People keep leaving my front door a bit open,
wasting pounds of heat...
Are automatic door closers a good idea?

Wickes have Adjustable Spring Door Closer
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Adjustable-S...er/invt/159664
but its internal, wouldnt cope with a gale...
maybe
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Fire-Safety-...er/invt/528311

Any experiences, positive or negative please?

[g]

george [dicegeorge] wrote:

People keep leaving my front door a bit open,
wasting pounds of heat...
Are automatic door closers a good idea?

Wickes have Adjustable Spring Door Closer
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Adjustable-S...er/invt/159664

The black screwfix ones that run in a channel rather than the rollers are a
bit cheaper, I put one on the office kitchen door 5 months ago and it
works.
but its internal, wouldnt cope with a gale...
maybe
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Fire-Safety-...er/invt/528311

I have this sort on the mess room bog outside door but again the screwix
version and it's a strong spring.


AJH

george [dicegeorge] wrote:
People keep leaving my front door a bit open,
wasting pounds of heat...
Are automatic door closers a good idea?

Wickes have Adjustable Spring Door Closer
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Adjustable-S...er/invt/159664
but its internal, wouldnt cope with a gale...
maybe
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Fire-Safety-...er/invt/528311

Any experiences, positive or negative please?

[g]

George,

Not quite answering your question.

Have a look at the Perko door closers. These are easy to fit and also very
discrete in that the closer is 'hidden' when the door is closed - and they
work.

These can usually be found on fire-check doors.

On 13/02/2011 21:01, george [dicegeorge] wrote:
People keep leaving my front door a bit open,
wasting pounds of heat...
Are automatic door closers a good idea?

Wickes have Adjustable Spring Door Closer
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Adjustable-S...er/invt/159664
but its internal, wouldnt cope with a gale...
maybe
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Fire-Safety-...er/invt/528311

Any experiences, positive or negative please?

[g]

The spring closers are a PITA - they just slam the door shut, even
though they claim to be adjustable. Also, you have to overcome the
spring force to open the door.

The latter type are good. You have two adjustments, one to close the
door up to 15 degrees, and another to 'latch' the door.

I've used these a few times
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Safe.../sd2774/p72799

--
Dave - The Medway Handyman www.medwayhandyman.co.uk

"george [dicegeorge]" wrote in news:ij9gr8$5s9$1
@news.enta.net:


Steer clear of the 'Adjustable Spring Door Closer' type (Gibralter Closer)
and the 'Perko' type closer as these would not normaly close a heavy door
properly unless door left to slam from fully open.

Best go for the overhead type as these can be adjusted to close properly
when sitting on the latch (and are uklikely to chop off fingers) with a
quiet click.


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"george [dicegeorge]" wrote in message
...
People keep leaving my front door a bit open,
wasting pounds of heat...
Are automatic door closers a good idea?


We have a type of door closer that is built into the hinges on one door and
they work really well. They look like these
http://www.moderndoorclosers.co.uk/ and we like them because once fitted
they look just like slightly large normal brass hinges.

Mike

On 13/02/2011 21:01, george [dicegeorge] wrote:
People keep leaving my front door a bit open,
wasting pounds of heat...
Are automatic door closers a good idea?

Wickes have Adjustable Spring Door Closer
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Adjustable-S...er/invt/159664
but its internal, wouldnt cope with a gale...
maybe
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Fire-Safety-...er/invt/528311

Any experiences, positive or negative please?


I have a Briton 1004 on my porch door and that has been working reliably
for the past dozen years or so. As others have said, it closes the door
most of the way quickly, then slows and closes it firmly. The 1004 is no
longer listed, but the 1100 would be the current equivalent,

Colin Bignell

In article ,
"george [dicegeorge]" writes:
People keep leaving my front door a bit open,
wasting pounds of heat...
Are automatic door closers a good idea?

Wickes have Adjustable Spring Door Closer
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Adjustable-S...er/invt/159664
but its internal, wouldnt cope with a gale...
maybe
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Fire-Safety-...er/invt/528311

Any experiences, positive or negative please?

You don't need a fire rated one on a front door, and a non-
fire rated one was about 1/3rd of that price last time I bought
one.

One problem with these is you can't push the door shut faster
than the damper allows. You can get ones with a 3-part linkage
which allow the door to be pushed closed quickly (expensive
because rare). In theory you could replace the second part of
the link with something flexible (such as a chain), but that
requires inverted (transorm mounted, rather than door mounted)
closer, and I can't imagine how that could work with front door
which opens inwards - you'd end up with the closer outside.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember The Medway Handyman
saying something like:

I've used these a few times
http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Safe.../sd2774/p72799

I've got some of those from twenty years ago, rescued from an abandoned
block of council flats - still work fine and very good quality.

On Feb 13, 9:01*pm, "george [dicegeorge]"
wrote:
People keep leaving my front door a bit open,
wasting pounds of heat...
Are automatic door closers a good idea?

Wickes have Adjustable Spring Door Closerhttp://www.wickes.co.uk/Adjustable-Spring-Door-Closer/invt/159664
but its internal, wouldnt cope with a gale...
maybehttp://www.wickes.co.uk/Fire-Safety-Approved-Door-Closer/invt/528311

Any experiences, positive or negative please?

[g]

I put one on the kitchen door. After a few days I found the wife had
wedged the door in the open position.
No amount of teliing did any good so I took it off again as a bad job.
Its taking care of the workshop door now where it feels appreciated.

We fitted a dorplan Door Closer (40101BCDA) on an outward opening back
door per Fig 61 (Push Side Transom Fixing). uPVC door so wasn't sure
the std bolts tapping into the plastic would hold, but so far so
good.

Stops the wind slamming it open/closed, closes automatically, will
hold open or you can push it closed and kid proof ;-) Well worth it.