How To Install Interior Door Handle

Watch this step by step video guide from bunnings warehouse and learn how to make sure the handles.

How to install interior door handle.

If the doorknob is on the left you need a left handed door. Screw the faceplate into the. Trim any exposed shims by scoring them with a knife and then breaking along the line. The latching assembly that came with your new door handle should match the assembly on your old one.

Open the door and stand with your back to the hinges. The spring operated bolt with a beveled face to permit a latching action when the door closes. Set the latch of the door handle into its hole and make distinct marks to. Installing a door handle is a relatively easy diy project.

Setting the door handle 1. Chisel out the faceplate outline with a chisel and hammer. This is the interior portion of your knob or lever for privacy knobs and levers you ll want to be sure the push button lock is on the inside. First take out the old door handle assembly by unscrewing the two screws that secure the assembly.

If you re installing a handle with a lock on it make sure you buy one with the locking mechanism on the correct side. The bars from your exterior knob should poke out onto the other side of your door. It must line up with the holes in the latch assembly to function properly. Turn each screw several times apiece alternating to stop one screw from binding by being removed further than the other one.

Take your interior knob and align the holes in the knob with the bars on the exterior knob. Drive 6 finishing nails through the trim and into the studs behind the wall spacing the nails about 16 inches apart. This video includes the removal of the old handle and the complete installation of the new one. With the latch assembly in place slide the door handle with the attached cylinder into place.

Make sure you purchase one that will fit correctly in the space left by the old doorknob. Trace the handle s faceplate with a pencil. If you re installing a pre hung door make sure you get the correct swing determined by the placement of the hinges and doorknob. Nail the trim to the jamb and studs.

Step 2 remove latch mechanism take out two screws setting in the door edge and slide latch mechanism out. This is the kwikset venetian bronze door handle set. Once you line them up press the interior knob onto the bars until the knob runs flush with the door. Connect the interior doorknob to the door if you don t have a faceplate.

Cut and install the trim on the second side of the door. Insert the latch assembly.