Richard
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I/we replaced our front entry doors. Wife decided she didn't like the steel double doors with large glass....sooooooooooo, she went out and bought wooden doors (identical to the painted steel) with large glass.... just so she could have painted wooden doors instead of painted steel.
I digress.... the deed is done BUT...this new door has holes cut on both halves for handles. The dummy door handle is supposed to screw onto the door slab. I have a hole there.
On another door in the house, I had to swap hinge/handle sides so moved the hinges and cut a new hole for the handle. I then used that plug to replace the original hole. Worked like a charm BUT...this (first) door doesn't have anyone pulling on that glued in slug. It's under zero pressure.
With this door, I don't have that luxury of cutting a hole and moving the slug. This door is 1 3/4" thick. If I cut a slug using a 2x4 then the slug is 1 1/2" thick and I have a 1/4" shortfall on both sides of the door.
This is so far the best way I've come up with filling/attaching this hardware. I might add that the stock holes are so near the edge the screws split the slug so I've had to drill more holes further in so the screws would be in the meat of the slug.
I still dont' like this idea since this door will at times, have pressure applied to the handle. Given that reality, would you go with this idea and if so, would you glue/PL it into place? I was thinking on doing it that way while also drilling & adding a screw from the jamb side to act as an anchor.
I'd be most happy to hear any thoughts/ideas.
This shows how the dummy handle mounts to the door. You can see that virtually all of the pressure will be on this slug. You can also see where I drilled new holes to grab more meat of the plug.
I did not center this in the door so it's sticking out a bit. If I center it then it will be about 1/4" shy of being flush on both sides.
I'm wondering how to mount the slug firmly and allow for the tugging/pushing/pulling that will happen over time.
I might add... I have to fix both of these holes.
I digress.... the deed is done BUT...this new door has holes cut on both halves for handles. The dummy door handle is supposed to screw onto the door slab. I have a hole there.
On another door in the house, I had to swap hinge/handle sides so moved the hinges and cut a new hole for the handle. I then used that plug to replace the original hole. Worked like a charm BUT...this (first) door doesn't have anyone pulling on that glued in slug. It's under zero pressure.
With this door, I don't have that luxury of cutting a hole and moving the slug. This door is 1 3/4" thick. If I cut a slug using a 2x4 then the slug is 1 1/2" thick and I have a 1/4" shortfall on both sides of the door.
This is so far the best way I've come up with filling/attaching this hardware. I might add that the stock holes are so near the edge the screws split the slug so I've had to drill more holes further in so the screws would be in the meat of the slug.
I still dont' like this idea since this door will at times, have pressure applied to the handle. Given that reality, would you go with this idea and if so, would you glue/PL it into place? I was thinking on doing it that way while also drilling & adding a screw from the jamb side to act as an anchor.
I'd be most happy to hear any thoughts/ideas.
This shows how the dummy handle mounts to the door. You can see that virtually all of the pressure will be on this slug. You can also see where I drilled new holes to grab more meat of the plug.
I did not center this in the door so it's sticking out a bit. If I center it then it will be about 1/4" shy of being flush on both sides.
I'm wondering how to mount the slug firmly and allow for the tugging/pushing/pulling that will happen over time.
I might add... I have to fix both of these holes.