Evening all - Just a quick one..... My untolerable neighbour has complained that my internal doors bang shut. Now I live in rented accomodation and all internal doors are chain operated fire doors. Is there anything like a sealer/cushion strip that I could buy locally from Wickes or B&Q that I could stick to the doors , that would still make them complient yet reduce the banging sound?
Banging fire doors
- Thread starter neilthedeal
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I'd planned to do this but I wanted to go to the landlord with a solution as not to be seen sinking to my neighbours unhelpful level - i wanted to come out of this situation stinking of roses. Any other thoughts?
It is possible to use draft excluder strip for the door to shut onto.. the "pipe" section might be better than the "foam" as it will be full of air when the door shuts on it then compress. You want the minimum amount, so that it will compress, so it doesn't hold the door open and defeat the smoke barrier. You can buy pneumatic door buffers but I have only seen the small ones for kitchen cabinet doors recently.
The other technique you can try is "shutting the door behind you" rather than letting it slam.
The other technique you can try is "shutting the door behind you" rather than letting it slam.
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Try some of these, bit of an expensive way to stop the noise but will guarantee a quiet and safe closure.
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