how to keep patio doors open?

DVardysShadow

poppysarah wrote: »

... Also the naughty chair might help.

It is bad enough when the kids are misbehaving, you don't want the furniture joining in too.

poppysarah

How much of a drop?

We've got patio steps and have used a huge tub of bulbs to keep the door open whilst my OH muses over what fixing to use to do it properly...

Suzanne_Louise

tyllwyd wrote: »

In case someone out there has a bright idea - we've got patio doors which swing open, and they blow shut in the wind. They only open to 90 degrees, not flat against the wall, and the ground drops away, so we can't prop them open with a doorstop. What we really need is a hook fixed to the wall to hold them open, but does anyone know of any other products that might be used to keep them open?

This is the same for us. What we did last year was to put 2 of our patio containers (with shrubs in) against each door when open, to stop this happening. It worked.

grimsalve

tyllwyd wrote: »

In case someone out there has a bright idea - we've got patio doors which swing open, and they blow shut in the wind. They only open to 90 degrees, not flat against the wall, and the ground drops away, so we can't prop them open with a doorstop. What we really need is a hook fixed to the wall to hold them open, but does anyone know of any other products that might be used to keep them open?

Are they French doors? Is there a restraining strap at the top (to stop the doors opening beyond 90 degrees?). If so sometimes you can tighten the screw that attaches to the block in the slider so the doors don't swing back either - makes the door feel "heavy" though. I've done this on mine and the doors hardly move when they're open, even if it gets a bit windy.

tyllwyd

That's the problem - there are two steps down before ground level, so probably about a pot and a half to two pots in height. And because of the steps and the door only opening to 90 degrees, you need to balance something on the steps themselves to prop the door open - usually we put a heavy box on the step and then have to try to manoveur round it to get down the steps!

I'll have a look at the hinge mechanism at the top, but there isn't any kind of restraining arm.

(Bad choice to have opening patio doors - if I was doing it again I'd definitely chose sliding because of how windy it is around here)

jackomdj

op we had one of these...[removed by Forum Team]

never used it on the patio doors, but worked wonders on the living room doors. Not so much with my girls, who never really played with the door but worked wonders when we had visitors children.

jackomdj

tyllwyd...my thoughts are get a loop fitting for the door & drill into your slab & get a couple of these http://www.kingsnaps.net/index_down.php?sele=hstyle&hstyle=1 with a length of rope between??? would work & not too intrusive when not in use

Incyder

elff wrote: »

Thanks - naughty chair does nothing really they go there sit down after 2 minutes they say sorry ... 2 minutes latter there doing it again!!
I think now they can reach the handle sliding it is lots of fun...and shutting your brother out in the garden is hystericall

A more permanent solution is what is needed. Choose the twin who is the best behaved and get the other one fostered.

elff

Incyder wrote: »

Choose the twin who is the best behaved and get the other one fostered.

Are you my husband? this seems to be one of his favorite sayings... although he uses 'adopted' so he cant come back