| David Combs 2005-07-19, 11:25 pm |
| In article <qvj64vph52s.fsf@unix42.andrew.cmu.edu>,
Philip Lewis <flip+spiced_ham@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:
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>...
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>How about a makeup sponge or two in the hinge side "pinch" of the
>door? If you really wanted to be "on the up and up" you could try
>tacking a felt strip in that area and call it air infiltration.
>(might not be believed if this is an interior door. ;)
>
>Probably a little cheaper than $100/door.
You know those super-inexpensive door latches that you
screw into the wood, with an L-shaped 2-inches long
pointed hook that you hook between the door and
the door-jamb? Each of the two pieces you screw
into the wood (door and door-jamb) being bent into
a circle -- L-shaped hook rooted in one, hook-end
drops into the other?
Well, way back in the 50's, we had on our screen door a
rubber ball (maybe two-thirds diameter of a golf ball) dangling just
as an unhooked door-hook would hang down when un-hooked,
and *no* second piece screwed into the door-jamb.
When the spring door was let loose from being open,
and started to slam shut, the little rubber-ball would
swing out (centrifigal force) beyond the door, so
that when the door hit the door-jamb, it'd bounce off.
Cheap and effective.
Don't know if they still make them -- haven't seen one
in *years* (well, *decades*).
David
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