How To Install A Front Door Handle Set
Before you begin make sure your door has standard preparation boreholes for a knob lever and deadbolt combination.
How to install a front door handle set. In with the new. Most door hardware will fit the following door preparation. Replace the existing strike and latch plates in the door jamb with the new ones provided with your set. This allows you to pull the door knobs off the door from both sides.
Begin by removing the screws from the door knob on the interior side of your door. This video will specifically show you how to remove and replace your exterior door lock set. For this project we replaced an old handle set that was more than 20 years old and falling apart. Installing a front door handle and lockset is a quick and easy way to add curb appeal to your home.
Here is a detailed breakdown with photos of the steps you ll need to take to install a new schlage handleset on your front door. The back set measures between 2 3 8 and 2 3 4 inches from the edge of the door to the center of the cross bore. If you have something different please contact us so we can help you find exactly what you need. The posts for the handle s lock cylinder and thumb latch should easily slide into the dead.
The old handle had an integrated key lock but the new schlage unit did not. Measure again to find the distance from the center of. The first step you need to accomplish before you learn how to install an exterior door is that you must prepare the rough opening of the door if necessary and remove the new door and frame from their packaging. I do have another video which shows how to remove and replace an.
With the new dead bolt and latch bolt in place fit the handle over the door s existing holes. You ll also need to add a flat head screwdriver hammer and block of wood to your tool set. Measure the distance from the center of the top hole the deadbolt hole in your door to the center of the middle hole the latch hole.