We have an internal door in our living room made of wood and one out to the garden made of heavy plastic
it seems the kids that visit here like slamming them
any ideas or methods that prevent a door being slammed and rattling the frame?
would it be done at the hinge or something else?
A door closer?
That looks the sort that closes the door with just a spring! The sort that control the closing and also latch it have oil in and that stops slamming - if you try to slam the door it resists.
A thick ear used to do the trick when we were kids !
A door closer like this
You could not physically slam it if you tried.
A good clip or two around some little ears - if a gentle warning is not enough! LOL
An overhead door closer (as pete) describes would be the most suitable.
You can get a type of these that will 'soft close' the door in the last few degrees of its closing arc (difficult to slam under any conditions [except if badly worn]) - and I believe this type can also hold the door open at 90 degrees (if required).
If you Google -- overhead door closer (or closure) -- then you should be able to get one from good ironmongery/door furniture suppliers.
The one that you have found will not 'soft close' the door, and can in fact be adjusted to slam the door even harder than the kids can do - and the adjusting pins (hardened steel) have been known to snap and cause personal damage to oneself (speaking from experience - ouch, it hurt).
Cash
Those small pins known as 'pingfuckits'. Yup, been there.
Aye - but that now get's you a prison sentence in new Labour's Britain!
I might go for one of those metal things on the PVC door - dont fancy fitting it myself tho - will get a handyman to do it maybe
If you've got carpet, you could attach something at the bottom to make it rub - it'll slow the swing down.
Think before you fit one - you may not want the door to always be closed - and it to be harder to open.
I think training the kids has to be the best approach. Along with - keeping dirty hands off walls - not dragging hands on wall when reaching for a light switch, etc. It ain't hard.
Alternatively -- when they are playing - use a wedge to keep the lounge door open so they can't close it.
Had one fly off when fitting a spring to next door's garden gate. Didn't bother to search the lawn for it - just made one from a 2BA ch. hd. screw - fits properly and won't go rusty and just tight enough to need a screwdiver to get it in. Prolly outlast the gate and the closer.
Or use one of the kids as a buffer to stop the door - lessen and lesson in one go.
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