Door swinging open

Mokles

Does anyone know of anything that stops an internal door swinging open when left ajar. We've tried bending the hinge pins, which worked for a short time but doesn't anymore. We don't really want something that closes the door like a spring closure but wondered if there was something like a soft closure like you have on kitchen cupboards.

tacpot12

You can get fire door hinges that include a self-closing spring, or fit something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Concealed-XFORT-Provides-Automatic-Internal/dp/B07CT85F2T

If the door is supposed to be a fire door, you need to be careful to select hardware that is suitable for firedoors. If it is just an ordinary internal door, then you can choose anything that works. 

MikeJXE

It's ot of plum, fix that and it won't swing anywhere 

EssexExile

Rising butt hinges.

Mokles

tacpot12 said:

You can get fire door hinges that include a self-closing spring, or fit something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Concealed-XFORT-Provides-Automatic-Internal/dp/B07CT85F2T

If the door is supposed to be a fire door, you need to be careful to select hardware that is suitable for firedoors. If it is just an ordinary internal door, then you can choose anything that works. 

Thanks for the suggestion. It isn't a fire door, it's a kitchen door that swings open and hits the worktop. I'd really like to be able to leave it ajar and not have to have it either open or closed. I think the problem probably is what MikeJXE mentioned and that it's out of plumb, but we were trying not to have to get someone to do it,  as eventually we want to change all the doors and it seems an unnecessary expense.

cymruchris

Put a cheap doorstop in the floor so it hits that rather than the worktop? Some are even magnetic so you can open the door against the door stop, and it'll hold it there until you close it:

https://amzn.eu/d/ie4dDJG

HillStreetBlues

What about a draft excluder? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stormguard-Rubber-Bottom-Draught-Excluder/dp/B082VFTQ6L?th=1
Position it so it slightly grips floor so door stays in place.

Emmia

Mokles said:

tacpot12 said:

You can get fire door hinges that include a self-closing spring, or fit something like this: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Concealed-XFORT-Provides-Automatic-Internal/dp/B07CT85F2T

If the door is supposed to be a fire door, you need to be careful to select hardware that is suitable for firedoors. If it is just an ordinary internal door, then you can choose anything that works. 

Thanks for the suggestion. It isn't a fire door, it's a kitchen door that swings open and hits the worktop. I'd really like to be able to leave it ajar and not have to have it either open or closed. I think the problem probably is what MikeJXE mentioned and that it's out of plumb, but we were trying not to have to get someone to do it,  as eventually we want to change all the doors and it seems an unnecessary expense.

We have exactly the same issue, and I've resolved it by fitting a door cushion and a couple of stick on silicone bumpers onto the door handle itself, rather than fitting a doorstop to the floor which would get in the way, due to the layout of the kitchen.

The cushions are intended to stop doors slamming closed on children's bedrooms, or to allow the door to be closed silently, and loop around the handle on each side of the door, covering the closing mechanism. 

We can still close the door of we need to, but the cushion stops the mechanism hitting the worktop

Etsy is a particularly good hunting ground for these items

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/710727282/original-latchy-catchy-door-silencer

Or if you don't need/want to ever close the door, you could have something like this

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1550031229/door-stopperdoor-protectiondoor-stop

ThisIsWeird

HillStreetBlues said:

What about a draft excluder? https://www.amazon.co.uk/Stormguard-Rubber-Bottom-Draught-Excluder/dp/B082VFTQ6L?th=1
Position it so it slightly grips floor so door stays in place.

Cool.
Possibly even a version you can adhere to the underside of the door so you don't even see it. Depends, I guess, on the door clearance. But it doesn't have to be full door width - just enough to add that wee bit of friction, added close to the hinge side. 

travis-powers

As mentioned above door is out of plumb, you may be able to move hinges to counter it or depending on weight of door a rare earth magnet fitted to top of door and slightly of centre in frame may work.
 This is how I do cupboard doors works a treat!

ThisIsWeird

Could have sworn - in fact, did swear when I couldn't find it - that there used to be such a door swing-stop made from fabric, that slipped in under the door-floor gap from its end. 
It was just thin fabric for the bit under the door thickness, but raised, padded bit either side. Just a few inches wide. You slipped it in under the door, and jobbie jobbed - it got dragged as you moved the door, but would otherwise keep it in place. 
Can't find anything like it on 'images'.
Something like this would be very simple to make.