Dear Dale, I agree that Home Hardware's coming up a total blank is odd, but according to the owner they don't have, (can't order) anything. There are a lot of older doors in town and I think he would carry or definitely order in something if it was available to him.
I rather expect to pay high, and to replace the latch mechanism, I do realize that it is past where you can just replace the knobs. I didn't trust my memory so I went to re-measured the door. I only have a fairly simple ruler so I can't be absolutely precise but it is just a shade over one and three quarter inches. If you do come across anything likely I'd be thrilled. Thanks for offering to look, Yours sincerely, Joy Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy my original artwork at: www.tigerfeathers.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: Dale Leavens To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:24 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Finding a doorknob for an older door? Home hardware should be able to order you something appropriate in. If you get a chance get the thickness of the door measured and let me know, I'll see what I can't search out. I know I have seen hardware good for doors well over two inches thick. They don't come cheap and you may have to replace the latch mechanism as part of the kit. ----- Original Message ----- From: Joy Cyr To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 10:11 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Finding a doorknob for an older door? Dale, I have an excellent dead bolt, it is an actual knob that I need. Two Home Hardwares, Canadian Tire, and a Rona didn't have one that would work. They are all the hardware stores we have around here. I expect there is probably somewhere in Montreal that has one but I can't get in there to look. The one I am currently using comes from Home Hardware and is actually for an inside door. (The original almost came off in my hand in winter time, ... I won't go into details but I was ready to settle for anything more stable.) The gentleman who owns the store said it was the nearest thing they carry and warned it probably wouldn't last long. It hasn't. Joy, Just how thick is this door? Most of the better manufacturers will have a suitable line of hardware. Mostly it is the stem length and that is easily adjusted. Actually many have stems marked at intervals to be cut back to an appropriate length with a hack saw. You may have to spend good money to get a suitable quality lock set, probably in excess of a hundred bucks but I would be very surprised if you can't get what you need from about any hardware store. Not of course the hardware section of Wal-Mart. ----- Original Message ----- From: Joy Cyr To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:59 AM Subject: Fw: [BlindHandyMan] Finding a doorknob for an older door? Definitely an idea I'll keep in mind, ... thank you! may sound goofy: but hear me out. When I wanted to put a very thick door on a basement in a bad neighborhood they called it a church door. The reason being, that the depth was greater than average. Not that it was fancy, but like yours, rather thick. So I'm wondering if you know of such a church, and would be able to ask the maintenance guy where they might get their door knobs, and call the place and ask for the catalog of X measurement thick door hardware. ? ? ? goofy grin. On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Joy Cyr wrote: > Thank you for the suggestion but I'm afraid this knob was simply too old and > there were no salvageable parts. > > Yours sincerely, > Joy > > Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy > my original artwork at: > www.tigerfeathers.ca > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Glenn Lemacher > To: Joy Cyr > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 11:16 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Finding a doorknob for an older door? > > > Hello Joy, in many cases you should be able to use the part from the old > knob and it should match up with a new knob. Take that paart along to the > hardware store. > Cheers, > Glenn > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joy Cyr" <delig...@aei.ca> > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 7:58 AM > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Finding a doorknob for an older door? > > > Good day listers, > I wondered if anyone might know of an online source for doorknobs for older > doors. I have a wooden front door that is much thicker than its modern > counter parts, and so I cannot find an spindle? axis? (not sure of the > correct term) long enough to go through and fit knobs on each end. Its > doorknob gave out sometime ago and after searching all the local stores (not > many, I'm in a rural area) I ended up replacing it with a knob for an > interior door which is not going to last long. Any suggestions as to where > I might look would be greatfully received. > > Thank you for your help, > Yours sincerely, > Joy > > Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy > my original artwork at: > www.tigerfeathers.ca > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
