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How To Fix Door Stoppers

  
  
  

doorstopDoor stoppers occasionally get damaged. I had a customer ask if they can be repaired. You can attempt to repair them, but they are inexpensive and it might just be easier to replace them.

There are several different styles of door stoppers. The solid stoppers just screw into either the baseboard or the door itself. There really isn’t any repairing these. They are very tough, and if something gets damaged, it will be either the baseboard or the door itself. In fact, most repairs come from someone stepping on top of these door stoppers and it pulls downward and out of the baseboard. So at that point you can either patch the baseboard and remount the door stopper to the door instead, or just move it over somewhat.

The spring style door stoppers are flexible and don’t pull out of the baseboard. They slide into a base that is screwed into the baseboard. Sometimes, the spring shape gets damaged and when you thread it back into the base it doesn’t contact the door anymore. You can try to recoil the door stopper with needle nose pliers or just cut off the damaged part and rethread it into the base. Otherwise, spend a dollar and buy a new one.

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