a better door hold-back device?

what dept? at home depot

baylito99 wrote:
what dept? at home depot

Where all the door knobs, drawer pulls, etc. are in the hardware dept.
Magnetic door stop
Barney

Amazing to me that people will spend good money trying to replace something, when the only problem is the incorrect installation/use of the part they already have. To each his own, I guess.

4x4van wrote:
Amazing to me that people will spend good money trying to replace something, when the only problem is the incorrect installation/use of the part they already have. To each his own, I guess.

Those plastic T-bar hold backs are not positive latch, even when perfectly installed and before they rot in the sunlight. Of course, a magnetic holder is not positive latch either.

Chris Bryant wrote:

4x4van wrote:
Amazing to me that people will spend good money trying to replace something, when the only problem is the incorrect installation/use of the part they already have. To each his own, I guess.

Those plastic T-bar hold backs are not positive latch, even when perfectly installed and before they rot in the sunlight. Of course, a magnetic holder is not positive latch either.

When the T-Bar latches are installed correctly (so that the arm pivots up & down), they ARE a positive latch. You physically have to raise the arm in order for it to unlatch; the wind cannot "lift" the arm. I have used the metal version of the T-bar latch for 27 years on 2 different motorhomes AND my enclosed trailer, and they have NEVER come unlatched, regardless of how hard the wind blew (I camp at Glamis, plenty of wind shaping the sand dunes). My new MH again has the T-bar latch (although plastic) that is installed correctly; the arm swings up & down. Going by the OP's description and without actually seeing a pic of his setup, I'm betting that his T-bar latch is installed so that the arm pivots sideways; that's the only way that it could be doing what he says it's doing. That is an incorrect installation; both of his pieces need to be rotated 90 degrees.

This is how it's supposed to be installed. Regardless of how hard the wind pushes or pulls the door, it cannot unlatch until the arm is physically lifted up. Pushing and/or pulling on the door puts NO upward pressure on the arm, therefore the T cannot come out of the large slot at the top.

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I have no problem with them holding door. I don't like getting out in the rain to close the door.

I leave my front bedroom open when I sleep for air flow, this section is not covered by the awning and when it rains it has to come closed, and if the wind is blowing the awning has to come in too, so having magnetic door latch would eliminate me getting wet.

My truck camper doesn't have a hold device. It has what they call a friction hinge, the door stay exactly where you put it. It took a bit to get used to as it takes a bit more effort to move the door but now I quite like it. Not sure if a kit to fit other doors is available or not.