My mom needs her bedroom door knob replaced. She tried to do it herself & wound up losing all the packaging, including instructions & template.
I have very limited tools, basically a drill attachment kit & a cordless drill. Purchasing any additional tools is not an option.
I am also unable to remove the door from the hinges.
Here's the link to an Imgur post which will show you what tools I've got available. https://imgur.com/a/ikkgf
Thank you for your help!
On Tue, 20 Feb 2018 17:25:57 -0800 (PST), [email protected] wrote:
>My mom needs her bedroom door knob replaced. She tried to do it herself & wound up losing all the packaging, including instructions & template.
>
>I have very limited tools, basically a drill attachment kit & a cordless drill. Purchasing any additional tools is not an option.
>
>I am also unable to remove the door from the hinges.
>
>Here's the link to an Imgur post which will show you what tools I've got available. https://imgur.com/a/ikkgf
>
>Thank you for your help!
REAL simple. Use hole saw to make a "plug" to fit the existing hole.
Use the "plug" to pilot the bigger hole saw required fir the new
latch.
On Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 8:26:05 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote:
> My mom needs her bedroom door knob replaced. She tried to do it herself & wound up losing all the packaging, including instructions & template.
>
> I have very limited tools, basically a drill attachment kit & a cordless drill. Purchasing any additional tools is not an option.
>
> I am also unable to remove the door from the hinges.
>
> Here's the link to an Imgur post which will show you what tools I've got available. https://imgur.com/a/ikkgf
>
> Thank you for your help!
You don't say which hole you need to enlarge, but I'll guess that it's the one(s) on the face,
not the edge where the latch comes through.
If that's the case, and one of those hole saws is the correct size for the new hole, use the
hole saw and drill a hole in a scrap piece of wood. That will create a template/guide that
you can clamp to the door to use as a guide for the hole saw when you drill the door.
Clamp a undrilled scrape of wood to the opposite side so that your hole saw does not
punch through the door and cause it to tear out the opposite face.
Yes, you will have to buy (or borrow) a couple of clamps to secure the template and backer
board.
If it's the latch hole that you have to enlarge, you can basically do the same thing with a
spade bit. Make that template by screwing 2 boards at a right angle so you clamp it to the
face while you drill the edge.