If you have a little one, it's a good idea to think about the doors in your home. It is crucial because some kinds of doors are going to have safety issues for your kids. As might be expected, you would have to be on your toes with your babies every time to keep their fingers away from doors and to have them never open or close the doors themselves. Nevertheless, this is easier said than done. Toddlers and even babies who don't yet know how to walk are a curious bunch. This means that as a parent of these little explorers, you need to make sure your doors (especially from the hinge side) are absolutely safe and sound for your babies.
The first thing is, of course, choosing the right doors. You may want to invest in hollow-core doors that are not too hefty and are less likely to result in a painful injury. To help with the hinge side, you can route the hinge side edges so they are rounded and don't have any sharp edges anymore.
Bear in mind though, such doors can be rather expensive and may entail a rather large amount of time and effort to set in place. In other words, you would have to enlist a professional to install these doors in your home. Not to mention, these doors are not exactly aesthetically pleasing. So, with hollow-core doors, you can be looking at spending in several thousands of pounds, plus many hours of time to put doors in your home that would not even go with your home décor. In addition, the force required to close a hollow-core door ends up being much the same as to a solid-core (heavier doors), and “children are children” and injuries can and do occur with hollow-core as well.
This is where door hinge guards come into the picture. If you had been running Google searches and the only guards you were coming across were in hundreds of pounds (per side) and they still left the handle side exposed, then door hinge guards are just for you. The idea of spending no more than a few pounds per door, a few minutes for installation and being “done” is something that you would absolutely love.
Not only are these inexpensive and easy-to-install, but these door finger guards also keep little fingers out of the hinge side of doors. On top of everything, they are unobtrusive and will not shape your home décor.
Augment the door safety in your home with the right door finger guards and keep your little ones out of harm's way and looked after.