Hallway Cabinet Door Fix

[PiperDi]

Some Grand Design owners have come to refer to that upper cabinet door in the hallway as "the death door." You all know why--how many times have you left it open only to turn around, go up the hall stairs, and bang your noggin? We've hurt ourselves so many times (just CAN'T remember to close that door) we decided a fix was in order.

Jerry threatened to rip off that door so many times! But we decided that wouldn't look too nice. We toyed with the idea of some kind of spring to automatically close it. (The door will already close itself if it is only partway open, as will the kitchen cabinet doors. But we always have the door all the way open to get at the switches and circuit breakers and it won't close in that position.) Regular screen door closers are way too big. But, lo and behold! We ran across a small door closer in Home Depot! It was designed to work with a regular door flush to the wall, and since this is a cabinet door raised above the wall, we needed some modification. Jerry installed a block of wood on the wall so when the door closer was installed it was flush with the door as it is supposed to be. It wasn't without some trial and error, but the end result is that the door will not remain open and will close on it's own! Yes, you need to hold it open while you are turning a switch on or off or while you are operating the slide switches, but, hey! We love it! We just stained the block of wood to match the wall and it looks nice, we think. For those of you who can see pictures on this forum, I have attached a couple of pictures showing what we did. If you do not subscribe to the forum and can't see the pictures but would like to see them, just e-mail me at [email protected] and I'll be glad to send them to you.

Just thought this might help someone else who is wondering what the heck to do with that door! Hopefully, Grand Design can do something better with that door in the future.

Diane Lewis