Door stops - Page 4

Posted by xparatrooper on October 8, 2009, 11:20 am

Had the same problem at my work place... made a "door jack" and it
works beautifully:

Make a wooden wedge, same dimensions as you would buy. Drill a hole
downward through the "fat" side of the wedge. Go to Home Depot or
Lowes and buy a small diameter carriage bolt, and a "pronged tee
nut" (Google Image search) and a wing nut that fit the diameter of
the carriage bolt. The carriage bolt must be a small enough diameter
to fit into the drilled hole. Assemble as follows: pronged tee nut,
prongs facing up, drive the prongs into your wooden wedge, centered on
the hole you drilled. Thread carriage bolt all the way into the
pronged tee nut so that an inch or so is exposed on the other side of
the hole at the top of the wedge. Attach the wing nut to the other
side of the carriage bolt. The wing nut needs to become "part" of the
assembly... you can superglue it, or you can damage the threads of the
bolt... or you can solder it.... or you can use a drop of
LocTite... its up to you.
How to use: place the wedge snug under the open door, give the wing
nut a couple twists for increase the angle of the wedge and you are in
business. Carriage bolts are nice due to the smooth rounded top that
won't gouge the flooring. If you are using on vinyl flooring, you may
want a dab of silicone caulking for further protection between the
bolt head and the floor. (dab the caulk on the bolt head and let it
dry a day before you actually use it)

Make a dozen of them, cost will be about a buck a piece, maybe even
two bucks. Leave them in the janitor closet for future generations..

Good luck!

> if you do lose a few, that's the risk they take. =A0Don't the
> members
> know people have to have the doors open to move things.

Posted by Roger Shoaf on October 7, 2009, 6:43 am

Change the arm on the door closer to a hold-open model. If it is a fire
door then get the fire door rated ones. (they have a fusible link) Another
option is to install the magnetic hold opens that are tied in with the fire
alarm /smoke detector / heat sensor.

If you look at the set-ups they have in the hospital you can see samples.

And wedging anything between the door and the jam will rip the snot out of
then hinges. BTW you can make penetrations on fire doors *IF* you do so
within the design parameters of the door.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.

> We have several different floors. Some are very smooth
> carpet, and some like the kitchen are some kind of plastic.
> Linoleum, formica, or something.
> Someone took to wedging the top of a couple of the doors,
> between the door and the jamb. I suspect that's going to
> tear the life out of the hinges.
> Wish we could make a hook and loop like you use to keep a
> storm door closed. Can't drill the fire doors, and can't
> make permanant hold opens (fire and insurance regs).
> --
> Christopher A. Young
> Learn more about Jesus
> www.lds.org
> .
> What kind of floor - carpet? vinyl?

Posted by Kyle on October 7, 2009, 1:32 pm

Have you considered (expensive, I know) magnetic catches for the backs
of fire doors? I've seen these in hotels and schools where the magnets
release when the fire alarm goes off, so the doors can stay open as
you want, but will shut in the event of a fire/emergency.

On Oct 6, 8:48=A0pm, "Stormin Mormon"

> Wish we could make a hook and loop like you use to keep a
> storm door closed. Can't drill the fire doors, and can't
> make permanant hold opens (fire and insurance regs).

Posted by HeyBub on October 6, 2009, 8:29 pm

Stormin Mormon wrote:

> At church, all the doors are self closing. Sometimes it's
> just not convenient, such as when we're moving tables and
> chairs.
> Someone bought a bunch of rubber door stops, which work
> sometimes, on some doors. But, not a really satisfactory
> answer.
> I've been considering making some out of wood. Do those need
> a rubber edge? Any particular design, like "really shallow
> angle" or wisdom like that?

For, like, $2.98 you can get a door locker gizmo. Two parts: One part
attaches to the top of the door and looks like the thing that keeps the door
from banging against the wall. The other part attaches to the wall and grabs
the other dohicky.

Here's one:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=168942-1277-MPB228&lpage=none

Still, if you're going to create one from scratch, here're a couple of
ideas:

http://images.smarter.com/blogs/guests/Ruby%20Slippers%20Door%20Stop.bmp

http://scooterdiesel.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/doorstop_1.jpg

Posted by Stormin Mormon on October 6, 2009, 8:52 pm

I'd have to check with the powers that be. It's my
understanding that we're not allowed to have any permanant
hold open devices. Wish we could.

I like the one that looks like Dorothy under the Door. Would
that be Door-othy?

--
Christopher A. Young
Learn more about Jesus
www.lds.org
.

For, like, $2.98 you can get a door locker gizmo. Two parts:
One part
attaches to the top of the door and looks like the thing
that keeps the door
from banging against the wall. The other part attaches to
the wall and grabs
the other dohicky.

Here's one:
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=168942-1277-MPB228&lpage=none

Still, if you're going to create one from scratch, here're a
couple of
ideas:

http://images.smarter.com/blogs/guests/Ruby%20Slippers%20Door%20Stop.bmp

http://scooterdiesel.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/doorstop_1.jpg

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