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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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Door stay problem - please help!
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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Door stay problem - please help!
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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Door stay problem - please help!
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? -- Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite |
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Door stay problem - please help!
And i have no idea why message 3 keeps repeating itself ater the last
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Door stay problem - please help!
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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 -- Dave The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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Door stay problem - please help!
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: wrote: 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 -- Dave The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk 01634 717930 07850 597257 |
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