Exactly, that was my fear. Now the question is how wet do you mop and doesn’t the water dry anyway in 2 minutes thanks to underfloor heating...
 

Neige

2016-03-02 12:16:40
  • #6
This is called damp wiping. Acrylic is only used, if at all necessary, for "beautification" between the door frame trim and the wall because of its paintable capability. Silicone between the door frame and the floor. What I also use when silicone is not desired are gasket strips, then you cannot see any silicone seam.

Regards Sigi
 

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