I'm going to show you how to install a door handle.
The tools I need is a drill, some drill bits, a tape measure, set square, some safety gear,
a hammer, a wedge, screwdriver, pencil, a really sharp chisel, some spade bits, the
actual door handle set itself . . . the instructions are really important to go with that as well
. . . and a sharp knife.
To determine the height of where your door handle should go, check where the other door
handles in your house or read the instructions that come with the door handle or you could
also go the general rule of thumb which is 1050 off the floor.
The next step is to mark where the door handle's going to sit on the door.
I'm going to use the template provided to mark where I'm going to be drilling for the
door handle.
I've lined the template up with the mark I've made for the height on the door handle.
Now I can just simply mark on the template.
Now I need to repeat the same thing on the other side of the door.
The markings from the template are for where the barrel will go into the door, and also
where the back set of the handle will be.
You can determine the back set from either what's currently in your house or just a preference
thing on what you prefer.
The next step is to drill a hole where we've made all our marks.
I'm going to use a 2 millimeter drill bit to make a pilot hole before I make the next
step.
Before you drill, make sure that you're really square when you're drilling in and don't go
the whole way through as you may splinter it.
Drill a little bit from this side and then drill the rest from the other.
The next step here is to drill a bigger hole for our fixings, but it's really important
to check your instructions, as every set may be slightly different.
Remember to drill it from each side so you don't splinter the timber.
Next step is using a spade bit to drill a hole for the spindle.
The next step is to drill the hole for the barrel through the metal.
This one's really important to have it nice and square.
Now that we've drilled the holes the next step is to put the latch inside and mark around
the face plate so we can chisel it out and the face plate will be flush with the front
of the door.
Now that I've got that mark, I'll use a knife to cut around the mark, and then use a chisel
just so the face plate will set flush with the door.
Now that we've chiseled out for the latch's face plate, I'm simply going to put a pilot
hole, and then just screw it in.
Now we've got the latch in, the next step is to put the striker plate on the door jamb.
To install the striker plate, I need to make two markings first.
Firstly, I need to make a center mark on where the actual barrel sits, and then I need to
put the actual plate next to the latch and I'll mark the top and bottom of that as well.
Using the center mark I've made, I'm going to drill a pilot hole, and then use my spade
bit to drill a hole for the striker to fit into.
Now that we've drilled out our hole, we need to put our striker plate in.
I'm just going to mark around it and then chisel it out like we did with the door.
Make sure to line these up with the marks I made earlier.
Now that I've got those marks there I'll use the knife and chisel like before to chisel
it out.
Now that we've notched that out I'm going to screw it in by putting a pilot hole and
then just screwing it in.
The final step is to put the actual handle on itself.
How to work is you have a handle piece on each side and a bolt that runs through the
middle.
But to do this we need to take the rose or face plate off each handle first.
This simply just comes off with a bit of pressure and can be pulled off.
The first step of putting the handle on is to put the grub screws in.
Put the bolt through.
The next part is to put your base plate and your handle on.
But before you put your handle, just double check that it's going to turn in a downward
motion.
Once you've got this together with the screw, you can screw them into your grub screw.
Now that we've done the handle on this side, we're going to do the exact same thing on
this side.
But before we begin we just need to take the screws out of these grub screws.
And now that's done we're going to put our base plate and handle on the same side.
I'll tighten both sides with the screwdriver.
Next up we just need to screw the top and the bottom of the handle, and then it will
go just straight into the door.
Last step is to put the face plates or rose plates on.
Just simply slide these on and then tighten them with the Allen key provided.
On this one the hole for the Allen key is just at the bottom.
Just do the same on the other side.
Just important to note, I've put the door handle on before the door's painted, but you'd
take this off once you go to paint it, and when the door's completely painted you put
the door handle back on.
And that's it.
That's how you install a door handle.