A Knob, a Hole, and a Door but No Answers
Here is one of the many unfinished Devil Queen projects.
This is our closet door in the master bedroom, and, aside from the coat of white paint, it is pretty much exactly as we found it. Note the hole where a tragically 1980’s doorknob resided. While I can’t say that I miss the cheap knob any, the hole does pose a problem.
I figure our possible solutions are as follows:
1) I go online and find a modern reproduction knob that will nicely fill the hole.
2) I try to ignore the hole and mount a rim lock over it.
3) I patch the hole, paint the patch, and install a rim lock over it.
4) I patch the hole and install a different sort of lock & knob like a mortis lock, etc.
I’d considered installing this lock, but the door is 1 ¼ thick and the knob can only fit a ¾ thick door. Actually, I have to wonder to what kind of door this would go. I haven’t seen too many ¾ doors. Maybe it goes to a cabinet?
This is our closet door in the master bedroom, and, aside from the coat of white paint, it is pretty much exactly as we found it. Note the hole where a tragically 1980’s doorknob resided. While I can’t say that I miss the cheap knob any, the hole does pose a problem.
I figure our possible solutions are as follows:
1) I go online and find a modern reproduction knob that will nicely fill the hole.
2) I try to ignore the hole and mount a rim lock over it.
3) I patch the hole, paint the patch, and install a rim lock over it.
4) I patch the hole and install a different sort of lock & knob like a mortis lock, etc.
I’d considered installing this lock, but the door is 1 ¼ thick and the knob can only fit a ¾ thick door. Actually, I have to wonder to what kind of door this would go. I haven’t seen too many ¾ doors. Maybe it goes to a cabinet?
posted by John | 11:39 AM
5 Comments:
I hate doors. We've been fighting with doors all over the house for months now. Good luck figuring out what to do with that mess of a lock situation!
That set looks an awful lot like a screen door latch (?)
A two part epoxy would fill that hole to the point where it would be totally invisable under paint. Then you could start with a clean slate :-)
Amanda, I don't know if I'd say that I hate doors. I mean there is always plumbing to HATE. However, I have hired out a lot of the work on our doors, so there could be a reason for that. Thanks for the luck, I need it.
Stuccohouse, you are a genius. I think you may be right-on with the screen door thing. Also, the epoxy is a good idea too. I was thinking about filling the bulk of the hole with a wood plug and then wood putty, but epoxy may be better. As it so happens, I have a can of that somewhere so I'll have to give it a try.
I should probably come clean....the hardware in your photo looks almost identical to the stuff I have on my storm door......the same storm door where I filled in an old hole with Abatron eopoxy (with very good results). I don't just know this stuff ;-) I put a nail through the hole to give the eopxy something mechanical to attach to. You door looks very nice!
Aaron spent Sunday trying to hang a set of double doors. About 7 pm, we got them both up, and they need to be trimmed about another 1/8" total to close. Grrr. Still hate doors.
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