Repair Door Handle Holes

Pack the hole with paper towels.

Repair door handle holes. Take the handle off of the door. Expose the set screws on the door handle. If you or someone you live with has accidentally knocked a hole in a hollow door you can fix it with materials available at your local hardware store. Door lock doesn t latch properly when a door latch doesn t click into position it usually means the latch and the strike plate are out of alignment.

15 to 30 minutes this video will guide you through the process of repairing replacing or tightening your door handles at your home. Repairs range from making minor latch adjustments to repositioning the door. After drilling a hole to accommodate the dowel and applying glue to both the hole and the dowel use another dowel of a larger diameter to set the smaller dowel into the hole. Bunch up a few paper towels and stuff them around the bottom and sides of the hole or crack you want to repair.

Tighten the hinge screws and then try adjusting the strike plate by loosening its screws and shifting it slightly. For durability and structural integrity it s hard to beat real wood when filling a large hole in a door. This old house general contractor tom silva installs an undetectable wood patch in an old door. Dip the end of the dowel into carpenter s glue then put it into the hole and let it dry overnight.

If screws are already exposed proceed to next step. This type is found commonly on lever style door handles. You ll need to fill the majority of the hole using an expanding liquid insulation and then pack the rest with spackle before sanding and painting. To depress the detent use the end of a metal paper clip or the point of an awl inserting it into the hole and pressing the detent down while twisting and removing the door handle shaft off the spindle.

Drill out the hole to the size of a wooden dowel 1 4 inch 3 8 inch 1 2 inch. Most doors are made of pine which is soft and does not hold screws well or for long. Step 7 cut the dowel off flush sand the area smooth make a pilot hole and install your new screw. Particle board is used in hollow core doors and its holding ability is limited too.

If the knob or rose plate itself is screwed on with threading on the hardware there will be no screws to expose.