Hello,
I'm after a bit of advice about the suitability of a door closer on an external door.
At the moment there is a passageway between two houses, many years when we were having some internal work done I got the carpenter to make an external door to fit the opening at the end of the passageway. One downside is the passageway acts as a wind tunnel on occasion and If I've forgotten to latch the door it can slam quite fiercely. This has caused the T+G boards to spring apart in a couple of places from time to time. I've fitted a couple of pieces of angle iron to try and hold things in place which has done the job for the most part.
I was thinking about the possibility to fit a "soft Closer" inside the passageway, mainly to act as a damper should the door not be closed correctly and the wind catch it.
Has anyone any practical experience as to what a suitable product might be? The door is quite heavy and I'm not sure about the best mounting position etc.
I'm attaching a couple of photo's to better illustrate the problem.
Thanks in advance for any advice.
I'm after a bit of advice about the suitability of a door closer on an external door.
At the moment there is a passageway between two houses, many years when we were having some internal work done I got the carpenter to make an external door to fit the opening at the end of the passageway. One downside is the passageway acts as a wind tunnel on occasion and If I've forgotten to latch the door it can slam quite fiercely. This has caused the T+G boards to spring apart in a couple of places from time to time. I've fitted a couple of pieces of angle iron to try and hold things in place which has done the job for the most part.
I was thinking about the possibility to fit a "soft Closer" inside the passageway, mainly to act as a damper should the door not be closed correctly and the wind catch it.
Has anyone any practical experience as to what a suitable product might be? The door is quite heavy and I'm not sure about the best mounting position etc.
I'm attaching a couple of photo's to better illustrate the problem.
![581419 581419](https://www.cyclechat.net/data/attachments/581/581207-ff87c99831d10448ccef1d9d7fe3062a.jpg)
![581420 581420](https://www.cyclechat.net/data/attachments/581/581208-fdf3381f079d080690552c2dae368a86.jpg)
Thanks in advance for any advice.