While sitting in my recliner and looking over and seeing I need to get up and go shut the front door, I thought, with all that I can control, there has to be a solution for my predicament. So I turned to google and found this. Any chance any of you have any experience with this product or one like it?
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the film industry uses something. I cant remember what it is called. Its a device that temporarily attaches to doors to open them smoothly. HGTV uses it alot.
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I’m kind of surprised that no one has encountered this before. Not even in a handicapped situation. I found some other options, but most of them are $1k+. For $200, I may try this one, but I can’t find if it will work for an exterior door.
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People like Fire Departments and Building and Safety Departments are a bit sticky about what you put on a door to open it that might, incidentally, keep it from opening in case of a fire and resultant loss of power.
You said you wanted something to close a door, so a magnetic door-holder-opener along with a spring or hydraulic closer sounded about right. Then you said you wanted to open the door with it. That's a lot harder to make safe.
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People like Fire Departments and Building and Safety Departments are a bit sticky about what you put on a door to open it that might, incidentally, keep it from opening in case of a fire and resultant loss of power.
You said you wanted something to close a door, so a magnetic door-holder-opener along with a spring or hydraulic closer sounded about right. Then you said you wanted to open the door with it. That's a lot harder to make safe.
Doors that slide can be opened by pulling or pushing on the panels and single doors that swing can be opened if the power goes out- fire codes demand that.
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
While sitting in my recliner and looking over and seeing I need to get up and go shut the front door, I thought, with all that I can control, there has to be a solution for my predicament. So I turned to google and found this. Any chance any of you have any experience with this product or one like it?
Contact a door company that works for grocery stores. I googled 'stanley automatic doors' and got more than 6.8 million hits.
My mechanic told me, "I couldn't repair your brakes, so I made your horn louder."
People like Fire Departments and Building and Safety Departments are a bit sticky about what you put on a door to open it that might, incidentally, keep it from opening in case of a fire and resultant loss of power.
You said you wanted something to close a door, so a magnetic door-holder-opener along with a spring or hydraulic closer sounded about right. Then you said you wanted to open the door with it. That's a lot harder to make safe.
I said my thought on the subject started because I needed to shut the door. The more I thought about it, opening the door would be good too. Usually doors do both.
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Yes, but a magnetic release never interferes with opening the door during a fire, while an electrically controlled door opener may not work, nor even be releasable, during a fire. At least not at $200!
A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything. "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw
Contact a door company that works for grocery stores. I googled 'stanley automatic doors' and got more than 6.8 million hits.
Did you see the prices on those Stanley units? 5 to 10 times the price of this Skylink piece. Way out of my budget. Which makes me nervous about the Skylink
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A good answer is easier with a clear question giving the make and model of everything. "The biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place." -- G. “Bernie” Shaw
I meant to call them today to try to find out more about the product. According to their website they have their own smart home system.
I definitely though want one that will open an exterior door. I have a dog that has decided she doesn’t like to use the dog door anymore. So she will stand at the door and bark. “Alexa, let the dog in”
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The slide doors i have seen in person were all expensive and cool and took forever to get to work. Weeks months with techs coming back to fine tune them.
I think the swing door option is the way to go. It would never work for me though. I cant use the keyless entry products either. I would have to buy a new door. The one i have goes from (based on season) slamming shut if you let go of the knob to me having to push with all my strength to get it shut enough to get the lock to turn.
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My doors are standard metal exterior doors. I don’t have to worry about them changing size from humidity. But I do wonder if the weather stripping will cause too much resistance for this product.
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