Yep, it really works.
The pivot of the support hinge is aligned with the pivots of the existing door hinges.
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Swinging Heavy-Door support
It looks simple. It is simple. It works.
Stop the dragging.
It’s basically a large hinge connected from the building to the swinging edge of the door instead of connected to the hinged edge of the door. This provides more leverage to raise the swinging edge of the door up.
The hinge portion of the support is mounted about 18 to 24 inches above the top edge of the door. However, it can be higher if needed. We provide a seven foot length of cable to allow for a variety of situations. The pivot of the support hinge is mounted in line with the pivots of the hinges on the door.
When the cable is connected and adjusted properly between the support hinge and the support door bracket, there is upward pressure on the swinging edge of the door to raise it up. It’s better to make several small adjustments over two or three days rather than make a large adjustment in an attempt to hurry the project.
Over the first couple of weeks the tension in the cable may have to be increases bit by bit to finally get the results you want as the door slightly changes shape and the cable stretches a little.
NOTE: This device will NOT compensate for a door in poor condition or for the hinge mounting location which has lost structural integrity.
Build It Yourself?
This device is so simple you can probably make one similar yourself, provided you have some basic metal working tools and skills and want to take the time.
Whether from your local hardware store or by ordering online, you’ll have to get 3/16 inch thick steel plate, a large hinge, 1/2″ eyelets, 1/8 inch stainless steel cable, cable clamps, and the turnbuckle.
Or, you could just order one from us. Then all you’d just have to do is install it or have someone else install it.
Just in case you're interested
Ah yes barns. Barns are wonderful things when you have animals as well as need a place store equipment and other stuff essential for a small farm.
Sometimes you go in and out of the barn many times in the same day. Of course that means opening and closing the door many times. This may or may not apply to a sliding door, which you may open once and just leave it open unless it’s winter time.
Here we’re talking about doors that swing open and closed. Even with good, strong, large hinges on a door that’s carefully made and carefully installed, over time the swinging corner of the door can begin to sag and drag.
When this happens opening the door becomes a chore in and of itself. You have enough chores to do without that annoyance. As the aggravation accumulated day after day I started looking for a way to solve the problem without rebuilding or replacing the door.
Let’s more closely evaluate the situation. There could be a few of reasons why the corner is sagging and dragging. The hinges could have loosened. The door could have changed shape, so now it’s more of a parallelogram than a rectangle. The floor could have elevated due to changes in the ground. Or, it could be a combination of all three. Maybe even something else.
We’ll assume the ground is fine and go on to the next step. We check the hinges to make sure they’re still solid. Even then they may have changed position just enough to be contributing to the problem. Fortunately there is a way to deal with that as well as any changes in the shape of the door.
We’re going to support the swinging edge of the door, raise it up so it doesn’t drag any more. How are we going to do that and not restrict the opening and closing function of the door? Let’s try using a hinge mounted up higher than the top of the door and in line with the hinges already attached to the door.
Then we connect a long “arm” from that hinge to the upper swinging corner of the door and make it so we can adjust the tension to lift the sagging edge of the door just enough to prevent it from dragging.
Does it work? Yep. And there you have it, the Swinging Heavy-door Support.
Comes with plenty of extra cable for wider doors.