What is a magnetic door catcher?
I’m sure you might have experienced a situation where your door closed with a loud thud especially on a windy day. Or probably have a door handle and lock that always wears out and needs to be changed.
Well, that’s what a door catch prevents.
A door catch is a fitting attached to a door – especially those without a lock – to keep it closed and unaffected by air or wind. Hence, your sleeping children are not awoken at night by fearful and loud door thuds. In offices, workers are not distracted by the slamming of the doors.
It consists of a magnet that lies within a steel encasement that is fitted to the door while the strike plate – a metallic strip – is attached to the door frame or inside of the cabinet door.
Door catches are of different types. They are:
- Ball type
- Roller type
- Magnet type
- Slide catch
- Door holder type.
How to install a magnetic door catcher?
For cabinets, the steps for fixing a magnetic door catch includes:
- Mark the area you’ll wish to fix the magnetic door catcher. To make this easy, use a pencil to mark the area for the catch on the corner of the cabinet.
- Also make a mark on the area on the inside of the cabinet door that aligns with the mark you first made.
- Place the catch against the marked area and use a pencil or sharp objects to mark points for the screws. Proceed to rill the holes with a hand drill.
- Attach the magnetic catch with screws, into the hole you drilled.
- Repeat step 2 and three on the areayou marked on the inside of the cabinet door.
- Test out the new fitting and make sure the door opens with little resistance, and that the magnetic catch and the strike plate, properly allign with each other.
What is a door catch used for?
In general, magnetic door catchers are used to securely hold doors in place and eliminate the noise that’s generated when one tries to open them or close them.
A recent trend in home interior design, is concealed or hidden doors. These doors do not have handles and hence are somewhat hidden.
For internal doors that need to be concealed, designers use magnetic door catches instead of a door handle. Hence, the door closes silently without a fuss.
Aside from doors, catches are also used in kitchen cabinets, storage solutions, etc. In general, it can be fixed in any place where a door is needed.
Where can I get a quality magnetyic door catcher?
Just as is any purchase, getting a quality door catcher can be a headache.
That’s where daily mag comes in.
At daily mag, we have magnetic door catchers that are of premium quality, and still affordable. They are available for immedate delivery to whatever region of the world you reside in.
You should contact us to get a quotation.
