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How To Replace A Door Knob

The door knob is a very needed item in your home.  Think about it, if you did not have any?  Ok, a little humor here today.  The style is up to you.  What do you need the new door knob for?  All new remodel or just a broken handle in your house.  The style should stay the same through out the house.  It gives the look of good clean lines with all matching,  non-matching can be viewed poorly by many people.

The door knob is a standard size for the most part.  If you get into a designer knob make sure you have the correct size opening to put it in.  If you don’t you will need what is called a hole cutting saw.  Now that you have your door knob lets take the old one out. 

The following tools will be helpful.

-standard screw driver

-Philips head screw driver

-wood chisels

-hammer

The above tools may not all be needed.  There are normally two screws on each side of the handle on the inside of the door. remove these screws.  Once screws are out of the handle, it should just pull apart from each side. The striker or plunger is held in the center of the door by two screws one on the top and bottom.  These are seated well most times and need some  work to get them out.  There should  be nothing left in the holes.  Slide your new  striker or plunger in and then take the handle and slide it in from each side.  Make sure if it is locking type that the lock switch is on the inside of the room side of the door.  Tighten up the screws on the plunger now.  You can then tighten the screws on the door handle now also.

That should complete your installation of the door knob.  The only way this would not be done is if you needed to chisel the around the striker / plunger to make the new one fit.  This is normally not needed.  Which you would have seen this when you attempted to slide it in.

The tools above can be narrowed down to one cordless screw driver and a standard/Philips head bit can do the whole door knob installation.

So, there you have it.  Now step back and look at your new door knob.

Remember safety first.