How To Install Interior Door Handle

Connect the interior doorknob to the door if you don t have a faceplate.

How to install interior door handle.

Installing a door handle is a relatively easy diy project. Setting the door handle 1. It must line up with the holes in the latch assembly to function properly. First take out the old door handle assembly by unscrewing the two screws that secure the assembly.

The spring operated bolt with a beveled face to permit a latching action when the door closes. Step 2 remove latch mechanism take out two screws setting in the door edge and slide latch mechanism out. Trace the handle s faceplate with a pencil. If the knob is to the right select a right handed door.

If you re installing a handle with a lock on it make sure you buy one with the locking mechanism on the correct side. Open the door and stand with your back to the hinges. Once you line them up press the interior knob onto the bars until the knob runs flush with the door. Watch this step by step video guide from bunnings warehouse and learn how to make sure the handles.

Make sure you purchase one that will fit correctly in the space left by the old doorknob. With the latch assembly in place slide the door handle with the attached cylinder into place. Cut and install the trim on the second side of the door. Trim any exposed shims by scoring them with a knife and then breaking along the line.

Screw the faceplate into the. Take your interior knob and align the holes in the knob with the bars on the exterior knob. This is the kwikset venetian bronze door handle set. Nail the trim to the jamb and studs.

Insert the latch assembly. If you re installing a pre hung door make sure you get the correct swing determined by the placement of the hinges and doorknob. Set the latch of the door handle into its hole and make distinct marks to. The latching assembly that came with your new door handle should match the assembly on your old one.

Chisel out the faceplate outline with a chisel and hammer. The bars from your exterior knob should poke out onto the other side of your door. Turn each screw several times apiece alternating to stop one screw from binding by being removed further than the other one. Place the chisel at a 45 angle and begin to chisel the.

This video includes the removal of the old handle and the complete installation of the new one. Drive 6 finishing nails through the trim and into the studs behind the wall spacing the nails about 16 inches apart.