Old Door Enlarge Existing Door Handle Hole

They were moved down to 1m but now there are holes where the handles and strike plate used to be.

Old door enlarge existing door handle hole.

See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this. Measure the size of the existing hole in your door using a tape measure. Mar 25 2016 explore bruce wiseman s board home. When enlarging a lockset hole mark the centerlines of the old hole on the door.

This old house general contractor tom silva installs an undetectable wood patch in an old door. Then mark centerlines on the plywood block. Then bore into the plywood and through the hole behind it. Use a hole saw to drill through the plywood and halfway through the door.

Turn the door over remove the plywood disk from the hole saw and use the hole saw to drill through the other side of the door until the two holes meet. To overcome this problem fasten a piece of 1 2 inch plywood over the existing hole. 2 draw a circle on a sheet of plywood measuring the same size as the hole in your door using a compass to make the circle. The door handles in this house were set too high 1 4m.

The plywood will hold the pilot bit on track until the saw starts cutting.