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There is a hole in my wall from a door handle.

It's been there for months now. It happend shortly after I painted the walls. I'm jot going to fix it because why. Kids will slam the door again anyways. Rather a hole in the wall than having to replace hinges or a door.

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Not recommending Amazon, but you could look for one of these at your local hardware store.

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lemmy.world

Yes most of them will just make the hinges the next weak point. Because of the garbage material they make doors from.

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Maybe it's because I was an only child, or maybe I wasn't aggresive with doors as a child, but my family never had issues with door hinges or stops breaking growing up.

Had both the solid "stick" doorstops screwed into the baseboard, and the spring ones attached to the baseboard.

The stops that sit on top of the hinge with one pad to press against the door and another to press against the wall, usually adjustable by screwing one of the sides to be longer or shorter? My family definitely broke a few of those ones.

There's also the plastic/rubber patches you can put on the wall where the door handle would slam into the wall. Never used those anywhere I've lived, but they seem to work well in offices and commercial buildings I've been in.

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I’ve never used the kind that mount on the wall at doorknob height but that should help by centering the load

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fedia.io

You could be a real dick (or smart) and install a sliding door that can't be slammed.

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infosec.pub

I imagined an inner door in a building. Have you seen a residental indoor sliding door that isn't a shower door? I'm curious what you're imagining.

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Jonathanreply
lemmy.world

My house has several pocket doors (sliding doors) and I can tell you now, they can be slammed. Just differently.

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Zierreply
fedia.io

You can buy mechanisms that prevent slamming and create soft closing. Similar to kitchen cabinet and drawer soft closers.

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I looked into that a few years ago when my kid was still a door slammer, thankfully those days are over. I think.

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A possibility would be to install a wooden block over the dent in the drywall, something harder than drywall that can spread the load of the doorknob impact. Make them out of some durable hardwood, something designed to match your decor or complement the paint color.

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