How To Install Magnetic Door Stop With Catch

Today we're talking nearly doorstops. Living in Hawaii, nosotros continue our windows open most of the fourth dimension. I love that we have great weather condition and get the trade winds keeping us cool, just it means our doors are constantly slamming close! I institute these magnetic doorstops while browsing around a home improvement store 1 twenty-four hours and took them domicile and installed them. Game. Changer! WOW

They serve two purposes: 1) Keeps your door knob from banging into thewall. two) They go on the door open!

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So I'll bear witness y'all what I used and how easy they are to install.

What you demand for installing a magnetic doorstop

That's it! No other tools or magic required.

Steps to installing a magnetic doorstop

i- Figure out where you want your door stopper to become and draw a faint line in pencil effectually the circles on both the door and the wall.

Some doors have hollow cores, so yous'll accept less chance of it tearing out if you lot continue it closer to the outside edge of the door (within almost three″).

two) Twist off the base from the pocket-size door piece and attach information technology where you drew your circle on the door. I drilled pocket-sized pilot holes prior to placing screws.

Step three – Twist on the door piece.

Step 4 – Test the wall slice again just to double check that it aligns with where y'all've installed your door piece. Apparently optional, but doesn't hurt to bank check. 😉