Ah yes, door stops. They seem so simple, and yet sometimes they're so difficult. Mounting any typ...Ah yes, door stops. They seem so simple, and yet sometimes they're so difficult. Mounting any type of door stop into drywall is always risky, because drywall is simply no match for a door that is thrown open too hard. So anyway, I bought two of them (for two different doors). One is mounted on the drywall. The other is mounted on the baseboard.
For the one mounted on the drywall, I cut out the center of the rubber. I used a toggle-bolt to secure it to the wall, and I also used about two or three small washers behind the door stop in order to get the proper offset spacing so that I could twist on the decorative ring. The toggle-bolt is nice, since if this door stop gets a little loose, I can now easily re-tighten it without having to disassemble it. Works great so far, as long as nobody throws the door open too hard.
For the one mounted on the baseboard, I also cut out the center of the rubber. Then I just used a big 2-inch all purpose screw and screwed it into the baseboard. I also used about two small washers (like before) to get the proper offset spacing. I should say that mounting this to the baseboard probably won't work for most folks since the door handle might still hit the wall. But due to the details in this particular situation, it worked out.
by JJMM