Changing a damaged door stop is a lot easier and cheaper as well.
Magnetic door stopper installation.
This type of door stop protects your wall from damage but it also holds your door open if you desire.
If you ve ever dealt with your doors slamming shut when you want to leave them open or slamming open and leaving a handle sized hole in your wall with a simple gusty breeze you ve probably decided to install a magnetic door stop.
The reason why i chose this was because i didn t want to risk dirtying my newly painted white door each time we kicked down the stopper.
I was deciding between installing a traditional kickdown door stopper or this magnetic one after several years of using an old school rubber door wedge.
Door stop and catch can be installed interchangeably either on the wall or door.
The magnet in this door stop is very strong.
After all a door that keeps banging on the wall will eventually lead to wall repairs that are extremely costly and time consuming.
Just make sure you install the wall anchors if your planning on installing the door stop on drywall.
I was actually worried that it wouldn t hold open my heavy wood door but it did the job.