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Replacing Interior Door Knobs in Old House (odd size!)
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? |
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spewed forth: 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? You might try here http://www.vandykes.com/category/doorknobs |
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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? Why would you want to replace the knobs if the locks don't latch? The knob is the thing that you grasp with your hand: the lock is the whole mechanism attached to the door. Keep the knobs and replace the locks. See: http://www.vandykes.com/ See the ornate Victorian rim locks in brass (gorgeous) or (prosaic) the ones in steel. However you should find out what the problem is before you start. Replacing the rim lock would be a very expensive non-solution if it's just a matter of alignment of the strike plate or a similar problem. I find it difficult to believe that all your locks need replacement at the same time. |
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On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 22:59:55 -0400, wrote:
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 Knuckle makes a very good point. I realize I didn't read most of your post. 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? Why would you want to replace the knobs if the locks don't latch? The knob is the thing that you grasp with your hand: the lock is the whole mechanism attached to the door. Keep the knobs and replace the locks. See: http://www.vandykes.com/ See the ornate Victorian rim locks in brass (gorgeous) or (prosaic) the ones in steel. However you should find out what the problem is before you start. Replacing the rim lock would be a very expensive non-solution if it's just a matter of alignment of the strike plate or a similar problem. I find it difficult to believe that all your locks need replacement at the same time. |
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Replacing Interior Door Knobs in Old House (odd size!)
Rather than replacement, consider repair.
If you have "rim" locks (A cast iron box surface mounted on the door) or "mortise" locks (A cast iron box set into a pocket in the edge of the door.) these locks can be overhauled by a locksmith to be good as new. About the only thing that kills these locks is force sufficient to break the case iron body of the lock. Usually the problem is minor like worn spindles or broken springs. -- Roger Shoaf (A locksmith) About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then they come up with this striped stuff. wrote in message ... 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? |
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Roger Shoaf wrote:
Rather than replacement, consider repair. If you have "rim" locks (A cast iron box surface mounted on the door) or "mortise" locks (A cast iron box set into a pocket in the edge of the door.) these locks can be overhauled by a locksmith to be good as new. About the only thing that kills these locks is force sufficient to break the case iron body of the lock. Usually the problem is minor like worn spindles or broken springs. I realize now that I answered the question asked but didn't read the whole post... I had one mortise lock in a house I lived in where the little cam inside had broken. Fortunately I was able to find a replacement at one of those salvage places. Hopefully the OP has a little mechanical aptitude and someplace like this nearby http://communityforklift.com/ nate -- replace "roosters" with "cox" to reply. http://members.cox.net/njnagel |
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Replacing Interior Door Knobs in Old House (odd size!)
Did you try taking apart the locks, and see what's wrong?
Might be a wire brush and some grease would put them back into action. As for thin doors, not sure what to say. Modern locks go down to 1 3/8 inch thickness. Thinner than that, you might need to shim the door with some luan or other flat wood to bring it to the modern thickness. Looks un-original, though. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. wrote in message ... 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? |
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On 3/22/2009 7:09 AM Stormin Mormon spake thus:
As for thin doors, not sure what to say. Modern locks go down to 1 3/8 inch thickness. Thinner than that, you might need to shim the door with some luan [...] LAUAN. It's not "luan". LAUAN. LAUAN. LAUAN. Got it? OK. -- Made From Pears: Pretty good chance that the product is at least mostly pears. Made With Pears: Pretty good chance that pears will be detectable in the product. Contains Pears: One pear seed per multiple tons of product. (with apologies to Dorothy L. Sayers) |
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Replacing Interior Door Knobs in Old House (odd size!)
Huh? What did you say?
-- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org .. "David Nebenzahl" wrote in message s.com... On 3/22/2009 7:09 AM Stormin Mormon spake thus: As for thin doors, not sure what to say. Modern locks go down to 1 3/8 inch thickness. Thinner than that, you might need to shim the door with some luan [...] LAUAN. It's not "luan". LAUAN. LAUAN. LAUAN. Got it? OK. -- Made From Pears: Pretty good chance that the product is at least mostly pears. Made With Pears: Pretty good chance that pears will be detectable in the product. Contains Pears: One pear seed per multiple tons of product. (with apologies to Dorothy L. Sayers) |
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