Old Door Enlarge Existing Door Handle Hole

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Old door enlarge existing door handle hole.

See more ideas about doors door color painted doors. To overcome this problem fasten a piece of 1 2 inch plywood over the existing hole. Measure the size of the existing hole in your door using a tape measure. They were moved down to 1m but now there are holes where the handles and strike plate used to be.

Use a hole saw to drill through the plywood and halfway through the door. The plywood will hold the pilot bit on track until the saw starts cutting. This old house general contractor tom silva installs an undetectable wood patch in an old door. Then mark centerlines on the plywood block.

Mark the center of the existing hole on the edge of the door. 2 draw a circle on a sheet of plywood measuring the same size as the hole in your door using a compass to make the circle. Clamp a piece of plywood to each side of the door lining up the center lines with the center line on the door edge. When enlarging a lockset hole mark the centerlines of the old hole on the door.

Turn the door over remove the plywood disk from the hole saw and use the hole saw to drill through the other side of the door until the two holes meet.