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hollow door with closer - pbarra1 - 05-05-2012
Door leading from garage to living space is a hollow steel door. I want to install an automatic door closer on it. Is the steel sheathing strong enough to allow for a door closer? I know the first couple of inches of door probably has a solid wood frame but the first hole I drilled was hollow.
Re: hollow door with closer - Racer X - 05-05-2012
auto-closing HINGES. torsion spring built in.
Re: hollow door with closer - Fred_Also - 05-05-2012
Check ebay item # 150805859665. Then find one that is the size you need. Probably 3.5" X 3.5".
Fred
Re: hollow door with closer - M>B> - 05-05-2012
You can get a replacement hinge pin with a automatic closer...
http://www.homedepot.com/buy/doors-windows/door-accessories/everbuilt/spring-hinge-pin-bright-brass-75048.html
Simple, cheap and you might need more than one for a steel door.
Re: hollow door with closer - Mike Johnson - 05-05-2012
The hinge thingies work, but you may need two or three of them. If I were using one of those pneumatic jobbies, I'd use sheet metal screws plus some sort of weak adhesive: carpet tape, superglue, 3M 77. I would not use a strong adhesive like epoxy or 5200 because those bastards need frequent replacing.
Re: hollow door with closer - artie67 - 05-06-2012
Check the local code for fire doors. I use the spring closers that M>B> shows for my french doors and they work great. But, this is on a fire code area in your garage. Fire code doors usually have a filler and baffles inside. Run bolts from the inside and get a proper coded closer to it right. Do not put in anything that is not fire coded with your insurance. Do it once correctly and relax.
Re: hollow door with closer - Grateful11 - 05-06-2012
M>B> wrote:
You can get a replacement hinge pin with a automatic closer...
http://www.homedepot.com/buy/doors-windows/door-accessories/everbuilt/spring-hinge-pin-bright-brass-75048.html
Simple, cheap and you might need more than one for a steel door.
That's pretty cool. I've never seen those before. Do they actually have
enough spring tension to close and latch the door with the strike plate?
Re: hollow door with closer - pbarra1 - 05-06-2012
Guys - The door is too heavy for that hinge pin spring at HD.
Re: hollow door with closer - Racer X - 05-06-2012
I have a solid wood door with fiberglass facing as my garage fire door. It has self closing hinges with the torsion spring built in. I think there are 3 hinges. You don't need an ugly external arm and failure-prone piston on a heavy door. The hinge springs have an adjustment. Mine just barely swing the door closed and it latches if you let go.