This device keeps the door from opening too far should it catch a gust of wind and it closes the door automatically.
Sliding through the door and a gust of wind.
A gust usually lasts less than 20 seconds.
Blow across the top of an empty bottle and you ll hear a low whistle.
Afternoon rainstorms or even tropical disturbances hundreds of miles away can cause gusts or sustained high winds.
According to the national weather service a wind gust is a sudden brief increase in wind speed that peak at least 18 miles per hour and have lulls that vary by at least 10 miles per hour.
Required tools for this project.
A sliding glass patio door correctly installed and maintained will mitigate most of these issues but annual preventative maintenance with an elastomeric sealant around the perimeter is a must.
When the wind is howling outside the water in my toilet is not still but waving back and forth.
A strong gust of wind can enter through the house that way.
Water intrusion in some sliding glass doors can occur with wind driven rains at speeds as low as 22 miles per hour.
A gust of wind could have been channeled down the fireplace if the flue is open.
How to stop a window from whistling from the wind.
It can even affect your plumbing.
Eri s answer is real good too.
Because they open outward storm doors are installed with a hydraulic or pneumatic door closer.
Attach one end of the chain to the door and the other to the top jamb photo 3.
Heavy glass doors may have two door closers one at the top the other at the bottom.
Then connect the new closer to the bracket photo 4.