Magnetic door stop/holder
I posted this on a different forum and got a lot responses, so thought I'd share here. My bedroom door in the 5th wheel wouldn't stay open so I got a magnetic door stop/holder and installed it. Works great
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Dog Folks wrote:
We must have tried ten different ways to hold our door open, until we found the exact same thing in Lowe's.
No problems since. They work great!
Home depot sells them too.- I installed one on our entrance door, too. The cup side (mounted to the door) started to rust in two days. The white, powder coated cup base and the white stalk (mounted to camper body) look good, just the cup itself is rusting. No big deal. Maybe I'll clean it and spray some clear coat on the cup. It works very well, with a sharp jerk required to pull the door free of the magnets. I hate rust, but the convenience is worth it.
- Dog Folks,
That's perfect. Thanks very much. mrgreetis wrote:
I've done that to our entrance door. Works great!
I only wish the part that you have mounted on the door would come in various lengths. Our bathroom door is usually left open when storing and moving from storage to the house. Using one of those to hold it open would be great if it didn't stick out so much. I've tried to think of how to shorten the stalk without it looking half-a$$ed, but no brainstorms yet. Right now using a wedge, but the door still comes loose and swings around.
Put the "stalk" standing up on the floor.
Put the "receiver" cup on the door.
That is how ours is set up. The "cup" approaches the "stalk" from a 90 degree angle. The magnets don't care.- I've done that to our entrance door. Works great!
I only wish the part that you have mounted on the door would come in various lengths. Our bathroom door is usually left open when storing and moving from storage to the house. Using one of those to hold it open would be great if it didn't stick out so much. I've tried to think of how to shorten the stalk without it looking half-a$$ed, but no brainstorms yet. Right now using a wedge, but the door still comes loose and swings around. - We must have tried ten different ways to hold our door open, until we found the exact same thing in Lowe's.
No problems since. They work great! - Thanks for sharing this. We have been looking for a good way to hold our W/D closet door open when doing laundry and this looks like it will fit the bill.
