The Monday Minute & Blog

It's Baaaaaaaaack! GHOSTOP, the zero-clearance door control solution! The Better Team has believed in this little product from the beginning. Our customers understood right away—the value of swapping of all those trippy door stops with something that worked, every time, and could be used with doors throughout a project. Sure, there are other “hidden doorstops” on the market, but most are either not so hidden (i.e ugly) or more of a toy than a serious piece of door hardware. And all this was echoed from all of you who used it in your projects.

• Ghostop : Zero-Clearance Door Stop

Drop Seals for Any Door! Thank you for your visit to the athmer booth at GlassBuild last week. As athmer's North American distributor, we would like to help provide you with any product information or follow up to the hands-on introduction you had at the show.

• Drop Seals for Any Door!
• North America Catalog
• Pivot Door Solutions

The flush pull with integrated edge pull is a concept that some of you have used to simplify and beautify your sliding doors. There are now quite a few on the market, some quite ugly and others exquisite. We wanted to provide a few thoughts on this solution.

• Pocket Doors with a Passage Function
• FSB 42 4299
• Sun Valley Bronze FEP-T4-175
• Sugatsune DSI-3250, DSI-4257, DSI-4258
• Cut Sheet for Combo Flush/Edge Pulls

Hey! Can you hold that door open for me? As you stride forward into the new year, we don't want anything holding you back. But, when it comes to your doors, we know you sometimes want a little something extra to keep it open. We've highlighted a few of our go-to magnetic solutions we recommend just for that purpose.

• Ghostop : Zero-Clearance Door Stop
• JNF Magnetic Door Stop - Direct from Portugal!
• Halliday+Baillie Door Stops - Direct from New Zealand!
• Extra-Credit (if you have the time) - The new Lowe 6094 Magnetic Push Latch

Drop Everything! You're probably not dropping "automatic door bottoms" into your everyday conversation. But, there's still a lot to be said about these underdogs of the high-performance door opening. If you're looking for sound attenuation, light isolation, and, exceptional energy savings, this is how you do it.

• SOLUTION 1 : SchallEx® L-15/30 WS - It's the Tom Hanks of drop seals.
• SOLUTION 2 : SchallEx® L-15/30 Pivot - Kind of like the baby Panda at the zoo.
• SOLUTION 3 : SchallEx® 14/35 EK - A clean face for fantastic functionality
• SOLUTION 4 : SchallEx® L-15 FS - The Retrofit Edition
• Download the Athmer North American Catalog

The flush pull with integrated edge pull is a concept that some of you have used to simplify and beautify your sliding doors. There are now quite a few on the market, some quite ugly and others exquisite. We wanted to provide a few thoughts on this solution.

• Pocket Doors with a Passage Function
• FSB 42 4299
• Sun Valley Bronze FEP-T4-175
• Sugatsune DSI-3250, DSI-4257, DSI-4258
• Cut Sheet for Combo Flush/Edge Pulls

We spend a lot of time fixing specs around full-sized closet doors. We're still seeing Rockwood roller latches on some schedules. They're noisy and ugly. Here are a couple of simple alternatives.

• Silent Magnetic Catches
• Closet Door Hardware Solutions
• Cut Sheet for Quiet Closet Door Products

Keep it down! I'm trying to work in here! We all need our quiet and private spaces. To help create them, here's a quick look at one of the sexiest of hardware types: the automatic drop seal

• Athmer Automatic Door Seals
• The Best Door Seals on the Planet
• Cut Sheet for Automatic Door Seal Products

The flush pull with integrated edge pull is a concept that some of you have used to simplify and beautify your sliding doors. There are now quite a few on the market, some quite ugly and others exquisite. We wanted to provide a few thoughts on this solution.

• Pocket Doors with a Passage Function
• FSB 42 4299
• Sun Valley Bronze FEP-T4-175
• Sugatsune DSI-3250, DSI-4257, DSI-4258
• Cut Sheet for Combo Flush/Edge Pulls

This Monday Minute will look at a few solutions we recommend when working on coastal projects.

• Don't mess with the ocean
• Stainless Steel TECTUS hinge options
• FritsJurgens Pivots
• Cut Sheet for TECTUS hinges for the Coastal Environment

The problem is simple to explain. A door normally comes to rest with its edge opposite a jamb. Not with a "surface" sliding door or "modern barn" door.

• Not so easy to lock a barn door!
• Accurate's 9100BDL Barn Door Lock
• Krownlab is a hardware manufacturer based in Portland that offers iconic modern barn door solutions. Their Configure Barn Door Lock is a simple, affordable, and easy to install lock
• Cut Sheet for Barn Door Lock Options

Well, it's been quite a week. Hard to get a grip on everything that is going on? This Monday Minute covers more pocket door solutions, specifically the wide wild world of edge pulls.

• Feeling on the Edge this week!
• Accurate's Edge Pulls
• Halliday + Baillie Solutions
• Chant Solutions
• Cut Sheet for Edge Pull Options

This Monday Minute covers a few solutions for when you should keep your door bearing on the ground.

• Feeling on the Edge this week!
• MWE Solutions
• Astec Solutions
• Cut Sheet for Rolling Door Solutions

Here are a few solutions you can use on both interior and exterior doors to keep doors in place.

• Keeping Doors Open Solutions
• Halliday+Baillie Magnetic Door Stops
• FORMANI Piet Boon One Magnetic Stop
• Cut Sheet for Keeping Doors Open Solutions

Here are a few frameless glass pivot door solutions you can use! Wet and Dry Solutions!

• Frameless Glass Pivot Door Solutions
• astec b.510
• JNF W System Glass Pivot
• Cut Sheet for Frameless Glass Pivot Door Solutions

This Monday Minute covers a few solutions to help you get back to work. Safely.

• Keep safe in the offce!
• Open a door without touching the handle
• JNF Solutions
• Athmer Solutions
• Cut Sheet for Safe Office Solutions - Get back to work!

Drop Seals for Any Door! Thank you for your visit to the athmer booth at GlassBuild last week. As athmer's North American distributor, we would like to help provide you with any product information or follow up to the hands-on introduction you had at the show.

• Drop Seals for Any Door!
• North America Catalog
• Pivot Door Solutions