Got a bit of an odd problem, due to my own fault in not thinking ahead.

We have a pair of hinged doors separating our dining room from our
living room. They're not on rails, and pretty much hang where they want,
this hasn't been a problem before as the dining room needed decorating
so we just lent some junk against the door to keep it shut, however it's
now time to decorate the dining room...

I don't particularly want to bolt one side of the door, as I'd like them
to be opened from both sides. I think I've seen a bolt you can use where
the bolt is recessed into the door and it has a handle on either side.
Google isn't helping me out though, does anybody know if such a bolt
exists?

Failing that I wonder if magnets would work? Similar to those used on
kitchen cupboards.

Thanks

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Mike Buckley
RD350LC2 GPZ750 Turbo
http://www.toastyhamster.org
BONY#38

mike. buckley wrote:
Got a bit of an odd problem, due to my own fault in not thinking
ahead.

We have a pair of hinged doors separating our dining room from our
living room. They're not on rails, and pretty much hang where they
want, this hasn't been a problem before as the dining room needed
decorating so we just lent some junk against the door to keep it
shut, however it's now time to decorate the dining room...

I don't particularly want to bolt one side of the door, as I'd like
them to be opened from both sides. I think I've seen a bolt you can
use where the bolt is recessed into the door and it has a handle on
either side. Google isn't helping me out though, does anybody know if
such a bolt exists?

Failing that I wonder if magnets would work? Similar to those used on
kitchen cupboards.

Thanks

When doors are closed how much gap is there in between?
Is there enough to accomadate one a set of these?
http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...32891&ts=89405
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Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite

mike. buckley wrote:

We have a pair of hinged doors separating our dining room from our
living room. They're not on rails, and pretty much hang where they want,
this hasn't been a problem before as the dining room needed decorating
so we just lent some junk against the door to keep it shut, however it's
now time to decorate the dining room...

I take it these are double doors?

If so, I did a pair fo these ones using a couple of adjustable roller
catches:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...35788&ts=16264

One on the top of the "fixed door" (i.e. the one with the door stop)
that catches on the top rail. The second on the side of the free door.

Because they are adjustable, you can set the fixed one to require more
force to open. That way it does not open when you pull the free door.

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Cheers,

John.

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