Browse Forums DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair Re: changing door handle holes now to big 6Oct 10, 2010 11:13 pm Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Re: changing door handle holes now to big 12Oct 16, 2010 3:57 pm As a carpenter, if I was stuck with the handles or just absolutely had to have them, then I'd just hang new doors. It takes about an hour to hang a door and fit the lock, then add the cost of a door. It is still cheaper than spending several hours trying to patch each door and still ending up with a less than perfect job. As TheOK has said, first option is exchange the locks, second option is hang new doors, third option is attempted patch of old doors. The biggest issue with patching the holes is the new size required. Assuming the new locks have the same backset, then if the new hole is only marginally smaller than the existing locks (which it sounds like it is) any patch will likely fail as you will be trying to drill through the patched part of the door as the centres will be in the same spot. If you can change the backset from 60 to 70mm then that would help to move the hole over and away from the patch and it would be far more likely to work. Personally I couldn't imagine anything worse than trying to patch a house full of doors. If they are only flushpanel doors they are so cheap as to be almost disposable. You might even be able to sell them. Accessible Carpentry & Cabinets accessiblecarpentry@gmail.com accessiblecarpentry.com.au https://www.facebook.com/pages/Accessible-Carpentry-Cabinets/583314911709039 Black on light wood does look good. Not sure if it will be as long lasting as a steel finish? 6 6352 Hi All, I'm new here! I'm in a block of 4 apartments (Waverley council) and looking to change a window to a sliding door. The window faces an enclosed garden (with a… 0 5536 Get some long brass machine screws and bolt right through the gate and put brass acorn nuts and washers on the other side. It will never come off 1 9074 |