How to keep a door from closing when left open

Question

I have a bathroom door that naturally tends to close itself if left open. I would like to not replace or rehang the door (it is a cheap hollow-core door, but I would like to add … something so that the door stays all the way open when left open, but can still be closed (and only stay closed if the latch is engaged). It would be preferable if the door would swing open when left partially open. Also, since other people are involved, it cannot be something that has to be ‘done’ every time. My current ’solution’ is for me, and only me, to notice the door has swung shut and go over and drape a towel off the towel rack over th door knob

(The room is the first room off th furnace/AC, so if the door is closed, that room gets either very hot or very cold). If it matters, the basement dates from the early 1960s, and the room is a very small half-bath (about 5’x5’).

A closure with a ‘keep open’ setting or a door stop with a magnetic latch will only keep the door open if it is intentionally pushed all the way back, and I basically want the opposite, for the door to be opened unless it is actually latched closed.

Answer 1

This may be a crude suggestion, but it's worked for me: Take one of the hinge pins out, put on a safe surface and very carefully hit it with a hammer to very slightly bend it. The added friction might keep the door open. Go slowly and test often. Use a sharpie to mark which side of the pin to hammer on just a tiny bit more as you test, test, test.

Another approach is to get much longer screws for the top hinge, remove the existing screws and install the new, longer screws (into the wall opening of course), sometimes that can pull the jamb in just enough to make the door behave.

Answer 2

There are virtually dozens of door stoppers types.

Some more fancy than others.

Many you have to step on to activate door stop.

Some use magnet, convenient, no need to do anything to stop the door.

And very simple one. You do not have to do anything to stop the door. You will have to lift it (with your foot) to close the door.

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