We had to decrease the spring closing tension on our back door which created the problem of it blowing open a smidgen when the wind blew really hard during the day when we have it unlocked.

The solution was this magnet with the easy 1/4 inch mounting holes.

A small Stanley mending plate made a nice strike plate once I got it lined up exactly where it needed to be.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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