A very effective door closer

To ensure that you don't leave your safety door ajar when you go in and out of your birdroom, it is wise to have a method of automatic closure. This is one I have recently fitted to the birdroom of Budgerigars Galore.

Required components:

• 1 - ordinary washing-line pulley
• 1 - length of washing line or thin rope to fit your requirement
• 1 - 1 litre screw-capped plastic bottle (preferably a fairly heavy plastic)

The washing-line pulley is fixed outside the safety door but at some height greater than one metre above the floor.

Make a hole in the centre of the cap of the plastic bottle and thread the rope through it making a knot at the end so that it cannot pull through.

Half-fill the bottle with water and screw on the cap.

Thread the other end of the rope through the pulley and attach to the inside of the top of the safety door.

As you go through the door you will find that it will automatically close behind you. If you find that it closes too violently then remove some of the water from the bottle.

Copyright: original text Peter Noonan 1998
Copyright: this page Dolores Noonan 1998

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