What's the proper name for...?

Sep 20, 2006 9 Replies

The little pads you can get for sticking on cupboard e.g. kitchen doors so that they don't make as much noise when slamming shut?



You sometimes see them in the little catalogues full of knick knacks that get pushed through you door.



Do these things even have a 'proper' name?



I used self-adheshive window frame draught excluder to good effect, one 15m roll does an awful lot of cupboards!

What, a proper name like 'Malcolm' or something? Seems unlikely. I always think of them as 'snorgelberglingthingies'

Or...

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Door Buffers. B&Q EAN 0000003153505 =A33 no quantity given

Even better are the the premium door buffers B&Q EAN 0000003190005 =A36 for 5

Search on the EAN at

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for more details

MBQ

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Bumps.

B&Q Depots sell those rather nice piston dampers in packs of six for a fiver - or five for six quid, I forget which. They're dead good.

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>they stock "sound dampers" - "self adhesive" and "knock in"

PeterK

Thanks for the replies. I have a much better idea of what to ask for now.

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