"Elbor" is one of the most popular brands of front doors today. The advantages of these modern designs include reliability, beautiful design and low cost. These products are manufactured using the latest technologies and have earned very good reviews from the consumer. Door "Elbor" - products manufactured in our country that fully comply with European standards.
A little about the manufacturer
The first doors of this brand left the assembly line in 2007. The Elbor plant is located in Borovichi, Novgorod Region. At the moment, the company sells its products in all regions of Russia. Steel doors “Elbor” received recognition of consumers mainly due to their low cost in comparison with models of foreign manufacturers and a variety of designs. The company's slogan is: “Get out, thief!” I have an Elbor. ”
You can recognize the doors of this brand, including the company logo. The Elbor plant is a participant in many exhibitions, the owner of certificates, diplomas and patents. Over the past few years, the company has become a real holding of 12 branches located in different cities of Russia. Currently, one of the main goals of the company is to create a large network of company stores.
Main advantages
In addition to the attractive cost, the advantages of Elbor doors include a high degree of their burglar resistance. Locks for them are made by the company itself. For each model, two of their varieties are installed: cylindrical and level. Among other things, metal doors "Elbor" are distinguished by a well-thought-out design, equipped with stiffeners and have a modern appearance. Each door of this brand is equipped with several additional security devices that significantly increase the burglar resistance of the product.
Design features
As already noted, the entrance doors are metal "Elbor", reviews of which are very good, have a high degree of reliability. These designs are perfectly protected from breaking. The door frame "Elbor" is made of a reliable steel profile of eight types in a thickness of 2 mm. Locks and bolts do not crash into the canvas, as in most models of other manufacturers, but are installed inside it, which significantly increases the reliability of the entire structure.
The door frame of this brand is equipped with a steel platband 55 mm wide. This allows you to install the design in the openings of any size, including uneven. But the ends of the canvas are provided with niches intended for the installation of gaskets. Entrance doors "Elbor" are made without the use of any combustible or plastic elements.
To ensure heat and sound insulation, a basalt plate of the well-known Rockwool brand is installed in the canvas of each model. One of the advantages of Rockwool materials is a high degree of environmental safety. Like all other mineral insulators, the insulator of this brand does not burn. Even if high temperatures act on the canvas for half an hour, the doors of the Elbor will not lose their geometry and will function properly.
The canvas of the models of this brand is one-piece, has a two-leaf design. Door hinges "Elbor" are very reliable and can withstand a weight exceeding the mass of the canvas by 10 times. According to the manufacturer, they are designed for 500,000 duty cycles, which ensures more than a century of trouble-free operation.
The lineup
Currently, the company "Elbor" produces several varieties of doors. The lineup includes:
- Doors "Elbor Standard", "Optimum", "Economy". These are low-grade burglary resistant products.
- Premium is the middle class.
- "Lux" - the highest class of burglar resistance.
Different models of this brand can be supplemented with one or two MDF panels. Entrance doors "Elbor" (reviews of which are not bad) are equipped only with the inside (without a picture). The color of the surface of the canvas in this case is “Walnut”. If you wish, you can order one of the following options for the input models: London, Vienna, Milan, Athens, Tokyo, Rome. There is also a choice of several types of textures: “Mahogany”, “Cherry”, “Oak”, “Wenge”, “White Oak”. For doors installed in the interior, an optional MDF panel can be purchased.
In the event that the exterior finish is scratched during operation, it can always be easily replaced. Very often, owners of apartments and private houses put a new panel and just during the repair. Replaceable MDF trim is inexpensive.
Locks for Elbor doors can be selected independently.
Steel doors "Elbor": reviews
The opinion of consumers about the designs of this brand has developed, as already mentioned, is very good. The advantages of Elbor doors include reliability and design. It is noted, for example, the fact that the models of this manufacturer do not warp and do not jam after the shrinkage of a new house. Consumers also praise the noise-proofing qualities of the designs of the brand in question.
Metal doors “Elbor”, reviews of which make it possible to judge them as very reliable, convenient to use and of high quality, can be safely installed both in a city apartment in the entrance with noisy neighbors and in a private house built, for example, next to freeway. Very good designs of this brand delay and drafts. Some apartment owners receive decorative doors as a gift from the company when ordering and installing doors. Pleasant is the fact that the company "Elbor" often arranges all sorts of promotions and provides customers with good discounts.
Of course, there are not only good reviews about the models of this manufacturer. Door "Elbor" - the design itself is really reliable. However, some owners have complaints about the work of installers. Sometimes, most likely, the latter are not too responsible for their duties, and mount the doors unevenly. As a result, the owners subsequently very often have to change breaking locks.
Doors "Elbor Lux"
Models of this series are currently the most popular among consumers. The door "Elbor Lux" (customer reviews about this line are the best) has as many as 20 locking points. This is the most reliable variety of designs described brand.
The configuration of the profile of the doors "Lux" completely repeats the configuration of the canvas. Additional structural rigidity is provided by a vertical steel U-shaped strut, as well as two horizontal stiffeners. The doors of this model range are equipped with five anti-removable latches of 17 mm each. Their presence completely eliminates the possibility of squeezing the canvas. In the constructions "Lux" are used the locks of the highest class of burglar resistance. Most often, models of this series are installed in country houses.
Doors "Elbor Standard"
Like Lux, models of this series belong to the third class of burglary resistance (according to GOST 51072-2005). The difference between the two varieties is only in the number of locking points. Models have 13 of them.
Doors "Elbor Light" and "Premium"
Models "Optimum" and "Economy" began to be produced by the company not so long ago - in 2013. The difference from the first two varieties in this case is the thickness of the sheet steel used to make the blade. For the models "Optimum" and "Economy" it is 1.2-1.4 mm. To enhance the rigidity of the web inside it, in this case, a special spatial design is installed. The model "Optimum" has 11 locking points, the "Economy" - 7.
Entrance doors "Elbor" of this series are able to provide optimal protection against all methods of hacking. Premium models have 16 locking points and are also characterized by a high degree of reliability.
Installation methods
As you can see, such flattering reviews do not exist in vain about the designs of this brand. The door "Elbor" is really reliable and does not leave a single chance to thieves, of course, only if it is installed correctly. The door "Elbor" can be mounted in two ways: through 10 mm anchors or on the "ears". The latter are attached to the door through welded nuts with a thread of 16 mm. Due to the presence of a steel five-centimeter platband, it is possible to install structures of this brand not in the opening, but on the edge of the wall. The gap at the same time looks very neat, because the platband hides absolutely all the irregularities of the wall edge. Actually, the installation of Elbor doors is carried out in the way that is best suited for a particular opening.
Castles "Elbor"
Of course, the reliability of the door depends not only on the thickness of the steel sheet and structural features. The degree of burglar resistance of the model is determined, inter alia, by the quality of the locks installed. Metal doors "Elbor" are equipped with locking structures made, as already mentioned, by the same manufacturer. Different models can be equipped with “Sapphire”, “Rubin”, “Lapis Lazuli”, “Granite”, “Basalt” locks, etc. If desired, the buyer can choose any kind of both the main and additional locking design.
Elbor began to make locks much earlier than doors - since its opening in 1976. The design of these products was developed by the company's specialists and is exclusive. At present, Elbor enterprises produce 200 thousand locks per year, which is 30% of the total volume of such products in the domestic market.
Armored package
Steel doors "Elbor" are equipped with locks with a special armored package, significantly increasing their reliability against breaking. Sometimes thieves simply drill holes in the housing to gain access to the crossbars. In the Elbor castles, these important structural elements are reliably protected by two manganese armor plates. Each of them has a thickness of 2 mm. Armor plates cover the entire castle body and significantly complicate drilling.
Additional protection
Entrance doors "Elbor", reviews of the anti-burglary qualities of which are also excellent, are equipped with such elements:
- Deviators . This is the name of the special mechanism connecting the crossbars with mechanical rods. This allows you to distribute the locking points around the perimeter of the door. In fact, the deviator is another castle that complements the main ones.
- Gate valves .
- Removable pins. These are steel rods, fixed on loops, entering holes in the end face of the blade. If the loops break, it will be impossible to remove the latter.
Prices
The metal doors of the Elbor can cost in many ways. The price of them depends on the line, as well as on the configuration. So, the cheapest Econom model will cost about 11 thousand rubles, the design of the Standard line is 16 thousand rubles. Premium doors cost about 19 thousand rubles, and the Lux version costs about 25 thousand. All prices are for 2015.
As you already understood, there are very flattering reviews about the designs of this brand. The door "Elbor" installed in your apartment will delight you with its beautiful design and will reliably protect from uninvited guests.