Best Hinge Door Stops
Buy the best best hinge door stops selected and recommended by interior designers. By Peyton Robinson.
A door stop can be a very solid investment, especially if you have kids that burst through doors. Or maybe you're going in and out, and the door just won't stay open. These hinge door stops keep your door from opening too widely, and some models, allow the door to not swing closed. Installable on the hinge, or put in on a needed basis, our collection of hinge door stops will have what you seek.
Best Hinge Door Stops
Buying Guide
Peyton Robinson
Interior Design Expert
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Without a doubt, the doors throughout your home are one of the most important elements in its construction. Not only do they play an essential role in your home's safety regarding the exterior doors, but they also protect everyone's privacy with the interior doors. Therefore, if they're banging into your walls, this isn't a good thing. The best way to prevent that from happening is by installing a hinge door stop. Just as there are a plethora or doors and hinges from which to choose, hinge door stops are no exception.
Door stops have been around for decades to help doorknobs from going through walls. Under most circumstances, consumers could find them available in the kind that you could screw into the baseboard or secure with screws to the floor. However, if you changed your mind regarding its placement, you were left with the holes from its original location. Use of a hinge door stop prevents that from happening because it installs directly into the door’s hinge to prevent the door from hitting against the wall.
Some common materials used in making hinge door stops include:
- Stainless steel
- Traditional solid steel
- High-quality metal
- Solid forged brass
- Silver plated
- Bright brass
- Oil-rubbed bronze
- Cast metal
- Nickel
- Bronze
- Zinc
When selecting these door stops, the best choice is to match the materials with the existing door knob and hinges for the sake of continuity. In doing so, you’ll create a cohesive look when the door is closed.
Because these door stops are located on the hinge, they are constructed with the highest quality materials as noted in the previous section. Therefore, you can rest assured that they’ll last a lifetime. The only parts of the door stop you’ll have to worry about are the rubber bumpers. Over time, they’ll experience cracking and will eventually need replacing. The cracking occurs as the room’s temperature warms and cools, as well as from frequent door usage. Because these are small pieces, it’s simple to pop them off and replace them without having to remove the entire unit.
Aside from the variety of materials from which you’ll have to choose, there’s also a wide variety of product options as well. Under most circumstances, the hinge stopper will feature a bumper on each end of its swing arm. However, the swing arm is where the product’s appearance will vary. Some of the stoppers look like a half moon while others look like a water faucet when they’re not installed. Therefore, it’s up to the consumer what style they would like to use.
While each of these door stops will come with installation instructions, they’re straightforward regarding putting them on the door hinge. You close the door, take out the door pin, insert the hinge door stop on the pin’s head, then replace the pin into the door hinge. You’ll need to make some adjustments to ensure it’s hitting against the door and the wall adequately.