Kinds
Of course, the appearance of the furniture is very important, but let’s not forget about the most important thing, namely the quality, durability, convenience and functionality of the items. These characteristics are provided by good furniture fittings and components that affect the interior of the room. This article will help you find out what furniture fittings are, what types of furniture fittings exist and the rules for choosing furniture fittings. To better understand the design features, you should look at the photos in the selection.
Each product fulfills its functional purpose and corresponds to the loads placed on it. High-quality fittings for cabinet furniture ensure that the furniture will last a long time. Purchasing furniture fittings will allow you to assemble the furniture yourself. Italy is the best choice of the manufacturer. If we consider all types of fittings, then it is worth choosing Italian. It is considered elite, so when purchasing, give preference to products whose names are labeled “made in Italy.”
Furniture fittings are:
- front fittings;
- fastening.
Fastening
Front
The first type includes products whose main function is decorative, but often they are not without additional meanings (for example, a handle for a drawer door). New furniture fittings often appear for this type. Front fittings are the same part of the interior as the furnishings themselves, as they remain visible, unlike fastening fittings for furniture.
This group of products is required to maintain their appearance without significant changes after years of use, as well as ergonomics. Close attention is paid to protective coatings that are resistant to mechanical stress and abrasion. In high-quality furniture, the fitting material is plastic, metal or wood, depending on the features and design of the furniture.
Facial accessories are divided into:
- pens;
- locks;
- hooks;
- edging materials;
- decorative elements.
Pens
Hooks
Edge materials
Locks
Decorative elements
The second type includes products that perform an important practical role. They guarantee the reliability of the connection, as well as design features. Fastening fittings must be made of high-quality material, durable, reliable and compact.
It includes the following elements:
- furniture hinges;
- lifting mechanisms;
- shelf holders;
- couplers (bolt);
- accessories for furniture assembly;
- furniture fittings for glass;
- components for drawers (drawer mechanisms, shelf supports, etc.);
- bolt (screw) and screws;
- seals.
Loops
Lifting mechanism
Seals
Ties
Pens
There are three principles of operation of a door handle:
- stationary;
- with a push mechanism;
- rotary.
The first type is rarely used in practice. It does not have a lock and is designed to push or pull the door. But such a handle has a different shape and is therefore often used as a decorative one. The second type requires a latch that is released when the handle is pressed. Due to this, the door opens or closes. Installing an internal lock will allow it to be locked from the inside.
The rotary handles are spherical in shape. The latch is released by turning the handle counterclockwise. Typically, the user from the inside can block the rotation of the handle from the reverse side, blocking access to the room. Such handles are often installed in the bathroom.
The texture of the images on the handle must be matched to that of the door lining. For example, if the door has a transverse wood pattern, then the handles should match it.
Portnaya
Stationary
With push mechanism
Wheels
Furniture wheels are one type of support that allows you to move furnishings without exerting much physical effort. They can be made from plastic, like most office furniture, or from decorative beech to enhance aesthetic appeal. Roller wheels are equipped with a bearing, the quality of which determines their service life.
Legs
Many types of furniture have fastening devices - furniture supports or legs. They are especially important for chairs, tables (table fittings), camping furniture. They support the entire weight of the structure, so they must be reliable. It is worth noting that such an element as a decorative support often plays an important role in furniture design. There are adjustable and non-adjustable supports. The simplest type of support is a thrust bearing, which protects the bottom of the furniture from abrasion and possible moisture ingress.
Connecting elements
These elements include various fasteners: ties, hinges, connecting fittings, shelf holders, screws, bolts, couplings, a decorative cover and plug hiding these elements.
Stubs
Ties
Shelf supports
Awnings
coupling
Loops
Furniture hinges are connecting fittings that are used to open and close door leaves at a certain specified angle. These elements are also used when transforming furniture is created. Structurally, they are a semi-mechanical device. It is the hinges that ensure the durability of the furniture, because they are made of metal and have a high level of strength.
Main types of loops:
- overhead hinge is a standard choice for a conventional swing facade, the side edge of which serves for fastening. A door with such a hinge opens wide (up to 110⁰);
- semi-overlay hinge - used in cabinets with a partition in the middle, the edge of which serves to fasten both doors that swing in opposite directions. Opening angle - 110⁰;
- inner loop;
- loop - transformer fittings;
- forged cast iron is well used for hinges of massive doors, for example those installed in the entrance;
- shelf supports;
- fittings for transformable furniture in the form of a loop that holds the weight of two facades. Suitable for corner cabinets or if there are drawers. At the same time, retractable and lifting mechanisms, shelf holders and others are considered.
Types of furniture hinges
Transformable furniture also comes in the form of tables. Accessories for tables provide the ability to create sliding tabletops.
Let's consider furniture fittings for drawer guides:
- ball - there are small balls inside the case, thanks to which the drawer moves along the guide. Roll-out drawers are fully retractable, you can install a closer, thanks to which the edge is preserved longer;
- roller - unlike ball guides, roller guides allow drawers to be pulled out partially.
Roller
Ball
lifting mechanisms are as follows:
- gas shock absorber;
- a lifting mechanism (elevator) with a closer for opening the facade vertically, thanks to this fastener the edge is preserved longer;
- folding mechanism with a closer for simultaneous opening of two horizontal facades.
In all cases, such mechanisms serve to ensure that the edge retains its functional properties and appearance longer.
Hooks
Attention to detail is very important in design. Therefore, when choosing hooks for clothes, you should carefully consider all the options. Hooks must withstand sufficient loads, so they are made mainly of strong metal materials. In addition to functional features, hooks vary in size, style, shape and design.
Crossbar, pipe and rod
Furniture pipe is often installed in cabinets and racks as a support for display cases and tables. The pipe is used as a crossbar for clothes.
Types of such accessories:
- pipe with a round cross section;
- pipe with an oval cross section;
- pipes bent at different angles.
Types of crossbars
Locks
One of the most important functions of a door is the ability to close it from others. There are three types of locks to accomplish this task:
- latch;
- lock with key;
- locks for the bathroom.
The latch does not lock the door and is used for rooms where it is necessary to get rid of extraneous noise from neighboring rooms, but there is no need to close it. For example, in the kitchen, living room. Most often, the latch is installed on doors with a push handle. A lock with a key allows you to lock the door, leaving access to the room only to the owner of the key. It also happens that there is a pinwheel on one side of the door.
In the bathrooms there are locks with a turntable, which can be easily closed from the inside. Choose a lock that has a special groove on the back side so that if something happens you can rescue the person by opening the door.
With key
Latch
For decoration
In addition to the types discussed above, front fittings for decoration are often made using glass. Glass furniture fittings are also common for cabinet furniture (table fittings). The material is usually metal or plastic, from which shelf supports, hinges, legs, latches, ties, and bolts are made. To fix fittings for glass furniture, glue is used, which hardens under the influence of ultraviolet radiation. This decorative design is extremely aesthetic, and the connections are sometimes stronger than those of similar connections between wood and metal fittings secured with ties or screws.
The front fittings will allow you to create a vintage item with elements of semi-antique and antique furniture. Similar types of furniture finishing are used to produce exclusive design solutions. There is finishing as a decorative option for wooden inserts in the form of pictures.
What do you need to know when placing an order?
After selecting the furniture design, materials, components, and general approval of the project, a purchase and sale agreement is concluded, which must stipulate the terms and conditions of payment, the terms of production, delivery and installation of furniture, as well as the terms and conditions of warranty service. Also, if necessary, the contract may reflect the conditions for proper operation and technical documentation. Prepayment is usually 60-70% of the cost of the product, the balance is paid after production, immediately before installation. When discussing prices, you can sometimes negotiate discounts. For the convenience of the client, the contract can be concluded at home, which must be communicated to the surveyor in advance.
Recommendations for selection
Do not forget that the service life of new furniture depends on the quality of the fittings. We advise you to take a photo of your apartment with you so that you have something to focus on when purchasing. Make sure that the kit contains information on how to assemble and install furniture fittings. By investing in quality products, you can get a high level of comfort. And of course, don’t forget about the design - the arms or legs should not be in contrast to the main interior. They should only complement the overall picture, being the highlight of the room. If we take the stages of production of any furniture, then the fittings are far from the last place in them, and sometimes one incorrectly selected bolt can ruin the whole picture. A selection of photographs will help you better understand what certain elements look like, which will allow you to make the right choice.
Are there any disadvantages to buying custom-made furniture?
An individual order has two main disadvantages. The first is that making custom furniture requires a certain amount of time - from several weeks to months. If we talk about cabinet furniture - kitchens, built-in wardrobes, then first you need to take a detailed measurement of the room, make a design project, coordinate it with the buyer, make a technological (for production) project, calculate the number and dimensions of the required non-standard modules and materials for them , check the availability of components and materials in warehouses and suppliers. Only after this does the actual production of furniture, its assembly, delivery and installation take place.
Another disadvantage appears when modules of non-standard sizes or materials appear in the project. In this case, custom-made furniture turns out to be more expensive than if it were made from modules of standard sizes. For example, if, when ordering furniture for the kitchen, it turns out that the total length of the set is 5 cm larger than the size of, for example, one sheet of wall panel, then you have to order a full-size second panel, even if 10 or even 5% of the area will be used from it, and the remaining part This color may not be used in the future, but you will have to pay for the entire panel.
What are the alloys coated with?
Alloys that require plating (gold or nickel/silver) are painted in a drum or manually. The price also depends on this. Expensive products are galvanized - this is a more complex process of applying one metal to another, the result is of high quality, the product is incredibly wear-resistant. But not all factories have this equipment because of its cost and usually do it at other enterprises that have a galvanizing shop.
Less expensive - nickel, ruthenium, copper, bronze .
Accessories
ACCESSORIES
DESCRIPTION
– the connection on the dowels positions the furniture parts during assembly, prevents their mutual displacement during operation, absorbing all transverse loads. – Material – wood
– Dowel tie (or Euroscrew, or Euroscrew)
- this is a screw (screw) tie, which has found very wide application in furniture production - the aesthetics of the furniture “suffers” - the head of the tie is visible from the outside of the product
– combines low visibility and high strength of the connection and provides the possibility of repeated assembly of the product
– has a large tightening stroke, very durable, since very large forces are generated when tightening the screw
– used to connect ready-made furniture structures together, for example, to connect kitchen cabinets. – holes for intersection ties are drilled randomly
