Stop damaging your walls use this Ives by Schlage 70A15 Hinge Pin Door Stop, one piece hinge door stop
In today’s and age of modern homes, most of the doors that you are going to go through in your house are not very heavy and need to have some help with protecting the wall and the door itself from being damaged. This is why I can recommend that you purchase a few of these to keep your walls and doors hole free for a lot of years. These can be found at most hardware or big box stores for a minimal of cost. For under $2 dollars each, you can have a one of these at your beckon call. They are easy to install and use and will hold up to most abuse that your family can dish out.
Experience
I have been remodeling housing for several decades and have found these to work well on just about any kind of inside door. Whether you want to protect plaster, drywall, paneling, or wood, these will stay in place with the help of the hinge pin in the center of the hinge. This device comes in two pieces, one of which is the main body with a rubber tip and the other is rubber tipped adjustment screw. This is made of aluminum and comes equipped with a 1-3/8” threaded rubber tip adjustment screw, which will stop any doorknob from puncturing your walls and protect the backside of the door.
To use these all you have to do is pop the hinge pin out, then slide the pin through the center hole and place the pin back into the hinge. Make sure that you don’t over hammer the pin while you are re-installing it into the hinge main body; because once you hit the pin in place sometimes they are hard to get back out again. If you pull it out the hole, you could cause device to loosen up too much and become wobbly while in its place.
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I have found that these work well in any type of surface, but if you have a large door, the weight of the door will be to heavy and cause the device to break. My walls are mostly plaster, and my doors are hollow core doors, so I really don’t have any problems with this doing a good job. If you have plaster walls, this device has rubber tips on both ends to help prevent any punctures. You will be able to use the adjustment screw to keep the door from slamming into the wall. This adjustment screw will give you a 1-3/8” of space, before the door knob from hitting the wall.
Conclusion
The one piece of advice that I would give you about using these is that if you only plan on using these on a temporary basis, and then before you insert this in the top hinge of your door lubricate the pin to make for easier access when you are ready to remove it. This will keep the spin from locking up and preventing you from getting it out at a later date.
I use these on a regular basis and found these to be dependable and have only failed when I slammed the door open too hard causing the device to break upon impact. I have reused these time and time again and it has done the job as expected. Remember, that this will only protect your doors to an extent, if you slam the door open, you may cause the weight of the door to break the device in half.