r/whatisit • u/BillNumerous5156 • 4h ago
Solved! What is this above my apartment door?
I recently moved to a new apartment and noticed this metal thingy. I have no idea what it is or what it's for
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u/Outside_Coffee_00 4h ago
it's a kick plate. is there one at the bottom too?
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u/BillNumerous5156 4h ago
No, that's why I'm so confused on the matter
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u/Confident-Skin-6462 4h ago
the door is upside down then lol
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u/slippingaway83 4h ago
Or previous tenant damaged the top of the door having something screwed in or similar and this was the cheapest and easiest way for maintenance to hide the damage
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u/doxtorwhom 4h ago
Lol I did this to fix a door at work after kicking a hole in it by accident (was a hollow core). Didn’t want to tell anyone and we had a piece of thin metal that looked exactly like a kick plate… little 3M tape and door was brand new!
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u/SecondPlus2111 3h ago
I once knocked out the face of a single block near the bottom of a block wall with the back of a fork lift . I was a college kid who needed this part-time job badly. One of the union guys came over and bumped the it back in place with the side of his fist and said "Go some where else , it ain't going to stay together long.". Buy the time it fell back out for the boss to see and cuss about, knowbody knew how it had happened. (Smile a little)
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u/Suit-Local 4h ago
It’s possible that it’s a manufacturing mistake. I’m a field carpenter and to “save field time/money” the company bought our doors with all the hardware installed at a shop. We had more than a couple mistakes like this come out of a shop. Even a few closers at the floor side. The best was the one with a continuous hinge mounted on the same edge of the door as the push/pull
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u/BillNumerous5156 4h ago
Damn, that's funny.
Well I guess it's Solved!
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u/Outside_Coffee_00 4h ago
Is your doorknob abnormally high?
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u/SignificantDrink3651 3h ago
exactly. those that haven't tried to install a door upside down won't even think about this until it smacks them between the eyes.
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u/Sugary-cupcake 4h ago
Either poor attention to detail by whoever installed the door, or maybe an inside joke among a bunch of gymnasts.
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u/Loud_Produce4347 4h ago
Likely the top of the door was damaged and adding that was the easiest solution.
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u/EMAGDNlM 4h ago
sometimes they are used to mount closers to. but with the weird thing on the right side of the door, i wonder if they just flipped it and reused it or something. likely that you need a fire rating at this door, if it is the entry to your unit. might be worth making sure the door is correct and has the right tags on the jamb side mentioning the rating.
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u/mrbuttheadtoyou 4h ago
Looks like a kick plate, which is usually at the bottom of a door, was installed at the top
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u/Pristine_Dot_5526 4h ago
Maybe sold for those for higher price who practise karate or other martial arts...
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u/morto00x 4h ago
I think someone installed that door upside down. That piece of metal is meant to protect it from kicks.
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u/smazzurco 4h ago
Could be covering holes from a previously installed closer, etc But yeah, it's just a metal plate.
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u/bigsky54 3h ago
Kickplate. Door may have been installed upside down to match the lock set. Why waste a good door.
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u/Fresh_Inspector7033 4h ago
It’s a transom window to primarily allow light. Might open for ventilation
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u/Educational-Rule1635 4h ago
I suspect the door got reused and was the other way around in the old location
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u/two_beards 3h ago
A lot of people have said this is a kick plate and the door is upside down - they are wrong. This is a headbutt plate and implies that the door fitter was from Glasgow.
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u/Left_Statement9016 3h ago
Your building obviously has had outbreaks of handstanders kicking doors in.
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u/Urabrask_the_AFK 3h ago
What’s the metal boob-like dome on the right ? A door bell?
On left I see the door lever and deadbolt.
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u/spannair 2h ago
When I worked for my renovation company, I was called in to repair a door that the occupant had used as an airgun target. This required a similar repair plate.
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u/KeyNefariousness6848 1h ago
That is the kick plate. On top in case gravity fails and we have to start walking in the ceiling.
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u/allupinnit2winit 1h ago
Frame and door didn’t match so they put it on upside down basically. That metal plate at the top is a kick plate so you can use your foot to open the door
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u/phantomandy121 37m ago
Upside door. Kick plate should be on the bottom.
Worked a construction job once where the door manufacturer made about 20 doors wrong.
Short term solution was to install them upside down… long term solution, the door manufacturer had to remake the doors on their dime. Cost them over $30,000 plus the contractor got damages for costs associated with changing the doors out after they were remade.
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u/Rathland 25m ago
My Chinese immigrant father installed a set of double entrance doors , with simple raised wood panels for the living room. Not familar with the "American style", he installed the doors upside down. We've never corrected him. And he lived here for 48 years until he passed at the age of 92.
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u/AdaTHADwagon960 4h ago
Ventilation duct. Some older buildings have these. So that the air conditioner or natural air can reach all of the rooms. Also quite common in Slavic engineering
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u/Appropriate-Row4534 4h ago
Its the part of the door the previous owner used to attach their sex swing to. Helped support the weight.
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