{"id":134067,"date":"2023-11-19T18:27:11","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T18:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=134067"},"modified":"2023-11-19T18:27:11","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T18:27:11","slug":"people-shocked-to-discover-door-spring-has-an-added-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/lifestyle\/people-shocked-to-discover-door-spring-has-an-added-use\/","title":{"rendered":"People shocked to discover door spring has an added use"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>&#8216;So that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s called a door stop!&#8217;: People stunned to discover extra &#8216;use&#8217; for coiled door spring&#8230; but not everyone is convinced<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>A video demonstrating an added &#8216;use&#8217; of a doorstop has been shared on Twitter\u00a0<\/span><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The footage shows a door being held in place after doorstop is pushed under it<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>People express shock in comments &#8211; but many say the hack is &#8216;damaging&#8217; to wall<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Like a wasp drawn to a slice of jam on toast\u2026nothing can be more compelling to a bored child than a springy doorstop.<\/p>\n<p>Often in the home of an elderly relative, these coiled delights are a source of instant fun, for as long as the youngster is permitted to \u2018boing\u2019 them before being dragged away by their parents.<\/p>\n<p>But could all those aunts and uncles have been using their door stoppers wrong all these years? A TikToker has made a controversial claim about a little-known extra use \u2013 and it has seriously divided opinion.<\/p>\n<p>Some have branded the added use genius, while have hit back at the \u2018hack\u2019, claiming it could cause &#8216;damage&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>An eight-second video, reposted on X, formerly Twitter, by @todayyearsoldig, and originally uploaded to TikTok by @giafromthe90s, showed an unidentified person demonstrating how to effortlessly keep a door widely open using the spring.<\/p>\n<p>The post &#8211; captioned: &#8216;Oh so that\u2019s why it\u2019s called a door stopper???&#8217; &#8211; has been viewed 5M times since August 16, prompting hundreds of X users to react in both disbelief and doubt.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/13\/77736555-12743083-image-m-88_1699882788385.jpg\" height=\"1023\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>People have recently unearthed a so-called added use of the coiled doorstop &#8211; but many have hit back against the hack and have warned against the &#8216;damage&#8217; it can cause<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/13\/77736553-12743083-image-a-86_1699882778297.jpg\" height=\"1021\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>In the footage, a person suggestively swings a door in their home back and forth,\u00a0before placing their foot firmly on top of the attachment to keep it hoisted down<\/p>\n<p>In the footage, a person suggestively swings a door in their home back and forth, attaching a caption that reads: &#8216;And you need it to stay open.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The person then focuses the camera on the coiled metal spring attached to the lower wall behind the door, before placing their foot firmly on top of the attachment to keep it hoisted down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While standing on the doorstop, the person then pulls the door inwards, over both their foot and spring so that the door is firmly held in place by the attachment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ending the video with &#8216;You&#8217;re welcome,&#8217; the door was shown being held in place by the spring, prompting many to express their dismay in the comment section.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One person wrote, &#8216;Well would you look at this lol,&#8217; while another said, &#8216;Every post from @todayyearsoldig makes me feel like more of an idiot.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>One perplexed X user commented: &#8216;I thought it was to stop the doorknob but imma try it anyway.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the video received a slew of backlash from cynical viewers who claimed that the hack was counterproductive, and that going against doorstop&#8217;s intended purpose could &#8216;damage&#8217; the wall behind the door.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One person wrote: &#8216;This clip merely shows how to manipulate a door stopper to make it a door holder. They&#8217;re two different bits of ironmongery.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/13\/77736559-12743083-image-a-85_1699882771729.jpg\" height=\"1030\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>While standing on the doorstop, the person then pulls the door inwards, over both their foot and spring so that the door is firmly held in place by the attachment<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/13\/77736437-12743083-image-a-76_1699882237660.jpg\" height=\"76\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/13\/77736439-12743083-image-a-77_1699882244233.jpg\" height=\"72\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/13\/77736449-12743083-image-a-78_1699882248737.jpg\" height=\"80\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/13\/77736443-12743083-image-a-71_1699882124245.jpg\" height=\"194\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/13\/77736445-12743083-image-a-73_1699882133223.jpg\" height=\"127\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/13\/77736451-12743083-image-a-79_1699882254985.jpg\" height=\"149\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/13\/13\/77736457-12743083-image-a-80_1699882259778.jpg\" height=\"76\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The footage prompted hundreds of X users to react in both disbelief and doubt, with many astounded by the &#8216;hack,&#8217; while others insisted that it could lead to further damage of the wall<\/p>\n<p>Another said of the doorstop: &#8216;It&#8217;s for preventing the door knob from damaging the wall. The reason it&#8217;s a coil spring is to prevent the screw from ripping out of the wall when you step on it. The end.<\/p>\n<p>A third unfazed viewer wrote: &#8216;This dude just uses the spring design for a purpose other than intended. He is running the risk of damaging his wall, the exact damage that a door stopper is meant to prevent.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>One individual, unfazed by the divide in the comments, expressed their wish to continue their childhood pastime, writing: &#8216;Nah, imma keep bouncing my door off the spring. Fun times.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><span><span>MailOnline have contacted a building and carpentry company for further comments.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>In 2013, a council tenant who had botched DIY in his rented home so badly that he was billed \u00a35,000 because his work was deemed &#8216;dangerous.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>George Brassington, 71, from Manchester, fitted new doors, a sink, built a shed and demolished a kitchen pantry to make space for a tumble drier at the three-bedroom council house he shared with wife Ivy for 20 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But after moving out, housing association officials ruled his DIY work would be &#8216;dangerous&#8217; for future tenants and has sent Mr Brassington a \u00a35,000 bill to cover the cost of fixing them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12743083\/So-thats-called-door-stop-People-stunned-discover-extra-use-coiled-door-spring-not-convinced.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;So that&#8217;s why it&#8217;s called a door stop!&#8217;: People stunned to discover extra &#8216;use&#8217; 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