(country string music)
- These are the handles
that we'll be installing today.
They are a very standard door handle set.
You see them on a lot of new homes.
This one here is actually a privacy door set
'cause it's going on our bedroom door.
Now, these handles are so easy to install it's ridiculous.
You'll notice that on one of the handles
there's a hole in the cover plate on one side
and another hole on the other.
All you need to do is install screws
that are supplied with the kit through those holes
and into the opposing screw posts
on the other door handle.
Screw those together, and you're done.
It is that simple
This is the inside working mechanism of your door latch.
You'll notice that there's a hole on the end just there
and a hole way back in here.
And those holes are designed for those pillars,
one there and one there,
to go into
(door handle clicks into place)
just like that.
You will also notice that this is
where the spindle goes through,
that little square section.
Currently it's set at 60 millimeters backset.
All that means is from the face of your door
to the center of your handle is 60 millimeters.
These can change from 60
(metal clicks)
to 70.
So this is now a 70 mill. backset,
but if you want that to work
that hole has to be also 70 millimeters back
from the face of that door.
So from the face to the middle of that hole, 70 millimeters.
And you might be working 60.
(metal clicks)
Let's go back to 60.
Get the outdoor handle and just put it in
(snaps into place)
just like that.
Now we're going on the other side
and screw it together.
Hopefully you can see what I'm doing here.
These screws that come with the kit
they just screw into those posts
after they go through that hole in your cover plate.
(metal clicking)
So I'll put that on our door handle,
hold the other side,
slide that in just like that.
Now put your screw in and find that pillar post
or the pillar on the other side,
and just
(clicking noise)
lightly screw him in like that.
And then do the other side.
So we find our pillar,
and we put the screw in
(clicking noise)
like that.
(metal screw twisting)
Welp, missed him.
He's right there.
There he is.
So screw him in
(metal screwing)
just like that.
And now grab your drill,
pull my handle out,
and then just go from side to side.
(power drilling)
(fast-forward squealing noise)
And now
(door knob twisting)
there we have it,
a beautifully operating door handle
(metal clicking)
(twisting handle)
(metal clicking)
(twisting handle)
Excellent.
With that handle now in place
(door closes)
the next thing to do is to install the strike plate
onto that door jam.
And what I do is I bring the door
across to the jam, and where the latch strikes it
I mark the top and the bottom just like that.
(pencil scratching)
And now all I'll do is get my set square
and bring those lines across
just like that.
And it sits where it was also set up
so that at the end of it
it's about 1/8th of an inch away from the edge
of that door jam or the door stop.
I get my pencil and then just make a mark
just like that.
That's going to be the back of where my strike plate is.
Now take your strike plate
and line it up with that mark
that I've put running along that door stop.
And then center it, or center the hole
between those two lines.
And then mark around that with your pencil.
(pencil scratching)
And also mark the top
(pencil scratching)
and the bottom.
Now what I do is I make a cross from point to point,
and that's going to be a reference point for my drill bit
when I drill the hole out for the latch
(pencil scratching)
just there.
Okay, let's drill the hole first.
So I've got my Speedbor or my spade bit in the drill.
I'm using a 25 mill. or a one inch.
Line that up with that cross and drill.
Don't go all the way through the door.
Finish up about 1/8th of an inch
back from that edge roughly.
(power drilling)
Alright, that should just about do it.
Now with the hole drilled
we now get our Stanley knife
and mark around where that latch is going,
and then chisel out the rest.
So put the square up against that bottom mark
(knife scratching)
and just carefully make a line with your utility knife.
(fast-forward squealing sounds)
Now, the one down the back here is pretty hard to get to
so you just freehand this.
So just carefully go down.
Remember there's no race.
Just go down
just like that
and chisel this out.
(buzzing) (fast-forward squealing)
Now, just like before
put the strike plate in place,
and then drill some polar holes
using your thumb as a guide.
(power drilling)
(fast-forward squealing sounds)
Now get your screws.
(fast-forward squealing) (power drilling)
Beautiful.
That is lovely.
Okay, let's give it a go.
Okay. The moment of truth.
(door closes)
Not bad.
(clicking)
But there's a bit of rattle there.
Now, that can be a pretty common problem,
and I'll show you how to fix it.
What you have to do is take that latch off
(power drilling)
like that.
And you can see there that bare metal,
that one just there.
We'll bend that back a little bit,
and that will tighten the door up nicely.
So all you have to do
is to just bend that little flap back a little bit.
So place your strike plate on something nice and clean
'cause you don't wanna damage the surface.
Then just tap it back.
(hammering loudly)
It's now slightly bent backwards,
and that should help tighten up that door.
So we'll put the strike plate back on.
(knocking metal)
(power drilling)
and then we'll give the door another go.
(power drilling)
So the strike plate has been adjusted,
(door closes)
and that closes absolutely beautifully.
I like it.
Great tip Knackers!
So there you have it.
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(claps hands)
All righty.
(hits door)
Door is in place.
(opens, closes door)
Handles installed.
Must be time for a cup of tea.
So 'til next time I'm out of here.
Cheers.