Doorstays

[Laurie Tedcastle]

I have a need to hold door(s) open at a position of my choosing. At the time I
decided to do something about this, none of the stays on the dear old web
appeared suitable. So made my own:

Back door to my garage/workshop. Very simple. This door can open 90deg max:

Now both of my shed doors are 9" shorter than the standard door above.
Anything like the stay above and I would be banging my head on it every time
I went in/out. So concluded that the shed stays would need to be mounted on
the hinge side, out of my way.

Door in the side of my store shed, door can open 180deg. This stay is grossly
over engineered, but this door does get blown alot by the wind:

Door in the end of my woodwork shed, door can open about 135deg. Similar
design to the store shed, but modified for the different design of shed
frame:

Sheds are always more of a problem, I think, due to varying designs of the
shed frames. These stays have now been in use for some years and work well.
Just hope this may help someone else solve the problem. I'm sure some may have
other designs.

Laurie

 

[brightspark]

fire extinguishers are the norm dual purpose

 

[rtcosic]

I have an outward opening backdoor in a very windy coastal location. I fitted a commercial door stop rather like your first one.

After a few years of the wind grabbing it and slamming it against the stops the hinge screws became loose.

I would suggest trying to fit a spring in the mechanism or some other method of damping the last few percent of travel.

 

[Laurie Tedcastle]

@brightspark

 

[Laurie Tedcastle]

@brightspark

Wouldn't work for me. Would need 2 per door - one each side. Regularly have all 3 doors in use. Wouldn't know where
to find 1 discarded extinguisher, let alone 6. They would need to be big and heavy and would be a pain to store when
not in use. Sometimes only want the door open a fraction, with extinguishers the minimum would be the cylinder diameter. Nowhere near as quick to operate as my stays. Oh and this is a welding forum and these did require use of
one of my welders. Often impressed by others designs and thought I might share some of mine. Still you did place a
smiley(?) there, so perhaps your reply was all in jest. I really don't understand these graphic symbols - can just about cope with rofl and <g>.

@rtcosic

Did you perchance miss the lock screw on the frame fitting? 1/2 to 3/4 turn and the sliding bar is locked solid in any position - door doesn't bang. No need for any springs.

Laurie

 

[rtcosic]

Did you perchance miss the lock screw on the frame fitting? 1/2 to 3/4 turn and the sliding bar is locked solid in any position - door doesn't bang. No need for any springs.

No I saw that but thought it was a lockscrew to hold the door in a fixed position. I was referring to the problem of the wind snatching the door out of your hand and slamming it into the end stop. I have that problem.

My commercial one has a friction 'damper' but despite that high winds are a problem. I was thinking in terms of a spring or rubber 'bump stop'.

Edit: It's mainly my wife who looses control of the door. She uses it more than I do too.

 

[8ob]

Used a similar setup to keep the deflector in place on the chipper chute, always needs to be at a different angle and the bolts always come loose. Slider and pinch bolt fixed it

 

[truckdoctor]

I have two upvc patio doors opening out on my sun lounge at the end of the garden and the wind catches them. Fortunately the open 180 degrees so I hold them open with these, https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-lo...VFuDtCh2n1gQIEAQYAiABEgLGwvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds Gate catches, seems to work great over the last few years.