I want a doorstop that has a ball-point-pen type of push-down-push-up action. This has to go in the floor so the stop needs to be good for a side-load. I've seen a type with a sort of pivoting wedge but what I want has to lock up or down.
popup doorstop?
Nov 10, 2014
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mcmaster.com search "plunger door holders"
Like this?
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or this:
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Pop the RBBB off and the rod'll go into the floor.
No, what I want is a flush-in-the-floor when it's down, and a poke-up- from-the-floor when it's up kinda deal. I want this in the floor so the door is free to swing open until it gets to the stop - or beyond it when I have the stop locked down.
Good luck. I've never even seen that style.
Larry Jaques fired this volley in news: snipped-for-privacy@4ax.com:
If it's at all in a dirty environment (like a shop floor), you'll not be happy with such.
Although not the style you asked for, here's one form of mortised stop:
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Lloyd
The common hardware to hold a door in position is a bolt on the door that drops into a hole in the floor. The shallow hole is more easily installed and vacuumed clean than a sliding popup bolt would be, and can't become a tripping hazard. Is this floor ever wet-mopped?
In practice people use weights or rubber wedges moved into or out of position with a toe, or fold-down stops:
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-jsw
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