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First person to say "throw away "...this thing'" True genius is knowing what to throw away and what to keep, every other 'fix it guy' is just to clever by half ( I'm a long-time rennovator)
You rock, the instructions that came with the knob were so insanely unhelpful. You really saved my grandma and I who installed a new doorknob because were locked in our house due to an old and poorly installed doorknob.
So helpful! Our contractor has ghosted us at the end of a massive remodel. I put on my big girl pants and installed all the door handles with your help. Thank you!
💜I can't thank you enough! I had to replace a doorknob after having to dismantle (break) one. (My niece locked herself out of her bedroom 🙄) I found your video right away, and was impressed by the clear, straightforward visual. My intuition was right! Your video was very straightforward, clear, and easy to follow. I thought this would take me at least an hour, but I was done in minutes! Thank you for keeping it simple for DIYers like me!👍💜
My mom and I really needed to see you toss that useless piece of hardware (2 new novices) that we were spending way to much time on! You saved us much time, great video! Thanks so much!!!
@@TheFixerHomeRepairDo you know how to remove said piece of hardware in a door? I want to change my door knob but I am not able to remove this thing from the door to place new one in! HELP ME
I started the video for just to understand about that annoying piece is about. Great that you clearly mentioned that it is useless. From there on it was a smooth ride. Great video 🎉
I didn’t have to move mine and do the trick. Mine worked perfectly fine with the latch hole that was there. It didn’t wiggle at all. Thanks you so much for the video ❤❤
I came here (Jan 2021) to see how to install this knob as a replacement. The round part confused me. Thanks to you, I know I don’t need it. Thanks so much - great video!!
Thank you so much for your upload, this was really helpful straight to the point and easy to follow. I recently gotten me a new door knob, but was worried as hell if I messed up everything on my first try.
Thank you for your excellent lesson you have helped grately! I did your strike plate secret and before that the door was loose! Then after just as you showed us its now tight! Thank you im really happy I found your video and got it right. God Bless you man
This works fine so long as the paint on both the door and the jam are properly cured (at least a week, 4 weeks if you follow paint recommendations). If you repaint your door or frame or both, you cant close the door for weeks without it sticking and ruining the paint job. Pretty sure thats why they leave some play in the door. Same goes with the hinge side, too close and it will stick or rub.
I would still pre-drill. The reason for pre drilling is to avoid cracking the frame. It is very easy to do with "new pine growth" wood that these door frames are typically made from. Hope the video helped you out! Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for the very easy tutorial. I literally did it by myself and I’m not the brightest tool in the shed.😂 but thank you very much you made it very easy❤
I got the mechanism and the whole thing installed but it was to far from the latch and wouldn’t keep the door closed I tried putting pieces of cardboard behind the latch before I drilled it in to push it out and make it connect but it was a loss I can’t really do anything right now
What if you don’t have the cut out in the door already? Not for the knob but for the plate that goes on the door side, not the plate on the wall side. Hope that makes sense.
Hey im just a teen and i've been making my own builds and stuff and i was trying to installa lock door but everytime i try it seems like the lock wouldnt move it just keeps going in a circle and wont unlock does anyone know why?
Try removing the door handle before screwing both sides together. The metal flange inside the door strike is there to adjust the tightness of the close and didn't your mother tell you not to chew your finger nails!
So was the hole in the door already there? Did you have to drill it yourself. How did you drill it. What did you use to make the hole? How did you measure where to put the hole???
ALL my existing doors in my house that I just bought ONLY have that little round part. I'm going to have to get a chisel and carve out space for the rectangle part - OR - maybe the new ones all come with that little round piece??
Hey, Vanesa! I use what is called a "wizzy roller". Just a small 3 inch paint roller and then back brushed it with an angled paint brush. Thanks for watching!
I just tried replacing two entry door knobs and for whatever reason the new pieces don’t line up with the pre made holes in the doorway. The hole that it’s supposed to latch into is too high. The metal piece when screwed, covers the bottom half of the hole! On one door, the deadbolt scrapes the bottom of the hole and on the other door the latch for the knob scrapes the bottom of the hole as well!!
The top and the bottom on the inside of the knob (indoor side of the knob) are not identical …I don’t know which way it is supposed to sit, obviously because it just locked myself in the bathroom, twice! When I look at the inside of knob (again the inside part of the knob) it has these slots with tabs coming out . The top or bottom, which is what I can’t discern, has one (horizontal) and the bottom has three (2 horizontal 1 vertical) . I guess this makes no sense. What other reason would I lock myself in the bathroom ? 😩😩😩
That is a good question. Sometimes the piece on the inside got turned... this is the piece that the lock goes into. You might be able to try to take it apart to turn it back and then put it back together and see if it works. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching.
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This was very helpful, I have to switch out an existing knob for a new one and just wanted an easy explanation of how to do that and this was perfect.
Great to hear! Happy to help!
❤ ❤❤ Wow 😮 super easy to install after watching your video sir ! Thanks for your videos!!!😊
First person to say "throw away "...this thing'" True genius is knowing what to throw away and what to keep, every other 'fix it guy' is just to clever by half ( I'm a long-time rennovator)
Men are amazing aren’t they
You rock, the instructions that came with the knob were so insanely unhelpful. You really saved my grandma and I who installed a new doorknob because were locked in our house due to an old and poorly installed doorknob.
So helpful! Our contractor has ghosted us at the end of a massive remodel. I put on my big girl pants and installed all the door handles with your help. Thank you!
Glad to see it helped!
💜I can't thank you enough! I had to replace a doorknob after having to dismantle (break) one. (My niece locked herself out of her bedroom 🙄) I found your video right away, and was impressed by the clear, straightforward visual. My intuition was right! Your video was very straightforward, clear, and easy to follow. I thought this would take me at least an hour, but I was done in minutes! Thank you for keeping it simple for DIYers like me!👍💜
Glad to hear that the video helped!
My mom and I really needed to see you toss that useless piece of hardware (2 new novices) that we were spending way to much time on! You saved us much time, great video! Thanks so much!!!
Awesome to hear! Yeah, I have never used it. Thanks for watching and happy to help you out, Vickie!
@@TheFixerHomeRepairDo you know how to remove said piece of hardware in a door? I want to change my door knob but I am not able to remove this thing from the door to place new one in! HELP ME
Thanks for the tip! My cat likes to shake the doors with her paws very early in the morning 😑 This is going to be a life saver.
Mine too! 😆
2022 & your tips still worked! Thank you totally needed this
Thank you! Thanks to you I was able to install the door knob. You have all my gratitude, thank you so very much!
I started the video for just to understand about that annoying piece is about. Great that you clearly mentioned that it is useless. From there on it was a smooth ride. Great video 🎉
Wonderful! Saved $100 by not calling the locksmith. You made the job look so easy
Thank you so much for this video! I just put in a door knob after my boyfriend gave up.
I hope you broke up with that useless mf
from a college girl moving into her first apartment 5 hours from home, thank you 🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️🙇🏻♀️
I didn’t have to move mine and do the trick. Mine worked perfectly fine with the latch hole that was there. It didn’t wiggle at all. Thanks you so much for the video ❤❤
Great DIY video. Thank you for doing this, very helpful.
Thank you!!!! I was so lost about that little circle piece! Installed my first door knob today because of you!!
Awesome!! Glad it helped! 😃
Thanks saying the silver piece was useless, made it super easy
Anyone else here because their parents don’t know about privacy?
Yess
MORE LIKE MY BROTHER AND HIS GIRLFRIEND
Wait stop thats actually why im here
Yes
Both my parents are deceased. I just bought my second house
I came here (Jan 2021) to see how to install this knob as a replacement. The round part confused me. Thanks to you, I know I don’t need it. Thanks so much - great video!!
Cool, I have to put a door knob in tomorrow, this is very helpful! Thank you
Even though this is 2020 now your tips still worked appreciate it🤝
You literally helped me do it within 15 minutes
Thank you so much! The instructions it came with was confusing me so much! This made it easier to understand!
Inside the latch plate. You can pull the tab out alil to take up that space to make the door tight!!
Thank you for this helpful video! It was very easy to follow and I was able to install a door lock myself!
Thank you so much for this easily explained video. I’ll be installing it as soon as my locks arrive from Amazon. 🙏
Super helpful and learned something new☺
That little round slot was annoying AF! I came here to see you pitch that POS!😂 Thought I was crazy at first. THANK YOU SIR!
Thank you so much for your upload, this was really helpful straight to the point and easy to follow. I recently gotten me a new door knob, but was worried as hell if I messed up everything on my first try.
Thanks for sharing this video. I'll try fix my kitchen's door
Awesome! Let me know how it goes! Thanks for watching!
How did it go?!
A new subbie… great tips! Thank you! 🤩
Thk u didnt know it was so easy🎉
Thanks Dude … This was easy and helpful!!
I was able to achieve this, thanks to you for helping me. Really informative video.
Awesome to hear! Happy it helped you out! Thanks for letting me know!
Simple! Thank you for the tutorial.
Bro thanks soooo much I saved my life from my parents yelling at me for my doorknob being too loose
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Thanks I’m currently building my own room and need this since the old knob was busted 👍
Thank you so much it was really helpful 🎉🎉 I could change it yayyy😂😅😅
Thank you, this worked for me October 2022.
Thank you so much for the information. A big money saver and now I'm a hero in the home!
Thank you so much!!!!!!! I was able to do it myself LOL
Thank you. I did it myself didn't have to tell my landlord
Hey man thanks for the help
The dad we all needed
Thank you for your excellent lesson you have helped grately! I did your strike plate secret and before that the door was loose! Then after just as you showed us its now tight! Thank you im really happy I found your video and got it right. God Bless you man
Yo hahaha this helped me fixed my stucked door knob lmaoo coz they have the same locks hahah thanks!!!
Great to hear! Happy my video could help! 😁😁
Watched the video to see what the thingy u threw away does. Great video!
Does that also prevent slipping a card between the latch?
God bless u man ! U saved ms
This was very helpful! I don’t have a father to teach me!!!
Glad the video was helpful!
thanks dad
Thank you SO MUCH! And to think, I was about to hire someone to do this. 😊
Isn't the airflow.for the AC and heat efficiency?
So what does the cylinder that you threw out at the beginning of the video do?? I have no clue where it goes or what it does.
You're the dad I never had
How did you line up the screws that hold the door knob in place so quickly? It always takes me like 10 minutes
Thanks so much!!!
Great video, thanks !!
Can we reverse the door knob?
The one that goes the other side can be used inside and the inside knob to outside?
Helpful. Thank you
Thank you 😊
Great video thanks
Thanks for watching!
This works fine so long as the paint on both the door and the jam are properly cured (at least a week, 4 weeks if you follow paint recommendations). If you repaint your door or frame or both, you cant close the door for weeks without it sticking and ruining the paint job. Pretty sure thats why they leave some play in the door.
Same goes with the hinge side, too close and it will stick or rub.
So what room are you installing this on?
This is my master bedroom. Thanks for checking out the video!
Thank you
Thank you so much, sir!
Thanks buddy
I have to trimmed the door a little and now lost the pre taper plate and the inside part goes to far in. How do I make adjustment
Thank you so much fr🤟🏽
Perfect!
Super helpful video! Is it necessary to predrill if I am only using a screwdriver?
I would still pre-drill. The reason for pre drilling is to avoid cracking the frame. It is very easy to do with "new pine growth" wood that these door frames are typically made from. Hope the video helped you out! Thanks for watching!
Yes! Always pre drill otherwise you will crack the door!
Thank you so much for the very easy tutorial. I literally did it by myself and I’m not the brightest tool in the shed.😂 but thank you very much you made it very easy❤
Glad it helped! 😃
I know this was three years ago but thank you! This helped me a lot instead of me asking my grandpop to do it for me!
No problem! Happy to help! Thanks for watching!
Is there an easy way to align those two screws, it's kinda annoying I find it very hard sometimes.
watching this because my dad doesn’t wanna install my new doorknob and he’s a handyman and i want my privacy 😒
I got the mechanism and the whole thing installed but it was to far from the latch and wouldn’t keep the door closed I tried putting pieces of cardboard behind the latch before I drilled it in to push it out and make it connect but it was a loss I can’t really do anything right now
What if you don’t have the cut out in the door already? Not for the knob but for the plate that goes on the door side, not the plate on the wall side. Hope that makes sense.
that's when you would use the round piece that he tossed
Thank you.
No problem. Thanks for watching!
How come after I put the doorknob on, the doorknob piece that goes into the latch plate, is too small. It doesn’t “click.”
Hey im just a teen and i've been making my own builds and stuff and i was trying to installa lock door but everytime i try it seems like the lock wouldnt move it just keeps going in a circle and wont unlock does anyone know why?
Thanks for the tips! I found out none of the pre drilled holes were big enough so I had to make the changes
Happy to help! Thanks for watching!
What's the diameter of the big hole. Why need such huge hole in the first place?
Thank u
I keep having trouble with aligning the screws to thread them into other part
Try removing the door handle before screwing both sides together. The metal flange inside the door strike is there to adjust the tightness of the close and didn't your mother tell you not to chew your finger nails!
So was the hole in the door already there? Did you have to drill it yourself. How did you drill it. What did you use to make the hole? How did you measure where to put the hole???
Liz Beth the door probably came with precut holes
My screws seem to not fit . This the second on I got
Graciasss!!!!!!! Es justo lo q necesito me sirvió muchísimo, ojalá y algún día aprenda mas 🥰😘😁
How do you pull ii off
Awesome
ALL my existing doors in my house that I just bought ONLY have that little round part. I'm going to have to get a chisel and carve out space for the rectangle part - OR - maybe the new ones all come with that little round piece??
What did you use to paint the squares of the door. Like the part going inward??
Hey, Vanesa! I use what is called a "wizzy roller". Just a small 3 inch paint roller and then back brushed it with an angled paint brush. Thanks for watching!
How can I fix my door, that has already been done? Or rather can I correct my door, and do it your way for a tighter seal.
I just tried replacing two entry door knobs and for whatever reason the new pieces don’t line up with the pre made holes in the doorway. The hole that it’s supposed to latch into is too high. The metal piece when screwed, covers the bottom half of the hole! On one door, the deadbolt scrapes the bottom of the hole and on the other door the latch for the knob scrapes the bottom of the hole as well!!
Without the metal part of course. Cause with it screwed to the door frame it stops it from even entering the hole
Thanks! My mom took of my lock and I forgot how to install it
The top and the bottom on the inside of the knob (indoor side of the knob) are not identical …I don’t know which way it is supposed to sit, obviously because it just locked myself in the bathroom, twice! When I look at the inside of knob (again the inside part of the knob) it has these slots with tabs coming out . The top or bottom, which is what I can’t discern, has one (horizontal) and the bottom has three (2 horizontal 1 vertical) . I guess this makes no sense. What other reason would I lock myself in the bathroom ? 😩😩😩
😭 the tools will take me 1 day to find goodness this is tough stuff
Why when I install a door knob the lock is horizontal and the unlock is vertical?? Very flustered!!
Ah good point - I have the same, not that I was paying attention. Not sure if it's fixable
Can you adjust the latch tang instead of cutting the door frame to improve fitment when the door is shut?
You can, I just like to mortise the latch in to make it look nice. Thanks for checking out the video!
any reason why my key wont turn to lock?? it will turn to lock but then the key wont go out!
That is a good question. Sometimes the piece on the inside got turned... this is the piece that the lock goes into. You might be able to try to take it apart to turn it back and then put it back together and see if it works. I hope this helps. Thanks for watching.
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