every wooden door i've noticed there's a steel plate on the bottom half of the door? what is for? smth to do with heat?
2007-11-25 12:28:24 · 16 answers · asked by mohawkshock 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Called a "kick plate". It keeps the bottom of the door from being dinged and dented when carts and stuff are pushed through.
2007-11-25 12:31:46 · answer #1 · answered by onparadisebeach 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a kickplate so that they don't get marks from the bottoms of shoes kicking the doors open. Also prevents scratches on the paint if/when the push equipment through the door and use the equipment to open the door (like a gurney)
2007-11-25 20:33:02 · answer #2 · answered by thimpkins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The plate allows hospital personnel to push a gurney against the door to open it without damaging the door.
2007-11-25 20:34:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is to keep the bottom of the door from chipping. If patients are being constantly wheeled in, or if other things like carts and such are being wheeled in, that's a lot of dings against the door. The metal is reinforcement- keeps the door from falling apart.
2007-11-25 20:31:43 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a kickplate. Sometimes you will even see them on residential doors. In the hospital, it will help protect the door from damage from kicking the door open ahead of you and I think that a lot of guerneys hit there first also.
2007-11-25 20:32:52 · answer #5 · answered by Sels 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's called a kick plate. it's especially good for when someone in a wheel chair is going thru the door, the front of the chair will hit the plate and not ruin the botton of the wood door.
2007-11-25 20:31:50 · answer #6 · answered by Scotty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kick plate, to prevent damage to the door.
2007-11-25 20:35:20 · answer #7 · answered by 2007_Shelby_GT500 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its called a kick plate. It helps when moving a patient from one area to another when you have to kick the door to get it to open
2007-11-25 20:32:39 · answer #8 · answered by Cold Heart 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not for heat. It is for protection against things like gurneys being pushed into it and also allows it to be pushed open with a foot without damaging it.
2007-11-25 20:32:33 · answer #9 · answered by Tom 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
nope. hospital doors get a beating on a daily basis, we kick it open with our feet, push it open with beds et al... its just a protective plate to help the door from being banged up.
2007-11-25 20:32:10 · answer #10 · answered by o_x_y_j_e_n 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋