How To Fix French Door Handle

Get an allen wrench usually 3 32 or 1 8 to use to tighten the screw on the freezer door.

How to fix french door handle.

Take doorknob to hardware store if necessary. Most freezer door handle allen screw sizes are 3 32 or 1 8 you may also need a 10 mm socket and ratchet next open the freezer door side that has the loose handle or damaged handle. If the knob or rose plate itself is screwed on with threading on the hardware there will be no screws to expose. Take the handle off of the door.

Insert one side of the handle into the opening in the door ensuring that the stem controlling the latch is inserted in the appropriate opening in the latch. Open the door at the side where the jamb will be shimmed and stabilize it with a doorstop. Use a wood chisel and hammer to carefully remove the vertical piece of casing along the side of the. How to fix a loose freezer door drawer handle.

Identify the screw in the doorknob collar. If the door handle is not working as it should tighten the screws to determine whether this will solve the problem. Where the door has expanded carefully shave off strips of the wood. If not you may need to replace the handle due to the inner workings wearing out.

Insert any latching mechanism in the space provided on the inner edge of the door. Look around the collar on the doorknob and identify the set screw that is threaded into the collar. Attach each handle to one of the spindle halves which are the long shafts that penetrate the door and operate the latch within.