Joy, let me make mention I understand what both you and Dale are talking about. here is a case which came up before in a discussion. depends on management if they want to get up off their" duff" to extend the service to a customer. We lost the last of those good hardware stores but if they wanted to they could assist. Lee
On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 10:33:16AM -0400, Joy Cyr wrote: > 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] > -- "I think he said 'Blessed are the cheesemakers.'" "Nonsense, he was obviously referring to all manufacturers of dairy products." -- The Life of Brian .