About us
The Founder of Open The Door Products has over 50 years of experience in the custom cabinetry industry. We sincerely believe that life is about relationships; the better our relationships, the better our lives. It is our goal to create relationships of the highest integrity with our suppliers, employees, distributors, cabinet shops, and the end users.
Our Purpose
Our purpose is to fulfill a 40 plus year need for a better magnetic catch. Most magnetic catches are noisy, hard to open, and cheap-looking on high-quality cabinetry. All other types of latches such as ball catches, roller catches and turn latches require that you push and follow the door until it is completely closed. Spring-loaded hinges were developed to solve this problem, but they fall short of filling all the requirements of inset cabinetry because an adjustable door stop is still needed. Many “purist” designers prefer the appearance of an exposed “butt-type” hinge, which opens 180 degrees rather than the 110/120 degrees of a concealed euro hinge.
Another need in the high-end custom cabinet industry is a way of preventing warped doors. Our catch employs two high-strength, high-grade permanent neodymium magnets with enough force to pull in mildly warped doors. It also stands to reason that if a magnet can pull in warped doors, the constant force will help to prevent most doors from warping in the future. We have even seen our magnets pull in non-warped doors to compensate for improperly installed cabinets that are "racked".
How valuable is the warped door prevention to you? Consider how much it costs to replace a door. How nearly impossible it is to produce a new door that matches well because it is probably not made from the same batch of wood, possibly made and finished by different people, and will not have the same amount of aging. This benefit alone could nearly offset the difference in the cost of the soft close magnetic catches and you also have the advantage of quiet, soft-closing and easy to open action, which is a great sales advantage for your product.