Replacement handles will fit most aluminum steel and some wood doors.
How to change a storm door handle.
Trade in the broken shabby push button handle on your screen door for a shiny new easy opening lever handle.
If you re installing a backplate and your current handle doesn t have a backplate you may need to drill a.
Push the pieces of the handle into the holes you drilled making sure the interior and exterior pieces are on the correct sides.
Storm door handle replacement in 4 steps.
If your new handle set features a backplate position the back plate and fasten it onto the door rail with the plate.
Then use a phillips screwdriver or power screwdriver to take out the screws.
Find the pieces of your storm door handle in the packaging and assemble them following the manufacturer s instructions.
Remove broken storm door handle.
Loosen the set screw.
Broken storm door handles are easy to replace if you buy the same kind but upgrading to a top quality brass handle as we ve done takes a little extra work.
Steps for replacing the lock and hardware on a storm door step 1.
Discard the old handle.
Use a screwdriver to secure the pieces in place.
To remove the broken handle simply unscrew.
Unscrew both interior latch mounting screws pull the interior and exterior handles apart and remove the center spindle.
At first glance it appeared that this handle would fit in the old holes.
Using an allen key loosen the set screw and remove the interior door handle.
Buy a new handle.
Install the new handle.
Remove the old storm door handle by unscrewing the two screws that hold the two halves together.
The home mender dustin luby shows us how to install a new mortise style thumb latch storm door handle with lock.
Remove the screws and cover plates.