Pamex DD02-23 3" Rigid Door Stop

Projection on the DD02-23 is 3 inches from the mounting surface, so the knob or lever stops 3 inches shy of the drywall. That is the number to check against your door hardware: measure how far your knob, lever rose, or deadbolt thumbturn sticks out past the door face, and the stop has to project further than that or the hardware still reaches the wall. Tall levers and big passage knobs on a door swinging back hard are where a 3 inch rigid stop earns its keep.

Pamex lists the DD02-23 as residential. It suits single-family, condo, and light apartment interior doors. For a commercial corridor, a school, or a high-traffic multi-family building where doors get thrown open all day, step up to a heavy duty wall stop such as the Ives WS11 or the Ives WS33, both of which carry a heavy duty rating and a replaceable rubber bumper. Replaceable bumpers matter on a property where maintenance replaces the wear part instead of the whole stop.

The Delaney 3" HD Rigid Door Stop, part number DLY-4021XX, is the nearest match. Both are rigid wall-mount door stops with a 3 inch projection, so the bumper meets the door face at the same distance off the wall and the backset from the wall to the door in the open position works out the same. The Pamex DD02-23 is brass with a 15/16 inch diameter base and a 7/8 inch fixed screw. If you are standardizing a building on one 3 inch rigid stop and need a second source for the same opening geometry, the Delaney rigid is the one to quote against.

Step up to a heavy duty wall stop. The Ives WS11 heavy duty wall stop takes a replaceable rubber bumper and mounts to drywall or masonry, and the Ives WS33/WS33X is likewise a heavy-duty wall door stop with a replaceable rubber bumper. The replaceable bumper is the operative difference for an apartment corridor, a school, or a hospital wing: when the rubber is chewed up you change the bumper instead of pulling the whole stop and patching the wall. The Pamex DD02-23 is a brass residential-duty rigid stop, better suited to unit doors and light-traffic openings.

A wall stop and a wall holder are different devices. The Pamex DD02-23 is a rigid door stop with a 3 inch projection - it arrests the door and that is all; the door swings back freely. To hold the door open, the Ives WS20 is a manual wall holder with a hinged strike for drywall and masonry, meaning the person opening the door engages and releases the hold by hand, and the Ives WS40 is an automatic wall holder with a heavy duty bumper pad that catches the door when it reaches the wall. Loading docks, kitchen doors, and move-in corridors typically want a holder; a unit entry door usually wants a plain stop.

No, and swapping one for the other changes how far the door opens. The Pamex DD02-23 projects 3 inches from the mounting surface on a fixed brass body, so it stands the door well clear of the wall and reaches a door that swings past the trim. A wall bumper is a low-profile pad that sits nearly flat against the wall - the Delaney 2-1/4" concave wall bumper, the Emtek 2255 brass wall bumper with regular rosette, and the Sure-Loc wall bumper door stop for residential doors are all in that form. Use a bumper where the knob or lever itself strikes the wall at a point you can pad; use the 3 inch rigid stop where the door edge needs to be caught out away from the surface.

When the base trim, a chair rail, or a deep reveal puts the door face further off the wall than the stop can reach, go to a stop offered in multiple lengths. The ABH RM Series wall door stops and the ABH RMS Series wall door stops are both cataloged with multiple length options, so you can pick the projection that meets the door instead of shimming a fixed one. The Pamex DD02-23 is a single fixed 3 inch projection, which is the right call only when 3 inches actually lands on the door face.

A rigid stop like the Pamex DD02-23 is a solid brass post that does not flex, so it takes the hit dead and holds the door exactly 3 inches off the wall. Spring stops flex on impact and absorb some of the energy, which is more forgiving on plaster and on doors that get slammed, but they move. If you want the door held to a fixed distance and a clean, hard stop, go rigid. If the wall is soft or the door gets whipped open, a spring type like the Delaney 3 inch spring door stop is worth looking at. Delaney also makes a 3 inch heavy duty rigid stop if you want a rigid stop in a heavier build.

Five finishes on the DD02-23, all to standard BHMA finish codes: 605 bright brass, 613 oil rubbed bronze, 619 satin nickel, 622 matte black, and 625 polished chrome. Those are the same codes stamped on your knobs, levers, and hinges, so matching is a matter of reading the code off what is already on the door rather than eyeballing the color. If you are standardizing a building, pick the code once and order every opening to it.

Height is the catch, not the 3 inch projection. The DD02-23 mounts on the wall with a 15/16 inch base, so it has to land where the knob actually strikes, which on most doors is above the baseboard and clear of trim. If the door swings into a corner and the knob never reaches the wall, or the contact point lands on baseboard or casing, a wall stop is the wrong tool and you want a floor stop or a hinge-pin stop instead. Hold the door open, mark where the hardware touches, and check that spot is flat wall.

No. The DD02-23 stops the door and nothing more, it will not hold it open. For a door that has to stay put, you need a wall holder: the Ives WS20 is a manual holder with a hinged strike, and the Ives WS40 is an automatic holder with a bumper pad. Holders need a catch mounted on the door to engage, so they are a different install than a plain stop. Property managers propping doors for moves or cleaning usually want the holder.

Probably not on its own. The base on the DD02-23 is only 15/16 inch in diameter, so it covers the screw hole and little else. If the previous stop punched through or tore out, patch the wall or use a hole plate cover behind the new stop, such as the Delaney 2-1/8 inch hole plate metal cover, which spans a larger torn opening. Repeat damage in the same spot usually means the old stop was anchored into hollow drywall, so fix the anchoring at the same time.

A rigid stop such as the Pamex DD02-23 projects 3 inches out and catches the knob or lever before it reaches the wall. A concave wall bumper, like the Delaney 2-1/4 inch concave wall bumper or the Sure-Loc residential wall bumper, sits nearly flat to the wall and cups the knob itself, so it only works where the knob actually contacts the wall and there is no lever or thumbturn hitting first. Levers usually rule out the flat bumper because the lever tail strikes low and wide. Knob sets on residential interior doors are where the bumper style fits.

The DD02-23 is fixed at 3 inches of projection, there is no longer version of it. When a deep lever or a pull needs more clearance, look at the ABH RM Series or RMS Series wall door stops, both of which are offered in multiple lengths so you can pick the projection that clears your hardware. Measure from the door face to the furthest point of the hardware first, then order the length that beats it.

The body is what differs. The Pamex DD02-23 is a rigid 3 inch stop - a fixed brass post with a 7/8 inch screw into a 15/16 inch base, so the door stops where the post stops. The Delaney 3" Spring Door Stop, part number DLY-40210X, is a spring-bodied stop of the same 3 inch nominal length, which flexes on contact. Delaney catalogs the two as separate series, spring and rigid. Property managers replacing stops on a corridor should check which body is already on the wall, because the spring version gives at the top of the stroke and the rigid one does not.

Anchoring is the thing to confirm before you order. The Ives WS11 heavy duty wall stop is cataloged for drywall and masonry, as is the Ives WS20 manual wall holder with hinged strike. The Pamex DD02-23 uses a 7/8 inch fixed screw into a 15/16 inch diameter base, so on a block or concrete wall you are supplying the masonry anchor to suit. For CMU corridors in schools and institutional buildings, specify the anchor with the stop.

Brass is the substrate on the DD02-23, with the finish applied over it. Brass will not rust the way a plated steel stop does once the coating gets chipped by repeated door strikes, which matters on bathrooms, laundry rooms, and anywhere humidity runs high. Emtek's 2255 wall bumper is the other brass option if you want a bumper-style body rather than a rigid post.

That is a different item, not a substitute stop. The Delaney 2-1/8" hole plate metal cover, part number DLY-2310011, is a cover plate for the opening left behind. It does not stop a door. If you are relocating stops during a turn, order the covers alongside the new stops so the crew closes the old holes in the same trip rather than coming back.