Your door stopper has an 'extra use' many don't know about - but it's dividng opinion

Does your home have small metal springs attached to the skirting boards that stop your doors from hitting the walls? Door stoppers are a common sight in many homes, and they work wonders for preventing doors from opening too far and causing dents or scratches.

But did you know they actually have a second use? And no, it's not that you can flick them to make an amusing - and somewhat irritating - sound.

According to one social media user, the springs can be used as a door stopper in more than one way, as they can also be used to hold doors open - although not everyone is a fan of the hack.

There's another use for these (tiktok.com/@the_artful_odds)

You can use it to keep the door open (tiktok.com/@the_artful_odds)

One TikTok user, who goes by the name @the_artful_odds, said that if your door spring comes with a wall guard for the knob, then you can use a nifty trick to hook the spring under the door and keep it open.

They demonstrated the hack in a video on their account, which was captioned: "From doorstopper to doorkeeper."

They said if you need your door to stay open, and you have one of these springs on the wall behind it, simply bend the stopper down, open the door fully over the top, and then release.

The stopper at the end will stop the door from closing.

And commenters on the post were left gobsmacked, as many of them said they can't believe they didn't know about the hack before seeing the video.

One person wrote: "How am I learning this today."

While another said: "What? I’ve never thought of this."

A third added: "I've learned more from TikTok than any school that I've been to."

"Well, I was today years old," said a fourth.

While a fifth theorised: "Bruh that's why it's called a door stopper and not a wall protector."

However, not everyone was convinced, as some went to try the hack themselves and discovered that the gap between the bottom of their door and their carpet wasn't big enough for the spring.

"You guys can fit your whole foot under your door?" asked one.

"I mean I have one but it's a hard one and not bendy like that whatsoever. I'll just break the baseboard if I did that," argued another person.

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