Deltana MDH30 Baseboard Magnetic Door Holder 3"

The MDH30 mounts to the baseboard, not the floor, so nothing gets drilled into finished flooring. The magnet catches the door and holds it in the open position, which is the point of it: you get hold-open without hanging a heavier door closer with a hold-open arm on the door. It is a hold-open device, not an overhead closer, so it does not control how fast the door swings shut.

No. The MDH30 needs a baseboard to screw into at the point the open door reaches. If the door swings into open floor, or stops short of any wall, use a floor-mounted bumper instead, such as the Delaney 2 inch round solid brass floor bumper. Doors that need to be stopped at a set angle off a wall are a job for a rigid stop like the Hager 212, which is adjustable across an 80 to 120 degree range.

They do two different jobs. The Deltana MDH30 is a magnetic holder: it catches the door and keeps it open until someone pulls it free. A spring stop, like the Orca Hardware 3-1/8 inch or 3-3/4 inch spring stops, only cushions the door and protects the wall, it will not hold anything open. If your problem is a door that swings back on you, or one you want propped for moving furniture, you need the magnet. If your problem is a lever punching a hole in the drywall, the spring stop is the cheaper fix.

Go to an adjustable baseboard stop. The Delaney solid brass baseboard door stop adjusts from 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 inches, which covers a deeper reveal without you having to measure exactly right first. The Emtek 2231 baseboard door stop is a fixed 4 inch if you know your gap. Both are baseboard-mounted like the MDH30, so the fixing point is the same, but neither is described as magnetic, so you lose the hold-open and get a stop instead.

The Orca Hardware TH-30HD HD Rigid Door Stop is listed with a product function of Door Holder in the 30HD Series, so it fills the same hold-open role in a heavy duty rigid form. The Hager 212 is an adjustable rigid door stop in the 210 Series with an 80 to 120 degree range, which lets you set where the door parks. Both are rigid arm styles that mount off the door rather than the magnetic baseboard approach of the MDH30, which is a residential solid brass unit.

The nearest equivalent baseboard-mounted holder is the Emtek 2231 Baseboard Door Stop, which is a 4 inch baseboard stop, versus the 3 inch size of the MDH30. Both mount to the baseboard rather than the floor, so the wall-side fastening pattern and the trim they land on are comparable. The MDH30 is a solid brass magnetic holder, meaning it catches and holds the door open at the stop; the Emtek 2231 is a baseboard door stop by series designation. If holding the door open is the requirement, that magnetic catch is the deciding difference.

When the gap between the open door face and the baseboard exceeds the 3 inch projection of the Deltana MDH30, the Delaney Solid Brass Baseboard Door Stop adjusts from 3-1/2 inch to 4-1/2 inch, so it covers openings where a fixed 3 inch body will not make contact. The Emtek 2231 baseboard door stop is a fixed 4 inch. Measure from the door face at full swing to the baseboard before choosing, since the MDH30 is a fixed length in solid brass.

Where the door swings to a wall with no usable baseboard - tile wainscot, glass, or a swing that lands short of the wall - a floor-mounted bumper takes the impact instead. The Delaney 2 inch Height Round Solid Brass Floor Bumper mounts to the floor and stands 2 inch tall, so it works where the Deltana MDH30 has nothing to fasten to. The tradeoff is that a floor bumper stops the door; the MDH30 is a magnetic door holder that also keeps it open.

Solid brass, both the material and the substrate. That matters for a coastal or humid install and it is why the finish range runs to real plated finishes rather than paint alone, though a Paint Black option is offered. Brass also means it takes a screw into the baseboard without the body rusting at the fixing.

Nine finishes: PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, and Paint Black. If you are standardizing a building on one look, the PVD Polished Brass is the one to pick over standard Polished Brass where the holder gets handled or scuffed, since PVD is the harder-wearing coating. Everything else in the range gives you a direct match to the common Deltana lever and hinge finishes.

No. The Orca Hardware 3-1/8 inch and 3-3/4 inch Spring Door Stops are both listed with a product function of Door Stop, in the 3118 and 3134 Series. A spring stop absorbs the swing and lets the door rebound; it does not hold the door open. The Deltana MDH30 is a magnetic door holder, which catches the door and keeps it in the open position. If a maintenance request says the door will not stay open, a spring stop in a matching length is not the fix.

For a standardized brass program, the Deltana MDH30 is solid brass and comes in nine finishes including PVD Polished Brass, Polished Brass, Antique Brass, Oil Rubbed Bronze, Brushed Nickel, Antique Nickel, Polished Chrome, Brushed Chrome, and Paint Black. The Delaney Solid Brass Baseboard Door Stop is also solid brass and adjusts 3-1/2 inch to 4-1/2 inch, and the Delaney 2 inch Round Solid Brass Floor Bumper covers floor-mount locations in the same material. That lets one metal run across baseboard holds and floor bumpers in the same building.

That is the one requirement a baseboard unit cannot set. The Deltana MDH30 is a 3 inch baseboard magnetic holder, so the door parks wherever the baseboard is. The Hager 212 is an adjustable rigid door stop with an 80 to 120 degree range in the 210 Series, which is the one in this group that lets you dial the stop angle. Use that where the door has to clear a corridor line or stop short of an adjacent wall.

Sold each, one unit per order, and one unit is what a single door needs. Buying for a whole floor of units means counting doors, not pairs. Pick the finish per door, since finish is the only choice to make on the MDH30, and the 3 inch size is fixed.