Pamex DD02-44 Door Security Hinge Pin Door Stop

The DD02-44 is built around a 5/16 inch diameter hinge pin, which is the standard pin size on common residential butt hinges. It clamps onto the pin at the knuckle, so there is no drilling into the door, the jamb, or the baseboard. Pull the pin on the hinge you want to use, slip the stop on with the supplied plastic spacer, and drop the pin back in. The body measures 2 x 1-9/16 inches overall.

Pamex rates the DD02-44 as residential. It is the right call for apartment interiors, bedrooms, bathrooms, and unit turns where you need to protect drywall without drilling a baseboard stop. For a high traffic commercial opening, look at a heavier hinge pin stop instead, such as the Delaney Door Saver commercial hinge pin stop or Orca Hardware's HPHD heavy duty hinge pin stop.

The Sure-Loc DS9 Hinge Pin Door Stop is the nearest match in form and function - both mount on an existing hinge in place of the hinge pin and stop the door without any wall or floor anchoring. The Pamex DD02-44 uses a 5/16 inch diameter hinge pin and comes with a rubber stop and plastic spacer, with an overall size of 2 inches by 1-9/16 inches, so confirm the hinge barrel on the opening takes a 5/16 inch pin before treating either as a drop-in swap. Orca Hardware also builds the HPDS Series hinge pin stop for the same job.

The Pamex DD02-44 is built for residential use in zinc die-cast. For an opening that sees commercial traffic, the Delaney Door Saver Commercial Hinge Pin Door Stop is the commercial-duty alternative in the same mounting style, and Delaney also builds a Heavy Duty Hinge Pin Door Stop. Sure-Loc's DS10 is a heavy-duty hinge pin door stop and Orca's HPHD Series is their heavy duty hinge pin stop. All four mount the same way - replacing the hinge pin - so the change in duty rating does not change the install on the door.

Adjustment is on the stop itself. The DD02-44 uses a 1-7/8 inch adjustable rubber head screw: thread it in or out to move the contact point, which changes how wide the door swings before the rubber tip meets the trim or jamb face. Back it out for a tighter stop, run it in for more opening. No repositioning of the body is needed once the pin is back in the hinge.

Everything needed is in the box. The DD02-44 ships complete with its rubber stop and the plastic spacer that sits between the stop and the hinge knuckle, plus the 1-7/8 inch adjustable rubber head screw. The only tool you need is something to tap the hinge pin out and back in.

Six finishes, all standard BHMA numbers so they match across brands: 605 bright brass, 609 antique brass, 613 oil rubbed bronze, 619 satin nickel, 622 matte black, and 625 polished chrome. If your levers and hinges are specified by BHMA code, order the stop in the same number and it will read as a set across the opening.

A hinge pin stop like the DD02-44 is the answer when you cannot or do not want to drill: no baseboard anchor, no floor stop for a mop to catch, and nothing left behind on the wall when a tenant moves out. It takes the load through the hinge, so it suits residential interior doors. A wall or floor stop is the better choice on a heavy door, a high traffic entry, or anywhere the door gets slammed, because the force goes into the wall structure rather than the hinge barrel.

Pamex's DD02-44 is the residential zinc die-cast option in six finishes. Sure-Loc offers three in the same category, the DS9 hinge pin door stop, the DS11 hinge door stop, and the DS10 heavy duty version. Orca Hardware runs the HPDS, HPST, and heavy duty HPHD series, all catalogued as door holders. Delaney has the Door Saver commercial hinge pin stop and a heavy duty hinge pin stop. For a pivot rather than a butt hinge, Emtek's 2241 is a brass pivot stop.

The DD02-44 is a stop, not a holder. It limits how far the door swings and cushions it with the rubber head, but it will not hold the door in the open position. If you need the door to stay put, Orca Hardware's HPDS, HPST, and HPHD hinge pin products are catalogued with a door holder function.

Yes, and that is the main reason to pick one. The door stays hung. Drive one hinge pin up and out, slide the DD02-44 body and its plastic spacer over the knuckle, reseat the pin, then set the 1-7/8 inch rubber head screw for the swing you want. Ten minutes on a unit turn, no drilling and no patching.

The Pamex DD02-44 is a hinge pin door stop with a 1-7/8 inch adjustable rubber head screw, which arrests the door's swing at the point you set. If the requirement is holding the door open rather than limiting travel, the Orca Hardware HPDS, HPHD and HPST Series hinge pin stops are all listed with a door holder function while keeping the same hinge-mounted install. For a property manager standardizing a building, that distinction decides whether the door parks open for a move-in or simply stops short of the wall.

They are not the same part. The Emtek 2241 is a brass hinge pivot stop, while the Pamex DD02-44 is a zinc die-cast hinge pin door stop supplied with a rubber stop and plastic spacer on a 5/16 inch pin. If the specification on the job calls out brass, the Emtek 2241 is the brass option; if the replacement needs to match a zinc die-cast pin stop already on the other doors, the DD02-44 is the like-for-like. Check the hinge itself before ordering either, since the two are built around different stop geometry.

Zinc die-cast body, plated to the finish you order. Zinc die-cast is the usual material for this class of stop and handles interior bath and kitchen humidity without an issue. The wearing part is the rubber head, and that is on an adjustable screw so the contact face can be reset as it compresses.