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Posted by JB on February 28, 2007, 7:54 pm
OK...here is a question that I'm sure has one of those "Duh!" answers
to it but its a head-scratcher to me. I have a standard lightweight
interior door that must be off balance on the frame because it swings
open. I need it to stay unlatched but 95% closed (to keep heat in the
main room, but just open enough to let the cat go thru where his box
is). Unless its latched, it will swing fully open and away from the
main room.
Forget door jambs and rolled up towels on the floor on the back side.
Its too hard to explain but those won't work. And I don't want to re-
hang the door. I tried bending the hinge pin abit, but that doesn't
work. How can I create just enough friction on the hinge to keep it
from moving?
Thanks!
--Jeff
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Posted by mm on February 28, 2007, 8:39 pm
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>OK...here is a question that I'm sure has one of those "Duh!" answers
>to it but its a head-scratcher to me. I have a standard lightweight
>interior door that must be off balance on the frame because it swings
>open. I need it to stay unlatched but 95% closed (to keep heat in the
>main room, but just open enough to let the cat go thru where his box
>is). Unless its latched, it will swing fully open and away from the
>main room.
>Forget door jambs and rolled up towels on the floor on the back side.
>Its too hard to explain but those won't work. And I don't want to re-
>hang the door. I tried bending the hinge pin abit, but that doesn't
Try bending it a bit more? (actually something about the whole
bending thing bothers me.)
Put a sweep under the door so it rubs on the floor.
Put a cardboard shim under the top hinge, like from a box of poptarts
or instant oatmeal. Two layers or 3 if necessary. (This is the best
suggestion for your particular need (at least in the winter.) It
won't just stay where you put it, it will swing close, but not all the
way closed because the hinge is mounted at the corner, not at the
middle of the edge. By drilling the hinge holes in the fence gate
right, I made it so it swings almost shut. Unfortunately I need a
spring to make it go all the way shut.)
By adjusting the legs, I have my fridge set up so that the door stays
open if open 90 degrees, but swings shut from anywhere less than that.
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>work. How can I create just enough friction on the hinge to keep it
>from moving?
>Thanks!
>--Jeff
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Posted by dreamchaser on February 28, 2007, 8:52 pm
Off balance sort of. I bet if you close the door and put a level on it
on the side that it opens to, it will be slanted toward the opening
side. The door was hung slightly off level in that direction.
Take your hinge pin to Lowe's and search in their pull out drawers
with all the special hardware and find some really thin round washers,
actually shims that will fit over the pin. I'm talking shim thickness
of say .005" or so. Then put a shim between the hinge points of the
plate screwed to the door jamb and the plate on the door and slide the
pin back in. That should tighten up the hinge maybe. It won't be easy
to get the shims in but ...
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Posted by whatever on March 1, 2007, 2:34 am
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>OK...here is a question that I'm sure has one of those "Duh!" answers
>to it but its a head-scratcher to me. I have a standard lightweight
>interior door that must be off balance on the frame because it swings
>open. I need it to stay unlatched but 95% closed (to keep heat in the
>main room, but just open enough to let the cat go thru where his box
>is). Unless its latched, it will swing fully open and away from the
>main room.
>Forget door jambs and rolled up towels on the floor on the back side.
>Its too hard to explain but those won't work. And I don't want to re-
>hang the door. I tried bending the hinge pin abit, but that doesn't
>work. How can I create just enough friction on the hinge to keep it
>from moving?
>Thanks!
>--Jeff
Remove a hinge and replace it with a spring hinge. You can adjust the
tension so you always get a 95% closing.
Here's what I'm referring too.
http://www.hardwaresource.com/Store_ViewProducts.asp?Cat=1204
Regards
Dale
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Posted by JB on March 1, 2007, 12:32 pm
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> Remove a hinge and replace it with a spring hinge. You can adjust the
> tension so you always get a 95% closing.
> Here's what I'm referring too.
> http://www.hardwaresource.com/Store_ViewProducts.asp?Cat=1204
> Regards
> Dale- Hide quoted text -
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I think Dale wins the free toilet plunger for this one! I didn't know
you could get nice brass spring-loaded hinges for interior doors. My
problem door is NOT a closet but a pass thru between the main TV
family room and the "back" utility room with extra bathroom, washer/
dryer, storage, etc. We close it in the evenings when home since the
utility area gets pretty cold and drafty. I got tired of getting up
off the couch to let the cat in and out. And I really didn't want to
start cutting holes for pet doors. (Its open all the time in summer.)
Thanks Dale for the pointer!
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>to it but its a head-scratcher to me. I have a standard lightweight
>interior door that must be off balance on the frame because it swings
>open. I need it to stay unlatched but 95% closed (to keep heat in the
>main room, but just open enough to let the cat go thru where his box
>is). Unless its latched, it will swing fully open and away from the
>main room.
>Forget door jambs and rolled up towels on the floor on the back side.
>Its too hard to explain but those won't work. And I don't want to re-
>hang the door. I tried bending the hinge pin abit, but that doesn't