Installing a door handle is a relatively easy home project that you can do with a pre made kit.
Fitting a door handle and latch.
The cuts made with the utility knife are your guidelines as to where to stop chiselling.
Mark your brand new door with the location.
Put your tape measure on the floor in front of your door and measure up 41 inches from the floor since this is the most common placement for door handles.
Measure the distance as shown in fig 3 as a and transfer this measurement to the door frame position the latch plate in what will be its fixed position and mark out the door frame for the recess and any hole that will be required for the latch tongue when.
Marking the door handle positions.
Simulating opening the door without the latch extending into and retracting out of the strike plate.
Follow our handy guide to fitting interior door handles.
The latch plate can now be fitted to the door frame.
The door latch is not extended before rotating the knob.
Pop the spindle door bar through the spindle holes so that it is roughly centrally aligned and then push a handle over it.
Also chisel inside the hole for the latch to fit.
Use the sharp chisel and the hammer to chisel out a hole for the latch.
Establish the handle height and mark the door.
Once the door is open try to actuate the door latch with the handle.
Fitting door handles may appear complicated at first but it is an easier task then you think.
Insert the latch into the side of the door to see if its faceplate sits flush to the door.
The handle or knob must be jiggled to unstick the latch.
Door latch screwed up firmly on to door.
Make sure that.
More force is needed to turn the knob and unstick the latch.
Step by step guide to fitting a mortice latch door handles.
Before you can fit a door handle to a new door you will first need to mark regions to be drilled and cut.
Close the door to and mark the centre of the latch tongue on the door frame.
The normal height for fitting a mortice latch is a metre up from the floor around 3 feet but you can either match existing handle heights ask the client how high they want them or check the drawing schedule to find out which height to drill the handles.
A helpful guide for fitting a tubular latch in your interior door.
Pick one side of the door to start on either side is fine.