Ежедневные домашние концы реновации

Yesterday we set the stage for our attempt to install a levered door handle on the door of the basement bedroom’s closet.

Let’s begin.

The package contained minimum instructions. Here is what we found:

So, we proceeded with Step 1. Install the latch.

When we placed the latch without the face plate into the latch opening in the door we noticed that it did not go all the way into the door, as can be seen from the picture below.

The is the first time that the utility knife came into use.

You see, we don’t have a chisel which would have been the ideal tool, as we needed to remove some of the wood within the latch opening to allow the latch to all the way into the door. So we used what tools we had, the utility knife. Once we remove just a little of the wood, the latch went all the way in the opening.

Next, the latch face plate. We choose the latch plate with the rounded corners. Again, the face plate did not to all the way into the pre-cut opening. So, once again, out came the utility knife to remove just a little of the wood to allow the face place to to fully into place. The was followed by inserting the screws into the face plate to hold it and the latch snug.

Next, the door handle mechanism. This went in surprisingly easy. I say surprisingly easy because (A) it was me who was going this and (B) it is our house that I am doing it within…..nothing has ever gone as it should, the first time. I’m waiting for something to go wrong.

Well, not yet. I simply place the one handle on the outside and align the three shafts from the one handle through the openings of the latch. The square shaft in the middle goes through the latch previously installed per above while the two shafts on the ends of the handle are for the long screws which will be applied into the door handle on the other side of the door.

I then align the receiving openings within the other latch, and using my trusty screwdriver I have the screws snug into the door handle in no time. This is going to be easy. 

What’s next? Well simply apply the face plate on the door frame into the opening on the door frame opposite the latch on the door and we are done. Yea! I’ll even have time today to write about this in our Daily Home Renovation Tips blog!

Ooops.

Tune in tomorrow to see the ‘ooops’.

Remember, it’s me who is doing this and it is our home in which I am attempting to renovate.