Quick question…
Putting some door stop up and was wondering how much gap do you leave between the door and the stop or do you install it tight?
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HInge side-1/16th-1/8th gap so it doesn't bind the door when closing.
Latch side-snug to latched door.
Head-from one to the other.
If you end up painting-leave a tad more all around.
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Ditto what the horseshoe-tossing guy wrote.
Thanks. I will get on it right away....and make the wife happy!
Muskegman,
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Edited 8/18/2009 8:00 pm by Hudson Valley Carpenter
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Just to make it clear, the latch side should be installed tight -- while the door is being pressed with a modest pressure (in the direction it would open) so that the bolt is reasonably tight against the latch plate.
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I do it a little bit different. I do leave 1/16" on the hinge side, but I was taught to make the stops on the strike side tight at the top and bottom, and just a little gap near the strike, maybe 1/32" or so.
That way, there's still a little play for paint build up, etc. But the door still closes nice and solid.
Here's what I wasn't taught Shep.
Make it so it don't rattle.
but make it latch the first time.
Your method should accomplish that quite well.
If you do commercial closers enough you can get pretty ingenious with the varying techniques used to get the above. Those steel frames and rabbited jambs don't move.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
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I do very few metal jambs. I hate having to play with them.
I'd probably develop some tricks if I installed them on a regular basis, but since I don't...
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I finally figured out what youse guys are talking about.For me a door stop is what stops the openning door from hitting the wall nearby.
I use solid rabbeteted jambs so I can't remember the last time I saw a jamb with applied stops.
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Just sharing my confusion with you - now get to work! Gotta lotta doors to stop
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Please!! We're all dealing with more than enough confusion already. Don't go "sharing" any more!
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Ditto that....just pull the stop back a little right at the latch.
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Ditto your ditto. A match book cover or a business card as a shim does the trick.
Ditto the ditto that you dittoed.This gives just a bit of spring to the door into the latch plate and usually no rattles.View Image
Need a 1/4" for the painters I know.
No matter what you do.........
There's always a problem with something.........
1/4'' of paint tho is going way too far.A Great Place for Information, Comraderie, and a Sucker Punch.
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I wish I was kidding. They even paint the weatherstripping.
Worried about film thickness, eh? I'll send you my father-in-law. He's painted his house three times with the same gallon of paint he bought back in 1976.
LOL, I think I might know him...
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Better than too much maybe.
Thickness of a formica sample leves room for paint.
I do it a little different. I install hardware first and the stops are always last. What the others say about the gaps is the same. I always leave a tiny gap (maybe 1/32") on the strike side, and then if there's any kind noticeable rattle I adjust the tongue of the strike plate in to tighten up on the mortise tongue. I like to have the doors err on the loose side rather than not close & latch properly.
Old school, use a dime.