Interior doors: all the different types

Let's discover together all the different types of internal doors, clarifying characteristics and peculiarities of each model. Thanks to our advices you will be able to purchase the most suitable type of door for your needs and technical and aesthetic requirements: considering the different types of door opening, it is good to point out how the style of a door is able to influence and change the use of your spaces. Each door has its own characteristics and functionality and is better suited to one or another need.

The type of opening represents for a door a very important aspect that must not therefore be underestimated in the purchase phase: as previously stated, the type of opening in fact influences the use of spaces. For example, if you decide to install and set up a sliding door in your spaces in an environment characterized by particularly small sizes, with this stylistic choice you can save a lot of space and make the most of the square meters you have available.

Sliding doors

Sliding doors represent extremely functional opening solutions. These doors are classified respectively by the direction of sliding: sliding inside or outside the wall.

Internal sliding doors

This type of sliding door is also called "disappearing door" because of the presence of a frame installed in the wall: in these doors the leaf disappears completely during the opening phase. Internal sliding doors represent the ideal solution for those who need the best space-saving solution: in this type of door, the door is in fact totally incorporated after being opened.

The only disadvantage of these sliding solutions is represented by the need for a small building intervention for the installation. Our advice before opting for this type of door is to carefully evaluate if the part where the door is to be installed does not contain any pillars or flues.

External sliding doors

A much less invasive solution is represented by the external sliding doors: these are perfect for those who do not intend to carry out masonry works inside their spaces. The external sliding doors, as the name suggests, provide for an installation outside the wall: the leaf of an external sliding door will slide on their rails or guides parallel to the wall. For this solution, therefore, no masonry work will be required. A particular aesthetic feature of a wall sliding door is represented by the fact that the door will always remain visible along the wall.

Folding doors

Folding doors (also simply called folding doors) are called in this way because of the shape of their leaves. In fact, during the opening phase, the doors overlap exactly like the pages of a book, closing and at the same time opening the gap needed to pass from one room to another. This type of solution also allows you to save precious centimeters within your spaces.

Rototranslating doors

The rototranslating doors represent another type of door opening particularly suitable for those who need to optimize and save precious space inside their rooms. This type of door probably represents the space-saving solution par excellence, capable of saving you up to 50% of the overall dimensions.

The mechanism of these doors is conceived as follows: the pivot pin of the door is shifted, allowing the door to open from both directions, thus reducing the overall opening radius. The upper track allows you to open a pivoting door at will, by pushing or pulling, depending on how you want to manage your space.