Best way to safely keep patio doors open for the dogs?

[milkround]

Over the summer when I’m out working I want to leave the patio doors open so these two clowns can get in and out



I am not worried about security really. As your need to go through industrial steel garage doors and get past these two rogues to get into my house.

But I am worried about the doors slamming shut or the wind damaging the doors with a guest.

Anyone have any suggestions?

[Antony Moxey]

Couple of decent sized plant pots to keep the doors wedged against the wall.

[Huzzah]

Marble statuettes.

[hotchy]

You get these hook things that attach to the handle on the inside then outside holding the door open around dog width, depending what size you buy. Think its called "door stay xl" for french patio doors.

[CMTMB]

milkround said:

I know it's not a big garden but you're gong to be there bloody ages using that size of digger.

[milkround]

hotchy said:

You get these hook things that attach to the handle on the inside then outside holding the door open around dog width, depending what size you buy. Think its called "door stay xl" for french patio doors.

Perfect! Just what I was looking for. Cheers

[jeremyc]

[98elise]

You can get stays that fit into the frame of French doors. We have a set on ours.

https://ebay.us/m/sKvMhm

[scot_aln]

These - https://www.amazon.co.uk/2-Pack-French-Door-Stay-R...

Although we've usually just had heavy duty cabin hooks added to the bottom of the doors.

[milkround]

98elise said:

You can get stays that fit into the frame of French doors. We have a set on ours.

https://ebay.us/m/sKvMhm

Cheers that looks like another good solution.

[addey]

There was a post about this a while back, I seem to remember someone suggested a U shaped weighted door stop that you slide under the door which looked like a great solution. I'll see if I can find it....

here we go: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

expensive though!!

And looks like you have a step down from your doors which may render this suggestion useless.....

Edited by addey on Wednesday 20th May 13:35

[98elise]

milkround said:

98elise said:

You can get stays that fit into the frame of French doors. We have a set on ours.

https://ebay.us/m/sKvMhm

Cheers that looks like another good solution.

Bear in mind these stays restrict to door to 90 degrees, but wall hooks give you near 180 degrees.

Ours work on friction so that we can open the door to any angle upto 90 degrees and they hold. Its so that we can crack them a few degrees for ventilation as well as have them fully open.

[cookie1600]

TBH, wind closing that style of patio door seems a very remote possibility. Both my sets are a struggle due to their shear weight, even when they were new.

However, maybe I'm being simplistic, but wouldn't a baton of 2" timber the right length of the full opening and siting in the tack (or against the frame) be a cheap solution?

[iaingolf]

I simply use a bungee hooked to wall and over handle - the tension stops and thudding when the wind blows. I have some wooden stops fixed to wall at top so I'm not going to strain the hinges. Not very elegant, but has worked well for 12 years (second bungee cord).

[Snow and Rocks]

Difficult to tell from the picture but are they timber doors?

I went with a brass cabin hook to keep the door in the right place. Works well even in the strongest of Aberdeenshire gusts.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/cabin-hook-polished-bra...

[finlo]

Length of timber with a notch in either end on the top of the doors when open, cheap as chips.

[Cow Corner 2.0]

What happens if you get a heavy rain storm?

[Antony Moxey]

You shut the doors presumably?

[Cow Corner 2.0]

The OP said he was going to be out at work, leaving the doors open…

[milkround]

Cow Corner 2.0 said:

What happens if you get a heavy rain storm?

Lvt flooring and a mop when I get home.

I have two large working breed dogs. Leaving them locked up inside all day is cruel. Unfortunately my ex wife no longer is willing to come and let them out at lunch. And unfortunately I still need to work to pay the mortgage and the child maintenance. I can’t rehome the dogs as I love them. So I’m just trying to make the best of a terrible situation.