Deltana MDH35 Baseboard Magnetic Door Holder 3-1/2"

For holding a door in the open position, the Deltana MDH35 magnetic baseboard holder does the job without the cost and installation of a closer. It mounts at the baseboard and catches the door with a magnet, so the door stays put until someone pulls it free. It does not control the closing swing, so if you need controlled closing or a self-closing door, a closer is the right product and the magnetic holder is not a substitute for it.

Residential. Deltana lists the MDH35 as a residential product, so for apartment interiors, single family homes, and light duty openings it is the right class of hardware. On a high traffic commercial opening, a heavy duty rigid holder like the Orca Hardware TH-30HD is built for that duty instead.

The MDH35 is a 3-1/2 inch holder. That is the projection you have to work with off the wall, so it suits standard baseboard heights and trim. If your baseboard is thicker or you need more reach to meet the door, the Delaney solid brass baseboard stop adjusts from 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 inches and the Emtek 2231 baseboard stop is a fixed 4 inches.

No. The MDH35 is a baseboard mounted holder, so it needs solid wall and trim at the point the door reaches. If the door swings into an open corner, a cased opening, or past furniture with nothing behind it, mount a floor mounted unit instead. Delaney makes a 2 inch round solid brass floor bumper for that situation, and the Hager 212 rigid stop stops the door at a set angle between 80 and 120 degrees off the door itself rather than off the wall.

The Delaney 40201X solid brass baseboard door stop adjusts from 3-1/2 inches to 4-1/2 inches, so one part number covers a range of baseboard heights. The Deltana MDH35 is a fixed 3-1/2 inch solid brass baseboard holder. Both mount to the baseboard rather than the floor, and both are solid brass, so the practical difference for a property manager standardizing across a building is fixed height versus an adjustable range.

The Emtek 2231 baseboard door stop is a 4 inch baseboard stop, a half inch longer in reach than the 3-1/2 inch Deltana MDH35. Where the trim or a wall-mounted item requires more standoff than 3-1/2 inches gives, the 2231 is the same style of baseboard-mounted stop at greater length. Where more range than either offers is wanted, the Delaney 40201X adjusts from 3-1/2 to 4-1/2 inches.

The Deltana MDH35 magnetic baseboard door holder is a residential-rated part. For heavier commercial duty, the Orca Hardware TH-30HD is a heavy duty rigid door stop whose function is listed as a door holder, and the Hager 212 is an adjustable rigid door stop with an 80 to 120 degree range, so the hold-open angle can be set to the corridor. Both of those are rigid arm mechanisms rather than magnetic, mounted to the door and frame rather than to the baseboard.

Solid brass, both the material and the substrate under the finish. That matters in a bathroom, a coastal home, or anywhere humidity would rust a plated steel stop, and it is why the plated and PVD finishes hold up rather than flaking off a pot metal body.

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 matching existing bright brass and want the finish to stay bright, the PVD Polished Brass is the coated version and holds up better to hands and cleaning than lacquered polished brass. For a full building or a whole floor, ordering one finish across every opening is straightforward since all nine are the same holder.

They solve two different problems. The Deltana MDH35 magnetic holder catches the door and keeps it open, which is what you want on a door that has to stay parked. A spring stop only cushions the door and stops it hitting the wall, then lets it swing back, and Orca Hardware makes those in 3-1/8 inch and 3-3/4 inch. If the complaint is a knob punching the drywall, the spring stop is enough. If people are propping the door with a wedge or a chair, you want the magnet.

Yes. A magnetic holder is a two piece assembly by design: the magnet body goes on the baseboard and a strike catches it on the face or bottom rail of the door. When you install the MDH35, set the door in the open position you want first, then locate the door side piece against the magnet so the two meet flat. A magnet that catches on an edge instead of face to face will not hold.

No. The Orca TH-3118 is a 3-1/8 inch spring door stop and the TH-3134 is a 3-3/4 inch spring door stop, both listed with a product function of door stop. They cushion the door and stop its swing. The Deltana MDH35 is a magnetic door holder, which catches the door and keeps it in the open position. A 3-1/8 inch spring stop is close to the MDH35 in length but will not hold the door open, so it substitutes only when a stop, not a hold-open, is what is wanted.

The Hager 212 is an adjustable rigid door stop with an 80 to 120 degree range, so the point at which the door stops and holds is set by the arm rather than by where the holder is mounted on the baseboard. The Deltana MDH35 magnetic baseboard holder catches the door at whatever angle its mounting point on the baseboard puts it. For a contractor working to a drawn swing angle, the adjustable rigid stop is the one that gets set to the number.

Among baseboard-mounted peers, the Delaney 40201X is a solid brass baseboard door stop and the Delaney 4029XX floor bumper is solid brass as well. The Deltana MDH35 is solid brass and comes in PVD polished brass, polished brass, antique brass, oil rubbed bronze, brushed nickel, antique nickel, polished chrome, brushed chrome, and paint black, which is the widest finish spread of the brass baseboard options here.