Stone door
Doors finished with marble, travertine or porphyry are the dream of owners of many elegant houses and apartments. A dream that has been waiting for a long time to come true. Achieving the stone door effect became possible thanks to the cooperation of the PIU Design and Laminam brands.
Natural stone is one of the most effective materials used in interior design. It brings elegance to the interior and is synonymous with luxury. It usually decorates floors, window sills or table tops. It would also look beautiful as a door finish, but its weight is an obstacle. A square meter of a natural stone slab weighs from 50 to 90 kg, which in practice means that a spectacular high door would weigh about 200 kg. Does this mean that we have to say goodbye to the thought of doors finished with precious Statuario or Calacatta marble? Not necessarily.
The original idea came from PIU Design, a manufacturer of tall doors, and Laminam, a manufacturer of quartz sinters. The cooperation of both brands resulted in the creation of doors up to 3 meters high, finished with a sintered quartz plate faithfully imitating the selected natural stone. This was possible thanks to the proprietary production technology of Aluminum Design door leaves and the innovative material, which is quartz sinter.
Aluminum Design. The technology of a thousand possibilities
Until recently, the basic material from which doors and frames were made was wood. Nowadays, doors made of aluminum construction are the most appreciated by specialists. The aluminum door frame introduced a few years ago by PIU Design is becoming a standard today. Doors without bands and visible frames seem lighter, hidden in the wall, modern. Increased thickness (up to 50mm) compared to traditional doors stabilizes the leaf and increases the acoustics of the door. The PIU Design brand went a step further by developing an aluminum structure of the door leaf and creating a comprehensive Aluminum Design technology.
For the customer, it means any sash height, lightness, dimensional stability up to 300 cm in height. Most importantly, the Aluminum Design technology allows the use of several hundred different finishing materials for door finishing, including the aforementioned Laminam quartz sinters. The thickness of the form is max. 5.5-6 mm, which means that high doors can be covered with the same material as walls, e.g. sintered quartz faithfully imitating white Calacatta or Nero Zimbabwe.
A better version of the stone
Quartz sinters have made one of the most spectacular debuts in recent years in the "home and interior" industry. What is their popularity due to? They are extremely decorative, only 3 millimeters thick, and after installation they are more resistant and durable than natural stone. Quartz sinters are a composition of natural materials, in particular quartz, shale clays, granite rocks and ceramic pigments. From the indicated ingredients, granules are formed, which are first pressed and then fired at 1220 degrees C. As a result of sintering, large-format slabs are formed that are perfectly flat and can be cut to a specific size with very high accuracy. On the market there are boards with dimensions of up to 300 cm x 100 cm with a thickness of only 3 millimeters.
Depending on your needs, you can also order boards with a thickness of 5, 8 or 12 millimeters. Due to the low weight of the boards (a square meter weighs only 8 kg), they can be used to decoratively finish the floor, walls, and thanks to the Aluminum Design technology, also doors. It is worth noting that quartz sinters are not only excellent functional properties, but also modern design that responds to the latest trends in interior design. Leading manufacturers offer boards in over 100 patterns imitating various types of natural stone, wood or metal, while the boards reflect not only the drawing of individual materials, but also their texture.
Stone gates
The cooperation between PIU Design and Laminam resulted in the creation of phenomenal high doors finished with a single piece of board. The PIU Aluminum Design door system enables the safe use of sinters with a thickness of 3mm or 5mm, even at their maximum height, i.e. 300cm. Doors with a pattern and texture of natural stone are an effective solution not only in bathrooms and bathing rooms, but also in the living room, hall or office.
