Floor Spring or Overhead Door Closer: Which One Fits Your Door?

Updated 2026-11-05 · RAYEN 雷茵

What is a RAYEN overhead door closer?

Many buyers picture an arm closer screwed to the door face. Our range looks different, and it comes in two builds.

• T-1073, T-1075, T-1076 and T-1077 are long bodies with a pivot plate, shown with a separate plate that has a round socket. They are double action.
• T-1078 and T-1079 are long bodies with a slide arm and track. They are single action.

So the choice is mostly about where the unit sits: top of the door or bottom of the door. All 6 overhead models are in 45# steel, in satin stainless or matt black, with a two-stage closing valve and 90° hold-open.

What do you need to check on site?

• Door type. Frameless glass goes to a floor spring.
• Door weight, and width from the spindle to the door edge.
• Door thickness.
• Swing. One way, or both ways through the opening.
• Floor. Can you fix to it, and is the finish already down?
• Door head. Is there a head or frame to take the top fixing?

Overhead door closer sizes

T-1075 is listed for doors of ≥45mm. Two figures in a cell are two grades, in the same order in every column.

Floor spring sizes

The full list, with thickness and glass ranges, is in the floor spring size chart.

Where do the two ranges match?

Some pairs read the same, which makes the comparison easy.

• T-1073 and D-1032: both offset pivot, 60kg and 100kg, ≤800mm and ≤1100mm, EN3 and EN4. Door thickness differs: ≥42mm or ≥45mm for the overhead unit, ≥42mm for the floor spring.
• T-1077 and DZ-2087: both centre pivot, 150kg and 200kg, EN4 and EN5. The overhead unit reaches ≤1000mm and ≤1100mm. The floor spring reaches ≤850mm and ≤1000mm.
• T-1076 and DZ-2086: both centre pivot, 60kg and 100kg, EN3 and EN4. The overhead unit reaches ≤500mm and ≤750mm. The floor spring reaches ≤650mm and ≤750mm.

A pair with matching weights can still part on width. Read both limits before you decide.

When does only a floor spring work?

• Frameless glass. D-1031, D-1051, D-3015, D-3016 and DZ-2031 are the glass models.
• Doors over 200kg. D-1067, DZ-2039, D-3002 and D-3001 go from 300kg up to 600kg.
• Widths past ≤1100mm. D-1051 and D-5063 reach ≤1200mm, and D-1067 reaches ≤1500mm.

When does an overhead closer make more sense?

• The door is single action and closes against a stop. T-1078 and T-1079 are the only single-action units here. See single or double action.
• The work has to stay at the top of the door. Ask for the drawing first, because the photos of the pivot units also show a plate with a socket, and you need to see how it fits your floor.

A worked example

A hotel room corridor has a timber door: 48mm thick, 90kg, 900mm from spindle to edge, swinging one way against a frame stop. T-1079.120 carries 120kg at ≤1000mm, and it needs ≥45mm. T-1078.80 stops at 80kg. T-1079.100 carries the weight and stops at ≤800mm. The answer is the .120 grade.

Now make that door swing both ways, on an offset pivot. T-1073.100 and D-1032.100 both fit, at 100kg and ≤1100mm. Pick by the floor and the door head.

What should you write on the order?

• Model with grade, such as T-1079.120.
• Door material, thickness, weight and width from spindle to edge.
• Single or double action.
• Finish: satin stainless or matt black.
• For a floor spring, the matching top pivot or top patch.

Send a section through the door head and the floor. We check the unit against it before you cut anything.

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