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00:19 Speaker 1: You've gotta be kidding me!
Cheap rubbish!
G'day knuckleheads, Uncle Knackers here and welcome to Video 4 of my 10-part series titled
"My Top Ten DIY Tips" as nominated by you.
And today we're looking at replacing these dodgy old door handles.
That's a really simple job so let's get stuck into it.
00:39 S1: The only tools required for this job are either a cordless drill with a Phillips-head
bit, or a handheld Phillips-head screwdriver.
That's it.
Love it.
00:52 S1: The first step is to remove the old handle set which is generally held on
by a screw there and a screw there.
So let's get our cordless drill or a hand screwdriver and remove these screws.
Once the screws are removed, we can take the other side of the door off, like that.
Beautiful.
Time for step two.
01:23 S1: Step two is you need to take this latch out, and you do that by removing these
two screws.
So let's do that.
Now you might find sometimes that these latches are pretty hard to get out, they're fairly
tight.
So a good little trick is to grab a screwdriver and put it in the hole where your door handle
goes, and pull it up like that.
Voilà!
Too easy.
02:03 S1: Step number three is you need to remove the old striker plate.
Just remove those two screws, and take the plate off.
02:18 S1: To install our new door handle set, the first thing you need to do is insert the
new latch into the old hole like that.
Making sure that the slope there is facing the way the door closes.
If that doesn't happen, the door is not gonna shut.
Screw this off.
Beautiful.
Done.
Too easy.
02:51 S1: The next step is to install the door handle.
Now I just wanna show you on the latch here, there's a hole there and a hole there.
And the purpose of those holes is that on your door handle set here, your screw hole
posts there and a screw hole posts there.
And they go through those holes there, which act as a guide.
And also, if this is an external door, make sure the key portion of the knob is facing
to the outside of the door and not the inside of the door.
03:25 S1: To install the handle it's as simple as this.
We have a square post on the handle, and as I mentioned before these two screw posts here.
So let's align this square post with the square hole like that and this, voilà!
One side done.
Let's attach the second side.
03:48 S1: To install the other handle, all you need to do is hold this side in tight
with one hand, and then with your other hand put that handle on just like that.
Too easy.
Now you need to get your screws that come with the kit.
This is the tricky bit.
It goes in the hole there, and you have to line it up with those screw posts on the other
side.
And just lightly do him up like that.
And it's time for the other screw come in here and line him up with the...
It's a bit of a feel job here.
You just got to try and feel your way, and there you go, it's attached.
Now all we need to do is screw the thing off.
Now I find a really good trick is to pull the handle back against those screws.
What that does is it gives a bit of extra room between there and there for your screwdriver
to get into.
04:48 S1: So bit by bit, a little bit on that side there.
Then a bit on this side.
And back to the other side, pulling back on the handle.
A bit more on this side.
And now we're done there and this little bit here, a tiny bit more...
There you go, done and dusted.
Beautiful.
05:20 S1: And last but not least, it's time to install the new striker plate, just like
that, with the new screws.
That's one.
Two.
Time for a test run.
Beautiful.
Great tip knackers!
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So there you go.
Video 4 done.
How to replace a dodgy old door handle.
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