Then bend the pin slightly with a firm whack.
How to hold french doors open.
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Stick the shim loosely between the door and the jamb to hold the door in position when you drive out the upper hinge pin.
Access when your french doors are fully open you should have full access to the width of the opening.
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Sorry that this reply is two years too late but in 1982 i used wall mounted rubber caravan door hooks to hold my french doors open.
Watch for the areas where the doors sticks particularly around the top and bottom of each door.
But you will be limited by the maximum leaf size generally around 900mm so a maximum opening with both doors open would be about 1800mm wide.
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If the door still won t stay open do the same with the lower hinge.
They are still on the wall and still working well.
Aug 8 2016 24 thread reanimation just the advice i needed.
Required tools for this.
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Open and close the doors individually.
Open and close the doors together to check for sticking along the center where the two doors meet.
So if you do not like to open the french doors fully open or if the doors do not ahve spring hinges or auto door closuers on them you can put a 2nd kick down stop on the opposite site of the door which will allow you to lock the door into place same can be done on both leaves both doors.
But for smaller openings french doors are generally considered to be more desirable.
Reinsert the pin and check the results.
Take them into the room and close the door.
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