4588: Moving fwd stateroom switches from behind the door to the wall-gctid357844

[Foster]

So one of my ongoing annoyances is that the switches for the lights in the forward stateroom are behind the door. Has anyone moved them from their current position to the closet wall?

[Guest]

Cant you hinge the door to swing the other way? Easier than moving the switches I would think:beer-

[jimveres]

I changed the manual "hold open" hook to a magnetic latch and that eliminated my annoyance with the location of the light switches.

Easy change and it is a lot nicer not having to fiddle with the hook.

Jim V.

'88 4518 in Seattle.

[Guest]

Absolutely brillant... I have battled that switch behind the door frequently. The problem did not make the top ten list of fixes as I was thinking of moving the light switch.

Jim

[jimveres]

Here's the style that I used. I don't recall the length but my guess is 3". Might have taken a half hour to install but I'm slow.

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[Guest]

Can you please tell me where one could buy these magnetic latches?

Thanks

[jimveres]

A search for "Magnetic door holder" should show lots of places including DoorHardwareUSA.com, TheHardwareHut.com, MyKnobs.com, PullsDirect.com, etc.

I believe the one in the picture above is the Deltana MDH30 magnetic door holder. Cost ranges from about $15 to $25. Prime-Line makes them in plastic and Home Depot carries them online. Lowes in Bellevue carries ones made by Gatehouse with a cost of about $6.