the pan drawers in the kitchen are soft close self close thanks to a mechanism that looks like this:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/hafele-soft-close-mechanism-for-roller-runners/3181J
A plastic bogey travels along an L shaped slot as the drawer is pulled open then flicks out of the way as the end of the L is reached. When closing the bogey flicks back, captures the activating finger tab and travels back to the closed position using a spring-damper arrangement that means the drawer self closes softly when it reaches circa 4 inches open
I'm wondering if a similar thing exists for internal doors? Something that will catch and close in the last few inches of ajar, but isn't one of those big, ugly overhead force closers/jamb based chain closers that pull closed all the time - I'd like to be able to leave doors open and only have them activate a self close when nearly closed. I'd prefer something cheap (like that drawer runner) and easy to hide
https://www.screwfix.com/p/hafele-soft-close-mechanism-for-roller-runners/3181J
A plastic bogey travels along an L shaped slot as the drawer is pulled open then flicks out of the way as the end of the L is reached. When closing the bogey flicks back, captures the activating finger tab and travels back to the closed position using a spring-damper arrangement that means the drawer self closes softly when it reaches circa 4 inches open
I'm wondering if a similar thing exists for internal doors? Something that will catch and close in the last few inches of ajar, but isn't one of those big, ugly overhead force closers/jamb based chain closers that pull closed all the time - I'd like to be able to leave doors open and only have them activate a self close when nearly closed. I'd prefer something cheap (like that drawer runner) and easy to hide