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Default Door stay problem - please help!

Hello - i have a pair of white aluminium French doors that open
outwards onto a wooden decking verandah a few inches below. The problem
is that when they are fully opened, the door handles hit the full
height fixed glass windows either side. The best the installers can
come up with is a cabin hook on the outer door frame to hold the door
in place, but this does not overcome the fundamental problem of a
sudden gust of wind catching an unsecured door and smashing the window.
(They also want to charge 70 quid per door to fit them BTW). Another
company has suggested a padded post or a pot plant positioned to stop
the door hitting the window. Alliterative but impractical.

I know you can get a restrictor/stay for upvc doors that fits a groove
in the top of the door and prevents opening beyond 90 deg, but
apparently this does not work on aluminium doors. But SURELY there must
be something out there designed to do this job? Or can some kind soul
suggest a simple and elegant solution to the problem? Any help
gratefully received.

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Thanks Sir B, but it looks a bit like the type of stay that is designed
for upvc doors. Do you know if this will definitely work on aluminium
doors?

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Thanks Sir B, but it looks a bit like the type of stay that is designed
for upvc doors. Do you know if this will definitely work on aluminium
doors?

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Well, the "floor" is verandah decking, some inches below the door, so
unfortunately (if i understand correctly) that system would not be
practical. But thanks for the suggestion.

The type you really want is the concealed flush latching to floor type.
This type is a recessed latch thats flipped out and reveals a bolt at the
bottom of the door and locks into a square/round plate that is also
recessed into the floor.
It primarily used in offices/large halls/hospitals to keep the doors open
when needed.
For the life of me I don't know what this type is called?

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Thanks Dave, but the problem is the distance between the bottom of the
door and the decking outside. I think some sort of hinged restrictor is
probably needed, but i can't find anything suitable.

The Medway Handyman wrote:
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Hello - i have a pair of white aluminium French doors that open
outwards onto a wooden decking verandah a few inches below. The
problem is that when they are fully opened, the door handles hit the
full height fixed glass windows either side.


How about
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...80964&ts=34335 you
could use self tapping screws. Or
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...11892&ts=34571


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www.medwayhandyman.co.uk
01634 717930
07850 597257


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