How To Attach A Handle To A Hollow Metal Door

Insert the screw into to the anchor for a secure hold.

How to attach a handle to a hollow metal door.

Choosing the right kind of anchor will offer strength and support. Installation instructions are provided with most hardware products but not frames and doors as commercial door manufacturers do not provide print instructions with their products. If the doors have been fitted wrong way round you will always have trouble with the handles as in most cases it is hollow on the hinge side. We recommend hiring a licensed contractor or experienced handyman to install the doors we supply as certain applications may prove to be too complex for a novice.

Place the template that comes with the lockset on the metal door. Watch this step by step video guide from bunnings warehouse and learn how to make sure the handles. Insert key into anchor to spread open toggle brackets inside door. Mark with an x the center spot for the doorknob hole on each side of the door.

If your doors have been fitted correctly and the screws are baggy try getting some match sticks and pva glue and push them into the screw holes. Expansion anchors and hollow wall anchors. Expansion and hollow wall. Cut a piece of 1 2 inch thick board to this width plus 1 inch.

Hold the bracket against the door and measure the vertical space occupied by the bracket. Tighten the screw securely against the collar of the anchor. Dimple the target spot on one side by hammering a. Since there is little material to screw or nail into securing items to a hollow door requires a special anchor.

In this case i was screwing a mirror clip to the door. Insert anchor into hole up to collar.