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Door Stopper Wall Protector [4 Pack] - Clear Self Adhesive Rubber Door Bumpers. Prevent Damage to Walls from Door Knobs Handles - Door Stop https://a.co/d/hVaLqZG
Not recommending Amazon, but you could look for one of these at your local hardware store.
Just install a door stop. That's what they're made for.
Have you ever heard of a door stop?
Yes most of them will just make the hinges the next weak point. Because of the garbage material they make doors from.
I’ve never used the kind that mount on the wall at doorknob height but that should help by centering the load
Maybe it's because I was an only child, or maybe I wasn't aggresive with doors as a child, but my family never had issues with door hinges or stops breaking growing up.
Had both the solid "stick" doorstops screwed into the baseboard, and the spring ones attached to the baseboard.
The stops that sit on top of the hinge with one pad to press against the door and another to press against the wall, usually adjustable by screwing one of the sides to be longer or shorter? My family definitely broke a few of those ones.
There's also the plastic/rubber patches you can put on the wall where the door handle would slam into the wall. Never used those anywhere I've lived, but they seem to work well in offices and commercial buildings I've been in.
There are spring loaded doorstops. Takes the stress off the hinges..
Take the door off
They make round plastic protectors for this. I installed one for most doors in my house
A possibility would be to install a wooden block over the dent in the drywall, something harder than drywall that can spread the load of the doorknob impact. Make them out of some durable hardwood, something designed to match your decor or complement the paint color.
You could be a real dick (or smart) and install a sliding door that can't be slammed.
I imagined an inner door in a building. Have you seen a residental indoor sliding door that isn't a shower door? I'm curious what you're imagining.
My house has several pocket doors (sliding doors) and I can tell you now, they can be slammed. Just differently.
You can buy mechanisms that prevent slamming and create soft closing. Similar to kitchen cabinet and drawer soft closers.
I looked into that a few years ago when my kid was still a door slammer, thankfully those days are over. I think.