Re: DIY Question, Door Handle : Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:49 am  

Take the door off and fit a curtain.
Cushty ... and sophisticated.

Re: DIY Question, Door Handle : Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:02 am  

Yeah just matchsticks on their own should work to pack the hole and provide a bit of extra "bite" for the screws. Depends on whether you push them in and they disappear into a void in the door where it has been mortised too big or larger for an old latch/lock. It's the cheapest method, but not guaranteed to be successful in every case. Tighten the screws as much as you can or does this affect the operation of the latch? If you need to slacken the screws to get the latch springing back properly and then the handle is coming loose after a while, the screws could be slightly too short.

Re: DIY Question, Door Handle : Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:20 am  

Think the latch should be fine, will give it a go tonight, can only try. Thanks for all the tips.

Re: DIY Question, Door Handle : Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:23 am  

as LF13 agrees , just matchsticks packed in tightly, as many as you can get in and then re-screw the screws back in, should be a good tight secure fit.

Re: DIY Question, Door Handle : Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:16 pm  

I had a similar problem though I used dowel rather than matchsticks with wood glue to secure it.

Re: DIY Question, Door Handle : Wed Dec 14, 2011 2:38 pm  

why don't you just replace the bedroom door with the bathroom door?

Just rest the "new" bathroom door in position, and whoever next opens " new" door, will break it, ergo, leaving the problem with them.

Don't they teach you anything in college these days?

Re: DIY Question, Door Handle : Wed Dec 14, 2011 11:05 pm  

Live Wired wrote:

why don't you just replace the bedroom door with the bathroom door?

Just rest the "new" bathroom door in position, and whoever next opens " new" door, will break it, ergo, leaving the problem with them.

Don't they teach you anything in college these days?

Brilliant

Re: DIY Question, Door Handle : Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:44 pm  

pugged a piece of match into each of the tiny holes and then fired the screws back in, they were biting into place like a good en. lets just hope those words don't come back to bite me a few months/weeks down the line.

haha LW, not a bad idea for future reference.

Re: DIY Question, Door Handle : Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:12 pm  

Live Wired wrote:

why don't you just replace the bedroom door with the bathroom door?

Just rest the "new" bathroom door in position, and whoever next opens " new" door, will break it, ergo, leaving the problem with them.

Don't they teach you anything in college these days?

And when somebody opens the "old" bathroom door and takes a dump on your doormat?