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Req suggestions to keep door from closing. Brett Miller 07-01-2005
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Posted by Brett Miller on July 1, 2005, 1:37 am
        Besides the obvious use of a door stop, is there a way to keep
a door from closing when it is left in the open position?
I had heard a playing card under the bottom hinge would work,
but it didn't.
        Perhaps I tried the wrong card, dunno.
But if you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.



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Posted by RicodJour on July 1, 2005, 1:50 am
Brett Miller wrote:
> Besides the obvious use of a door stop, is there a way to keep
> a door from closing when it is left in the open position?
> I had heard a playing card under the bottom hinge would work,
> but it didn't.
>         Perhaps I tried the wrong card, dunno.
> But if you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

If you mean keep it from swinging close on its own, pull one of the
hinge pins, lay it on a block of wood and give it a swat in the middle
with a hammer. It doesn't have to be a real hard swat. You're just
deforming the pin a bit so it'll bind. Normally that's a bad thing,
but probably what you're looking to do.

The door is swinging close because it isn't hung plumb.

R


Posted by Al Bundy on July 1, 2005, 6:04 am


RicodJour wrote:
> Brett Miller wrote:
> > Besides the obvious use of a door stop, is there a way to keep
> > a door from closing when it is left in the open position?
> > I had heard a playing card under the bottom hinge would work,
> > but it didn't.
> >         Perhaps I tried the wrong card, dunno.
> > But if you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.
>
> If you mean keep it from swinging close on its own, pull one of the
> hinge pins, lay it on a block of wood and give it a swat in the middle
> with a hammer. It doesn't have to be a real hard swat. You're just
> deforming the pin a bit so it'll bind. Normally that's a bad thing,
> but probably what you're looking to do.
>
> The door is swinging close because it isn't hung plumb.
>
> R

Or he could buy a $3 door closer at the hardware and use the built in
stop that holds a door in position. We have a door that wants to close
under spring pressure and we stuff a silicone lizard in it when going
out for short times.

PS. The playing card is supposed to go between the striker and the
latch. The poster is not listening close enough to his Watergate type
friends.


Posted by RicodJour on July 1, 2005, 10:04 am
Al Bundy wrote:
> RicodJour wrote:
> > Brett Miller wrote:
> > > Besides the obvious use of a door stop, is there a way to keep
> > > a door from closing when it is left in the open position?
> > > I had heard a playing card under the bottom hinge would work,
> > > but it didn't.
> > >         Perhaps I tried the wrong card, dunno.
> > > But if you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.
> >
> > If you mean keep it from swinging close on its own, pull one of the
> > hinge pins, lay it on a block of wood and give it a swat in the middle
> > with a hammer. It doesn't have to be a real hard swat. You're just
> > deforming the pin a bit so it'll bind. Normally that's a bad thing,
> > but probably what you're looking to do.
> >
> > The door is swinging close because it isn't hung plumb.
> >
> > R
>
> Or he could buy a $3 door closer at the hardware and use the built in
> stop that holds a door in position. We have a door that wants to close
> under spring pressure and we stuff a silicone lizard in it when going
> out for short times.
>
> PS. The playing card is supposed to go between the striker and the
> latch. The poster is not listening close enough to his Watergate type
> friends.

OP didn't ask how to keep the door from latching, he asked how to keep
it from swinging closed. The playing card was advised as a shim placed
behind the offending hinges to make the door hang plumb. Depending on
the situation, that may work, but it may also interfere with the
spacing between the door and frame.

R


Posted by Edwin Pawlowski on July 1, 2005, 6:17 am

> Besides the obvious use of a door stop, is there a way to keep
> a door from closing when it is left in the open position?
> I had heard a playing card under the bottom hinge would work,
> but it didn't.
> Perhaps I tried the wrong card, dunno.
> But if you have any suggestions, I'd appreciate it.

Jack of diamonds works best.



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