hey gang welcome back to another video
here at Joe daddy's workshop as I said
in my opening video I'm gonna do a
variety of projects DIY stuff and
different things that may help people
with projects they have her in the house
or who knows it could be just about
anything from like I did the last video
welding up some cast iron for a friend
of mine now I did a video earlier in the
year about this door that's over here to
my left with the stickers all over in
that video and replaced the door
threshold and I've gotten great
responses on that video I guess I didn't
realize that there would be that many
people interested in that kind of video
but as it turns out that information
isn't you know common knowledge it's
it's people you know they may be
intimidated by the prospect of changing
out that threshold thinking it's very
complicated and the responses I've
received have been very positive because
they said now I understand it I can do
this myself so that makes me happy to
hear that and makes me encourages me to
want to do more videos like that with
that said I have another project for the
door and as I've said in that previous
video that door has been on this shop
since 1996 when I built this shop and
you know wear and tear things were out
things get difficult to use and I've
been having trouble locking the door you
know the little thumb turn device on the
inside knob it doesn't want to lock
anymore well that's not good you know I
want to be able to lock up the shop but
I'm not around so I need to take care of
that so to do that I'm gonna use a quick
set locking door handle now I picked
this up at Lowe's and obviously there's
a variety of different brands and
different stuff like that but they're
all very much the same and this one
points out you only need one tool a
screwdriver Phillips screwdriver and
again it may be a simple project but it
may make it easier for somebody who's
looking for that kind of information
- take it off themselves you know if
it's all you all you need is a
screwdriver well just about anybody's
people to change out the door or the
door handle on their home or their
garage or wherever they need to so I'm
going to go through the steps and change
out this door handle but let's take a
look and see what's in the packaging so
I'll set aside my screwdriver and open
up the packaging and you have what it's
called the striker plate this amount to
the jamb or the frame of your door
opening this little piece it looks like
it goes inside the side of the door
we'll go over that some more
you got some attachment screws and
different things that's for the plate
and assembly have the handle itself the
door mechanism or door handle I should
say and the interior mechanism for the
door along with that your keys
don't lose those set the other side so
here are the instructions and I'll try
to go over these a little bit more but
it gives you some information that talks
about preparing your door and checking
your dimensions so that's the first step
and then it talks about the latch
assembly which is what they're calling
this and how you can adjust it now some
doors you may have a different depth
into how far your door handle sits so
this one has an adjustable piece on it I
don't see if I could show you that it's
got this little tad little post sticking
out right here and I can move that and
it extends this arm right here it comes
preset with the shorter length and it
says if this fits in your door and lines
up with the hole then you don't need to
adjust anything so just keep that in
mind as they go along I'll try to go
over the steps in the processes as I
move
you know through the Assembly of the
door-handle but it's probably easier if
I just show you rather than look at all
these instructions in my case I have
this existing handle on my door and as I
said earlier the locking mechanism as I
try to turn that it really has given up
I don't know if I could just doesn't
really matter I'm gonna replace it but
it may be possible that I could have
cleaned this out and lubricated it but
again this has been on here for 23 years
so it's got some wear and tear here's
the thing to remove this it just takes a
screwdriver so I'm going to take a
Philips screwdriver and pull out these
screws now sometimes when you take out
one of these screws you'll find that
it's gonna it kind of may interfere a
little bit with the doorknob but in this
case it's gonna pull right out if you
have a problem getting the knob they
screw out because it's too long and it
wants to hit the backside of the handle
take the other one loose and then what
it'll do is it'll pull away and leave
you some room so you have some clearance
then and then you can angle it because
it's got a gap behind the door behind
the hand the trim piece so I'm gonna
just take this all the way off here here
we go and I still don't know now it
turns easy so it's not the actual button
must be the inside piece and I can take
it just grab and pull hopefully pull
it's binding a little bit there it goes
aha so apparently has a little catch
this internal piece kind of hooks on to
the inside of the assembly so see if I
can get this out of the way and show you
the rest if I take a Philips screwdriver
and remove these other two screws that
hold the latch piece inside then that
just comes out and I'll show you what I
think if you looked this one doesn't
have that adjustment this is an
old-school latch so if I put that back
through you see if I can show you there
see that I had all I had to do was push
in on that on the you know latch
mechanism and it would have released it
now I know and you know - because it was
binding right there that comes off it
looks like it has a like the interior
post gets fatter right here then this
section not by much but apparently
enough to stop it so now you know now
before I install the new latch mechanism
I want to show you these instructions if
one side there's two versions of a door
that you may have one that has the door
edge that's pre chiseled and one that is
not chiseled if you look at that this
has a little recess area where your door
would day the last would sit and this
one doesn't
now with this kit it shows you how to
make the one is not chiseled except the
door latch mechanism and it's showing
you removing the plates from the latch
assembly putting on this drive collar
and then driving it in with a block of
wood I don't need to do that but I'm
gonna just show you how to take it apart
so basically here's the new latch
assembly if I just take a screwdriver
and pry between these two plates the
trim plate and the interior plate and
they'll come apart pretty easily
separate those or remove the front plate
and then remove the back plate slide
that off okay now it talks about taking
this little collar and fitting it on
what's going to go on from the front
here okay and then it locks on and the
idea is you can take this and again I
don't need it from my door but you can
take a block of wood and strike this and
drive it into the door now mine I don't
again I don't need it because I'm
already pre-cut out here but just think
about that if you need it this is what
how you do it I'm gonna take this little
collar back off pretty simple I just
take a screwdriver and get behind it and
lift up on a little bit and it will
separate there's a little pin a little
hole a little pin on either side I think
it's push up on it just a little bit and
it'll come loose and slide apart so for
me I'm gonna reinstall the plates that I
had I'm gonna take this little carpet
looking piece put it on the back take
the trim plate put it back on the front
and then just really squeeze them
together probably with the pair of
channellocks or pliers whatever you have
get those together it might help if I
turn this back plate the right way there
we go
got ahead of myself a little bit
so that's in place and now I can install
the latch assembly and just a little
observation this is tapered and it
should be pretty obvious but I'm gonna
point it out anyway you want to have the
fat part facing in the taper angle piece
needs to be facing out so that when you
close your door it pushes that latch in
because of the angle so with that in
place I'm gonna grab a couple screws
they came in a kit and I'm gonna install
this oh I should point out if you notice
this if I were to extend that out like I
talked about earlier they wouldn't fit
see the gap hopefully you can see the
gap yeah wouldn't fit so I'm gonna reset
that and then put it back in place and
now I'll install the two screws if you
don't have an existing door handle you
may have to put some effort behind
turning these screws in because the
holes are not going to be there but
since I already have them it's pretty
simple to just go right back in the old
holes that works now I want to install
the handle mechanism itself so this just
comes apart you have the interior part
with the little thumb turning device or
lock device and then the exterior part
if you'll notice this has kind of a
Halfmoon looking shape to it
it's only gonna fit in the latch one way
so I'm gonna line that up with the latch
and I may have to push in on the outer
mechanism the outer post
just so it'll clear because you can see
it's it's not wanting to go in the hole
there if I push this in it goes right in
so this has the two screws and
take the interior handle and line it up
and line up the screws now the next step
is to just install the interior trim
screws now those you might be a little
more careful with because you got to
line it up with the hole that's on the
other side if you don't it'll kind of
angle and you'll kind of miss it so it
just takes a little bit of finesse to
get in there and feel for that hole you
want to start it get your screwdriver
and turn them in now this has always
been a bit awkward because of the angle
you have to put your screwdriver but
just how it is
now there's only one more thing left to
do and that's change out the striker you
don't have to but in my case I've got a
silver or nickel finish and this is an
old brass kind of finish I'm going to
change that out now I will point out if
you're doing this in your home and
you're putting in a locking door like
this or locking handle you may want to
put in some really long screws these
little short screws that come with a kit
that's just for the decoration side of
it if you want to make it a little more
Center a lot more secure really get you
some three inch and two and a half inch
or three inch you know screws they're
going to go way into the framing of the
house you know go through the jamb and
typically there's a 2x4 on the backside
of this assembly and run those screws
all the way in and that will help make
the door more secure and harder for
somebody to just kick it in
all right then that's gonna be the end
of this video I hope you found it useful
I know that I had not experienced a
little color deal before you know every
door that I've installed is already been
pre-cut pre-fitted but apparently you
know there's adapters available to help
you with ones that aren't ready to go so
hope you found it useful you have
nothing else entertaining and I think
that's it so I want to thank you for
watching the video thank you for
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doing more projects like this so it's
not likely I'm gonna do another video
between now and Christmas which is one
week away but I want to say Merry
Christmas Happy New Year and until next
time take care of yourselves that's
that's it that's all there is I mean
really other than we could be being
goofy and just and you're doing stupid
things that's all there is to the video
well
oh yeah stay tuned for the bloopers
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alright so in my case I have an existing
door it's an existing door
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