On Sat, 15 Oct 2005 11:12:55 -0400, "wkearney99"
wrote:

Is there nothing on it that indicates a brand? Is it old? How old? Do you
know who built the house? If they're still in business then ask them what
locks they used.

When I bought my house when it was four years old, the owner gave me
docs for almost everything, including the bathroom fan AND iirc the
front door locks.

OTOH, when I wanted to buy matching carpet and kitchen vinyl, the
woman at the carpet store (he had saved that receipt too. He bought
that himself) told me that when they leave scraps, the housewives call
up and complain that they didn't clean up.

?? Is this really true, or do they do it on purpose so that we'll
have to buy a new floor sooner?



She sold me some matching vinyl linoleum, whatever amount I asked for,
but had none of the carpet left. (The seller of the house said that
when he spilled paint inthe middle of the bedroom floor, he had to cut
a patch out of a closet. But I've been in all the closets and I never
found a hole.)

If there are other houses in the neighborhood that used the same hardware
then ask around for ones left over from remodeling efforts. I managed to
pickup a number of spare handles and doors for another house when a neighbor
decided to renovate.

Given the odd size of that assembly it's unlikely you'll find something that
will fit it perfectly. With luck you might find something close. But if
not it's really not all that hard for a decent woodworker to refit something
new. The door would probably end up needing to be repainted but the job
could be done well enough to look good. Probably trigger repainting the
nearby trim and room though...


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