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@slothrop how is the cat going to play with it at 3am if the door stop is not on the door?
this post was submitted on 08 Jan 2026
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I've seen them installed like this where the other thing it contacts is not suitable for mounting it, like a bathtub or another door.
Ive seen it both ways. Not even sure which is more prevalent.
It should be mounted on the wall. You can bend down the spring to go under the door and hold it open, if it's installed correctly.
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It'd make a lot more sense to do it that way.. if that weren't likely a hollow core door with 3mm of wood and maybe some cardboard strips for "structure".
The lower edge of the door is usually a 2x4 or something similar (pressboard). It allows you to trim the bottom to for different doorway heights.
I have something like this, with a magnetic catch on the wall that holds the door open.
Now that I think about it I don't think I've ever seen them on the wall
Not so much on the wall, per se, but the baseboard of the wall, and towards where the non-hinged face of the door would make contact.
But I've never seen it on the door itself. I have no doubt it serves the purpose, just that I'd never considered it.
Most of ours are on baseboard, but a few are on doors where they'd hit closet door or something mobile, so the door gets the stopper instead of the other part that moves.