My kids are always banging the front door to the point where every other door in the house reverberates. No amount of nagging will stop them doing it. I have the soft close "thingys" on my kitchen doors which are brilliant. Is it possible to get the same for a heavy front door?
Soft close for front door
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have a look here, http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/heavy-duty-door-closer.html
Not sure if the door has to be squeesed shut if they would work. You could enquire though.
Not sure if the door has to be squeesed shut if they would work. You could enquire though.
I solved this 10 years ago with a hydraulic slow-closing mechanism, such as you see on pub and shop doors. I got it from Coens of Gort (now Corrys) (about €20) and fitted them myself - just a couple of screws.
Still going strong. I often think of the years of shouting 'dun an doras' I saved myself.
Still going strong. I often think of the years of shouting 'dun an doras' I saved myself.
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I remember being called to new corporation house near christchurch about 15/20 years ago. New tenants in a new house, we were asked to go in and assess snags.
A guy was sitting in the sitting room watching TV (a can of lager remote control etc).
It was a week day lunchtime.
Every internal door downstairs was cut in half. The top half closed , the bottom open. When asked why he cut the doors in half, we were told that he could not stop the kids banging the doors and that this was his solution.
A guy was sitting in the sitting room watching TV (a can of lager remote control etc).
It was a week day lunchtime.
Every internal door downstairs was cut in half. The top half closed , the bottom open. When asked why he cut the doors in half, we were told that he could not stop the kids banging the doors and that this was his solution.