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Things You Will Need:
- Chisel
- Hammer
- Flat Wood Drill Bit
- Door Latch
- Rebate Kit
- Door Handles
Anyway, with that out the way, here’s how we fitted ’em…
Step 1 – Mark Up a Height for the Handles
Step 2 – Chisel out Rebate in Door
Step 3 – Drill a Hole for the Latch
Step 4 – Chisel Around Front Face of Latch
Step 5 – Mark up the Position for the Strike Plate
Step 6 – Chisel Lip for Strike Plate
Just like the latch, the strike plate must also be installed dead centre in the side of the door. Once you’ve drawn up where this will go, you can go ahead and chisel along the lip for the strike plate to slot into.
We found this side much harder to chisel. Partly because we’d annoying located it over a knot (eurgh!) and also because the amount we had to chisel would only leave about a 2mm bit of wood on the lip. It was tense, let’s just say.
Once we’d chiselled enough of the lip out, we then chiselled another couple of millimetres for the rest of the plate to recess into (just like we did on the other side!). We also chiselled out the centre part where the latch will catch on the plate. Like this:
Step 7 – Drill Hole for Handles
So the hard part is now over! All you need to do now is work out where you need to drill the hole for the door handle. We removed the latch to mark this up and then drilled straight through the door with a suitable drill bit. You can then insert the spindle (cut to size if you need to!) and screw the handles straight onto the door.
Step 8 – Enjoy!
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3 Comments
Thanks for the double door latch fitting guide. Really excellent.
This guide was a real help. I need to fit latches to 2 sets of French doors and I really couldn’t get my head around how it all went together. Had I set off on the wrong tack, and damaged the doors, I’d have never forgiven myself.
So glad it helped! 🙂