Door stops - Page 7

Posted by dadiOH on October 7, 2009, 7:30 am

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?

Bricks. Or concrete blocks if the doors are really big :)

PS - the church ladies could crochet pretty covers for the bricks :)

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Posted by cshenk on October 7, 2009, 5:01 pm

"dadiOH" wrote

> Stormin Mormon wrote:

>> Someone bought a bunch of rubber door stops, which work
>> sometimes, on some doors. But, not a really satisfactory
>> answer.

> Bricks. Or concrete blocks if the doors are really big :)

There ya go. It was my first thought and figured someone would suggest it.

Stormin, to expand on that a brick may not be heavy enough (you'd have to
judge that but I suspect it won't be enough). You know those smaller 'half
cinderblocks' (one hole, not 2). That's perfect. Tall enough they do not
pose a trip hazard and heavy enough. To protect the doors finish, and
floors, put a rubber matting on the bottom (there are silicone caulks that
will hold it) then have one of the ladies who sews, make a little top cover
(open at the bottom). One strip around it with a seam, and a square sewn to
the top. Drop over cinderblock. Now, it even looks pretty.

Posted by EXT on October 7, 2009, 11:18 am

Change the door closers to a model that has a lock to hold them open, this
type has been around for decades, I just don't know what the trade name is
for them.

Posted by mm on October 11, 2009, 2:43 pm

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?

>Change the door closers to a model that has a lock to hold them open, this
>type has been around for decades, I just don't know what the trade name is
>for them.

I guess what he was saying is that since these are fire doors, they're
not allowed to have those.

Posted by willshak on October 8, 2009, 8:01 am

on 10/6/2009 7:54 PM (ET) Stormin Mormon wrote the following:

Try these door stops that stay on the door so you don't have to search
for your home-made wedges when you want to hold the door open.
http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productList&N=4294961544&Ne=4294967294&Ntk=i_products&Ntt=door+stop
or: http://preview.tinyurl.com/yck5ktp

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