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Updated: Jan. 28, 2022

This is an piece of cake 10 minute repair. Learn how to supplant a screen door latch yourself.

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Storm door handles intermission or become tarnished long earlier the door need replacing, but installing a new handle is a uncomplicated job that can unremarkably be finished in a few minutes.

Install the new handle and screen door latch

Photo 1: Remove the quondam handle and screen door latch

Unscrew both interior latch-mounting screws, pull the interior and outside handles apart and remove the centre spindle. Discard the sometime handle.

Photo two: Insert spindle

Gather the new exterior handle according to the instructions on the packaging, and slide the spindle through the centre hole.

Photo iii: Screw the inside and outside together

Slide the interior screen door latch over the protruding spindle, and screw together the interior and exterior handles with the ii mounting screws.

Photo 4: Mount the strike

Concord the new strike plate in identify with the door airtight (accept a helper push it tight from the exterior). Mark the centre of the mounting slots for maximum adaptability. Drill 3/32-in. pilot holes in the door jamb and screw down the new strike plate. (Use enclosed shims, if necessary.)

Trade in the cleaved, shabby push-push handle on your screen door for a shiny new easy-opening lever handle. Replacement handles will fit most aluminum, steel and some wood doors. The handles are available at hardware stores and domicile centers. This project is basically as simple equally how to supercede a door handle.

You can swap out the handle in about 10 minutes. Typically, two mounting screws agree the old handle together. Remove the screws and discard the old handle (Photograph 1). You'll see three vertically spaced mounting holes in the screen door (forest doors may require different hardware). Measure the distance from the edge of the door to the middle of one of these holes. This altitude is chosen the backset (Photo 2). Buy a new handle with the aforementioned backset, or use the enclosed drilling template to relocate the five/16-in. mounting spiral holes. Gather the outside lever components, insert the center spindle and install the new handle (Photos 2 and three).

If the former strike plate isn't compatible with the new screen door latch, remove it and install the new one that's included in the screen door latch kit (Photo 4).