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KARL DOMINGUEZ (Bakersfield, CA)

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Windows & Doors

Posted Date

1/16/2019 12:00:00 AM

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Few questions about pneumatic screen door closer slamming

Hi guys. My closer has given me fits on and off through the years. Problem centers around being almost powerless to stop the screen door from slamming in windy conditions. I am convinced it is a pressure differential problem, not a physical wind blowing the door closed type of problem. If I totally tighten up the adjustment screw it will stop doing it but will be back to it's same antics at a later date. Plus when the wind subsides it is then way too slow (would allow in flies etc because of the slow rate of closure). The screen door in question is at the door to the house which is inside our garage, BTW. SO. I decided to search the local big-box store for something different. I found that they do offer a heavy duty closer, so for $10 decided to try it. Getting it home I found it to present almost identical to the existing trouble-maker, except the diameter of the gas tube itself is 1/4 wider. The existing one came with the door and is marked LGR (manufacturer name) and is 1 1/4 wide tube, the new one is Wright Products and it is 1 1/2 wide. All the bracketry looks identical in every way, I actually decided to reuse the existing brackets. So far the results are encouraging, it is a fairly windy day here and am thinking today is a good test day for this. Just thought I would ask as I could find no real good info on the net, just the same stuff about how to adjust the gas strut screw and you can screw around with that a lot and I've never found any real lasting fix to a slamming screen door on a windy day.
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