Rockwood 494-RKW Automatic Wall Mount Door Holder & Stop / Foot Pull

It is a two-piece setup. The strike mounts on the door and the holder body mounts on the wall next to it, so when the door swings open the strike engages the holder and the door stays put. Put the strike low on the bottom rail of the door and it doubles as a foot pull, so someone with full hands can hook the door open with a boot. Same part, two jobs, decided by where you mount the strike.

Projection is 2-1/8 inches. That is the figure to check against your baseboard and against how far the door leaf sits from the wall when open, since the holder body has to meet the strike on the door face. If the door opens closer to the wall than that, the holder will contact before the door is fully open.

Fasteners ship with it: the strike gets 3 each #12 x 1-1/4 inch flat head wood screws plus 3 plastic anchors, and the wall body gets 4 each #10 x 1-1/4 inch flat head wood screws. The plastic anchors are hollow-wall fasteners, so on drywall you are relying on them unless you can hit blocking or a stud. A holder takes repeated pull load, so on a high-traffic opening plan on backing or masonry anchors of your own rather than the supplied plastics.

They solve different problems. A plain wall stop only limits the swing and protects the wall, it will not hold the door open, so it suits doors that need to close behind people. A holder like the 494-RKW catches and keeps the door open for moving carts, deliveries or ventilation. If you only need the bumper, the Ives WS11 or WS33 heavy duty wall stops with replaceable rubber bumpers cover that; if you want the door held but released by hand rather than automatically, the Ives WS20 manual holder with hinged strike is the alternative. Note that a holder should not go on a fire-rated opening that has to self-close.

The Ives WS40 automatic wall holder with heavy duty bumper pad is the nearest same-function part we carry, an automatic catch-and-hold like the 494. The difference to weigh is duty: the WS40 is listed light duty, while the 494-RKW is a cast brass commercial part. For an opening that gets kicked and shoved all day, or where you also want the foot-pull function, stay with the Rockwood.

Only if the gap between the open door face and the wall is right around 2-1/8 inches, which is the holder's projection. Wall holders and stops are fixed-length parts, so a door that opens well clear of the wall needs a longer body. For that situation look at the ABH RM or RMS Series wall door stops, both of which come in multiple length options.

Use a plain wall stop. The Ives WS11 heavy duty wall stop and the Ives WS33/WS33X heavy-duty wall door stop both take the door's impact on a replaceable rubber bumper, which is the wear part you swap rather than replacing the whole stop. The Delaney 2-1/4 inch concave wall bumper and the Emtek 2255 brass wall bumper with regular rosette do the same job in a lighter profile. None of those hold the door open. The Rockwood 494-RKW combines the stop with an automatic holder and a strike that can also be mounted to the bottom of the door as a foot pull, so it is the choice only when the opening actually needs the door parked open.

The Ives WS40 automatic wall holder with heavy duty bumper pad is the nearest counterpart. Both are wall-mounted automatic holders, meaning the door swings into the holder and is caught without anyone bending down to set a lever. The 494-RKW is cast brass with a 2-1/8 inch projection and a 3-1/4 inch strike, and it comes in 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 612 satin bronze, 613 satin bronze oil-rubbed, 619 satin nickel, 625 bright chrome and 626 satin chrome. The Ives WS40 is rated light duty. For a facility standardizing on one automatic holder across a corridor, the two solve the same problem at the door; the 494-RKW's brass body and architectural finish range is what makes it the pick where the hardware is visible in a lobby or hotel corridor.

The Ives WS20 is a manual wall holder with a hinged strike for drywall and masonry applications - someone has to flip the strike down by hand to engage it, and flip it back to release the door. The Rockwood 494-RKW is automatic: the door catches when it is pushed open to the holder, with no separate motion to set it. That distinction decides the job. In a hospital corridor or a hotel service door where staff have their hands full, the automatic action is the reason to spec the 494-RKW. Where the door should stay free-swinging most of the time and only be held open occasionally - a stairwell or a mechanical room - the hinged strike on the WS20 keeps the holder out of the way until it is wanted.

Reach for a longer-projection wall stop. The ABH RM Series and ABH RMS Series wall door stops are both offered with multiple length options, which is what you need when the door swings past a baseboard, a wainscot, or a return wall and a short stop never makes contact. The Rockwood 494-RKW has a fixed 2-1/8 inch projection, so the wall has to sit within that distance of the door face at the strike height. Measure from the finished wall to the point on the door where the strike will land before ordering - if that dimension exceeds 2-1/8 inches, the ABH RM or RMS series with the appropriate length is the part that reaches.

The door-mounted strike measures 3-1/4 inches. On a foot-pull installation you need that much clear flat rail at the bottom of the door, clear of glazing stops, sweeps and astragals, and on a holder installation the strike has to land where the wall body can catch it.

It is a commercial part in cast brass, and Rockwood hardware of this kind goes into institutional buildings, offices, retail, schools, detention, sports facilities and hotels. Cast brass rather than stamped is what lets a foot pull take being kicked daily. For a strictly manual hold with a hinged strike instead, the Ives WS20 is the other wall holder we carry.

Seven: 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 612 satin bronze, 613 oil-rubbed satin bronze, 619 satin nickel, 625 bright chrome and 626 satin chrome. On a fleet of openings, 626 satin chrome and 613 oil-rubbed are the two that most often match existing lever and hinge finishes, and because the part is solid brass the plated finishes carry the same base metal underneath.

There is nothing handed about it. The holder body mounts to the wall and the strike mounts to the door, so the only choices you make are finish and where you place the strike, low on the door if you want the foot-pull function or at holder height if you only want the hold-open. The same part number works on either swing.

No - those mount in a different place and do a different job. The Delaney 3 inch spring door stop and the Delaney 3 inch HD rigid door stop are base-mounted stops that fasten to the floor or the baseboard and stop the door at the bottom edge. The Rockwood 494-RKW mounts to the wall at strike height with its body fastened by 4 each #10 x 1-1/4 inch flat head wood screws and its strike by 3 each #12 x 1-1/4 inch flat head wood screws with plastic anchors. A spring or rigid stop will keep the knob off the drywall, but it will not hold the door open and it gives you no foot pull. If the requirement on the drawing is hold-open, the base stop is not a substitution.

It is not a substitute, it is a cover. The Delaney 2310011 is a 2-1/8 inch hole plate metal cover - it conceals an opening left in a wall or door face. It has no bumper, no strike, and no hold-open function. If the door still needs to be stopped and parked open at that location, the Rockwood 494-RKW is the working part: an automatic wall mount holder and stop in cast brass with a 3-1/4 inch strike, available in seven architectural finishes so it can be matched to the rest of the trim in the corridor. Use the hole plate only where the old hardware is being removed and nothing is going back in its place.

They wear differently. The Ives WS11 heavy duty wall stop and the Ives WS33/WS33X both use a replaceable rubber bumper, so the maintenance item is a bumper swap and the mounted base stays in the wall. The Rockwood 494-RKW is a cast brass automatic holder and stop with a two-piece install - a body fastened with 4 each #10 x 1-1/4 inch flat head wood screws and a separate strike fastened with 3 each #12 x 1-1/4 inch flat head wood screws and plastic anchors - so service means addressing both pieces. For an MRO stockroom carrying spares, a bumper-only consumable is the difference between stocking a small part and stocking a whole assembly; for a door that must hold open, the 494-RKW is doing a job the WS11 does not do at all.

The Emtek 2255 brass wall bumper with regular rosette gives you a brass bumper on a rosette, and the Delaney 2-1/4 inch concave wall bumper is a low-profile concave face - both read as trim rather than as specified door hardware. Neither holds the door open. The Rockwood 494-RKW is designated commercial and is also cast brass, offered in 605 bright brass, 606 satin brass, 612 satin bronze, 613 satin bronze oil-rubbed, 619 satin nickel, 625 bright chrome and 626 satin chrome, so it can be matched to finer residential trim while still carrying the automatic hold-open and the foot pull option. Choose on function first: bumper only, or bumper plus hold-open.