10-22-2012, 09:20 PM
The door to my front house has been on there since 1920. Very nice old door. Replacing it is not an easy option.
The handle and knob mechanism have always been problematic--just loose and the Escutcheon (sic?) area under the knob is weak with a million holes from previous owners trying to get one to stay on there.
I recently found the original "Escutcheon" in the basement. I took the new/old one off, filled the holes with bondo and it is solid.
Escutcheon has two holes in it to affix it to the door.
But the cylinder and etc that the knob assembly slide into are fairly worn from being misaligned over the years. I am looking to shore this up but taking the entire mech out of the door is not what I'm looking to do.
Is it possible to shim that cylinder assembly up inside the door with perhaps feeler gauge-style shimming material, or is there a better idea?
TIA
The handle and knob mechanism have always been problematic--just loose and the Escutcheon (sic?) area under the knob is weak with a million holes from previous owners trying to get one to stay on there.
I recently found the original "Escutcheon" in the basement. I took the new/old one off, filled the holes with bondo and it is solid.
Escutcheon has two holes in it to affix it to the door.
But the cylinder and etc that the knob assembly slide into are fairly worn from being misaligned over the years. I am looking to shore this up but taking the entire mech out of the door is not what I'm looking to do.
Is it possible to shim that cylinder assembly up inside the door with perhaps feeler gauge-style shimming material, or is there a better idea?
TIA