Old Door Enlarge Existing Door Handle Hole

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Old door enlarge existing door handle hole.

The door handles in this house were set too high 1 4m. They were moved down to 1m but now there are holes where the handles and strike plate used to be. Measure the size of the existing hole in your door using a tape measure. 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.

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. See below for a shopping list and tools subscribe to this. The plywood will hold the pilot bit on track until the saw starts cutting. This old house general contractor tom silva installs an undetectable wood patch in an old door.

Use a hole saw to drill through the plywood and halfway through the door. When enlarging a lockset hole mark the centerlines of the old hole on the door. Mar 25 2016 explore bruce wiseman s board home. Mark the center of the existing hole on the edge of the door.

To overcome this problem fasten a piece of 1 2 inch plywood over the existing hole.