Delaney Gooseneck Floor Door Stop

A gooseneck stop mounts to the floor on a curved neck that rises up to meet the door, so it catches the door face well above the bottom edge. That is what you want when there is a gap under the door, thick carpet, or a threshold that keeps a short bumper from ever making contact. The Delaney Gooseneck stop is the brass version of that type. If the door sits close to a hard floor, a low-profile dome does the same job with less to trip over, and the Orca 23LP dome floor stop is the low-rise option of that kind. For a stop that also holds the door open, look at the Ives FS40 / FS41 / FS42 / FS43 automatic floor stop and holder.

Two heights are made: 2-1/8 inch and 2-3/4 inch. Pick by how far the door bottom sits off the finished floor and how high up the door face you want the contact point. Over carpet, tile, or a raised threshold, the 2-3/4 inch neck buys the extra reach; on a hard floor with a tight undercut, 2-1/8 inch keeps the stop lower and less exposed to foot traffic. Measure from the finished floor to the point on the door you want the tip to hit, and match it.

It stops the door, it does not hold it. A gooseneck stop is a bumper on a riser: it arrests the swing and protects the wall, then the door is free to close. If you need the door to stay put, that is a different part. The Ives FS40 / FS41 / FS42 / FS43 is an automatic floor stop and holder with adjustable door-to-floor clearance, and the SOSS MDH is a magnetic door holder and stop. The Orca 22HD gooseneck looks nearly identical to a stop but is catalogued as a door holder, so read that one carefully if you are cross-shopping.

Neither matters. The stop mounts to the floor, not to the door, so there is no handing to specify and no door thickness to match, and it works the same on a wood, hollow metal, or glass-front door. What it does depend on is the floor: you need solid substrate to anchor into at the point where the door swings to, and enough clearance under the door leaf for the neck to stand without fouling the swing. The two things to settle before ordering are the height, 2-1/8 or 2-3/4 inch, and the finish.

The Orca Hardware 22HD Series goose neck floor stop is the direct counterpart in gooseneck form, and it comes with a black tip. Where the Delaney gooseneck floor door stop is a brass part offered in 2-1/8 inch and 2-3/4 inch heights in 613 satin bronze oil-rubbed and 626 satin chrome, the Orca 22HD is specified as a door holder rather than a stop only, and is listed for 1-3/8 inch or 1-3/4 inch doors. Emtek also builds a gooseneck shape in its 2253 Goose Style Door Stop.

Drop to a dome or bumper style that sits close to the floor. The Orca Hardware 23LP Series dome floor stop is a low-rise dome with a gray tip and is specified as a door stop. Emtek's 2251 Half Dome Door Stop and 2254 Floor Door Bumper at 1-3/8 inch by 1-1/4 inch are the same idea in a smaller footprint, as is the Deltana UFBS138 square universal floor bumper at 1-3/8 inch. The Delaney gooseneck floor door stop rises 2-1/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch off the floor, which is what buys it reach over carpet and thresholds.

Use a holder. The Ives FS40 / FS41 / FS42 / FS43 automatic floor stop and holder catches the door open and offers adjustable door-to-floor clearance, and it is a heavy duty unit. The SOSS MDH magnetic door holder and stop at 3-5/16 inch by 1-3/4 inch is heavy duty and holds magnetically. The Orca Hardware 22HD Series gooseneck is specified as a door holder as well. The Delaney gooseneck floor door stop is a fixed brass stop, so the door rests against it rather than latching open.

Both heights of the gooseneck stop are made in 613 Satin Bronze Oil-Rubbed and 626 Satin Chrome. Those are standard BHMA finish codes, so 626 lines up with satin chrome levers, hinges and closers elsewhere in the building, and 613 with oil-rubbed bronze trim. Either finish can be had in the 2-1/8 inch or the 2-3/4 inch height, so you can standardize the finish across a floor and still vary the height opening by opening.

Brass is the substrate. That is the same material as the Deltana UFB and UFBS universal floor bumpers and the Ives FS13 and FS17 floor dome stops, all of which are brass bodies. Brass takes repeated door strikes without cracking the way a die-cast stop can, and it will not rust in a wet entry or a locker room. Where the traffic is heavy enough that you also want a documented duty rating, the Ives FS13 and FS17 are listed as heavy duty.

A gooseneck stop anchors to the floor, so a swap comes down to whether the new base covers the old anchor holes and whether the new height puts the tip on the door face where the old one hit. Measure the existing stop from floor to tip and match it to 2-1/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch. Same-type alternatives if you are shopping the shape rather than the brand: the Orca 22HD gooseneck floor stop with a black tip, and the Emtek 2253 Goose Style door stop.

A gooseneck rides high by design, which is what makes it catch a door over carpet and also what puts it in the path of a foot or a cart wheel. In a corridor where that is the problem, drop to a floor bumper that sits flat: the Deltana UFBS138 is a 1-3/8 inch square universal floor bumper in solid brass, the Deltana UFB4505 is a 1-1/2 inch round, and the Emtek 2254 floor door bumper measures 1-3/8 by 1-1/4 inches. The trade-off is reach, so those only work where the door bottom sits low enough to make contact.

Not in the same openings. A floor bumper such as the Deltana UFB4505 round universal floor door bumper at 1-1/2 inch solid brass, the Deltana UFBP4505 pattern cap bumper at 1-5/8 inch, or the Emtek 2257 cylindrical floor bumper at 1-1/2 inch is a short pad the door face contacts near the floor. The Delaney gooseneck floor door stop is a brass arm that curves up to 2-1/8 inch or 2-3/4 inch so it meets the door higher and clears floor coverings. Where the door swings over thick carpet or the stop has to sit back from the leaf, the gooseneck geometry is what does the work.

Ives builds the heavy duty end of this category. The FS13 heavy-duty brass floor dome stop takes a replaceable rubber bumper, which matters when the tip is the part that wears out on a fleet of doors. The FS17 heavy-duty brass floor dome stop carries a rubber bumper as well, and the FS18S/FS18L security floor stop is a heavy duty stop built for exposed locations. The Delaney gooseneck floor door stop is a brass gooseneck in 2-1/8 inch and 2-3/4 inch heights, so it reaches higher on the door than a dome does.

The Ives FS40 / FS41 / FS42 / FS43 automatic floor stop and holder is built with adjustable door-to-floor clearance, so one part covers a run of openings whose undercut is not consistent. If a fixed part is acceptable, the Delaney gooseneck floor door stop is offered in 2-1/8 inch and 2-3/4 inch heights, which lets you pick the height per opening instead of adjusting it in place.

For a finished residential or hospitality opening, the Deltana UFBD3505 round universal floor bumper at 3-1/2 inch is a decorative solid brass unit, and the Deltana UFBP4505 at 1-5/8 inch uses a pattern cap on the face. Emtek's 2251 Half Dome Door Stop is the rounded profile from the same design family. The Delaney gooseneck floor door stop is also solid brass and comes in 613 satin bronze oil-rubbed and 626 satin chrome, so it lines up with those finishes while keeping the raised arm shape.