Delaney Chain Door Stop with Vinyl Cover

A chain door stop is a two-piece limiter: one bracket mounts on the door, the other on the wall or jamb, and an 18 inch chain between them stops the door before it swings past that point. A wall bumper like the Emtek 2255 or the Sure-Loc DS-W1 works differently - it takes the impact of the door face against a rubber tip and does nothing until the door reaches it. Use the chain type where you want a fixed swing limit or where there is no wall directly behind the door to mount a bumper to.

For heavy commercial traffic, a chain limiter is not the usual pick. Chain stops suit residential and light commercial openings where you need to keep a door off a wall or a radiator. For corridor and stairwell doors taking constant use, look at a heavy duty wall stop such as the Ives WS11 or WS33, both of which carry a replaceable rubber bumper so you swap the wear part instead of the whole stop.

No. The chain stop limits how far the door swings, it does not hold the door open against a closer or a draft. For hold-open you want a wall holder: the Ives WS20 is a manual holder with a hinged strike you flip down to catch the door, and the Ives WS40 is an automatic holder with a bumper pad that catches on contact.

That is the case a chain stop is built for. Because it anchors to the door and to the jamb or adjacent wall surface rather than needing a wall in the path of the door face, the Delaney chain stop with its 18 inch chain works where a projecting wall bumper has nothing to strike. Wall bumpers like the Sure-Loc DS-W1 need solid backing directly behind the point the door reaches.

No. The Delaney Chain Door Stop with Vinyl Cover limits how far the door travels; it does not latch the door in the open position. For hold-open duty the Ives WS20/WS20X is a manual wall holder with a hinged strike for drywall and masonry, and the Ives WS40 is an automatic wall holder with a heavy duty bumper pad. Pick the holder when the door has to stand open on its own and the chain stop when the concern is the door swinging too far.

They solve two different problems. The Delaney 474304 is a chain door stop, an 18 inch zinc chain with a vinyl cover that spans between door and frame and arrests the door's swing at a set point. The Ives WS33/WS33X is a heavy duty wall door stop with a replaceable rubber bumper, which mounts on the wall and cushions the door leaf where it lands. If the wall behind the door is glass, millwork, or simply out of reach of the swing arc, the chain stop is the one that works, because it does not rely on a wall surface to strike.

The Delaney chain stop is fixed at 18 inches. If your opening needs a different reach, ABH builds both the RM Series and the RMS Series wall door stops with multiple length options, so you can pick the projection to suit the gap between the door and the wall.

Commercial corridors and stairwells are usually specified with a wall stop rather than a chain. The Ives WS11/WS11X is a heavy duty wall stop with a replaceable rubber bumper for drywall and masonry, and the ABH RM Series and RMS Series wall door stops come in multiple length options so the projection can be matched to the gap between the door and the wall. The Delaney 474304 chain stop, an 18 inch zinc chain with a vinyl cover, is better suited where no wall is positioned to take the strike.

Yes. The Sure-Loc DS-W1 is a wall bumper door stop for residential doors, and the Emtek 2255 is a brass wall bumper with a regular rosette, either of which mounts as a single point on the wall and takes the door on a bumper. The Delaney 474304 uses an 18 inch chain with a vinyl cover mounted at both the door and the frame, which is the choice when you want the swing limited before the door reaches the wall at all.

It can. The Delaney 474304 chain stop anchors to the door and the frame rather than to the wall field, so it sidesteps the wall substrate question. If you prefer a wall mounted stop on a masonry opening, the Ives WS11/WS11X and WS33/WS33X are heavy duty wall stops for drywall and masonry, and the Ives WS20/WS20X manual wall holder is also rated for drywall and masonry applications.

The vinyl sleeve runs over the chain so the links do not slap bare metal against the door face or the casing when the door swings. That is the point of it on a painted or stained door. It does not cushion the stop at the end of travel the way a rubber bumper does - the chain goes taut and holds.

No. The chain runs between a bracket on the door and a bracket on the wall or jamb, so you set the geometry at install on either a left hand or right hand opening. There is no handed part to specify when ordering model 474304.

The Delaney Chain Door Stop carries a vinyl cover over the zinc chain, so the chain itself does not scuff the door or frame where it lies against them. Bumper style stops such as the Ives WS11/WS11X and WS33/WS33X use a replaceable rubber bumper that takes the impact at the point of contact, and the Emtek 2255 pairs its brass wall bumper with a regular rosette. The chain keeps the door away from the wall entirely; the bumpers cushion the contact when the door reaches it.