Fixing Door Handles To Hollow Doors

If you want to fix into a hollow door the plasplugs hollow door fixings are good but they depend on whatever is being fixed to the door having a surface which is flush with the door surface.

Fixing door handles to hollow doors.

Door marked at centre for coat hanger next measure the width of your hanging rail and again mark its centre. Fixing to a hollow door using hollow door fixings the first job is to measure the width of the door near the top and find its centre and mark it with a pencil at the point on the door you want your hanger to be fixed. After the foam dries trim off the excess with a utility knife and rehang the door. This will also be a desirable resolution should the door be hollow at the fixing point i e.

Fill the hollow door bottom with expanding foam insulation. Make sure all the screws are tight. 3 screw heads are exposed on the handles and any fixings need to match the finish. With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads.

The looseness of a door handle can be due to the prolonged use of a particular entryway. The screws have missed the lock block. Screws magically work themselves loose over the years. This is a natural part of a door handle s lifespan.

Exposed screw heads will likely be 6 gauge raised head countersunk screws where the face is rounded over instead of flat. These plastic anchors fold flat to fit inside a pilot hole drilled into the door. Once inserted a small key is used to open the anchor which spreads out interior brackets to clamp the collar of the anchor against the door face like a toggle bolt. Every rotation of the handle applies torque to the hardware to fix door handles that are experiencing excessive torque you need to refasten them to the same degree the handle has been destabilized.

If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws. The repair is quick and easy. To mount anything into a hollow door requires special hollow door anchors. Cut the door to the right length.

Leah demostrates how to repair a hole in a hollow core interior door using low pressure foam insulation and plastic wood putty. Use a screwdriver to remove the hardware from the door. If your doors have been fitted correctly there should be a lock block where the handles fit ie the door is not hollow where the lock and handles fit. If the doors have been fitted wrong way round you will always have trouble with the handles as in most cases it is hollow on the hinge side.

Clamp stiff boards to both sides of the bottom as shown.