DIYbanter - View Single Post - Replacing Interior Door Knobs in Old House (odd size!)

Nate Nagel

wrote:
Could someone help? We live in a house built in 1902 and have Rim
Locks on all of our doors. We want to replace them, since many of
them don't latch anymore. When we removed one to replace it with a
standard interior door knob, we realized that our doors are too thin!
They are about an inch wide, whereas modern doors are 1 1/4 or 1 1/2
wide. Does anyone know of a place that I can find knobs that would
fit? Or what I'd use as a keyword to search online?

If they're the kind with the square shaft that goes through the lockset,
any similar knobs will fit. If the shaft is too long you can just cut
it down.

nate

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