No matter how cool, and sooner or later in an apartment or house anyway, something will break - a washing machine, a sofa or a handle on the door. In any case, you need to possess some knowledge and skills so that in case of any breakdown, you can eliminate it yourself without causing the master of the master. Today we will look at how to remove the handle from the door if necessary.
Causes of replacing knobs
When you buy the door, she can go like a handle, and without it. The quality of the door handle can be different, but sooner or later you will have to replace the door, and the handle, it's just a matter of time. The main reasons for which the door owner should remove the handle are:
- Breaking. If you put a Chinese handle, then be sure, it will take quite a bit of time and you will have to shoot it to replace the new one. If you do not want to buy a new one, you can try to repair such a handle, but the likelihood that this thing will not end with success is large enough.
- The handle model is outdated, progress does not stand still, like fashion on the handles, so it happens that the handle model that stands on the door is obsolete and requires replacement to modern.
- Repair work. When the at home is repaired, often consumers decide to replace both the handles, so they will have to shoot them in such a case.
Learning to remove the handle from the door
It is necessary to understand that at the moment you can find doors with different patterns, forms, sizes and handles, so the process of dismantling the handle will depend on which the door will be. This factor should be considered in any case in this process. Also, this process will depend on the type of handle itself.
First consider the process of removing round handles:
- They are called the KNOG, and they have several advantages, therefore, they are often used in various premises. The main advantages of such handles include ease of use and reliability. Among other things, the cost of such handles is minimal, and this most often becomes the main factor when choosing such a product.
- Such pens broke out often, but they remove them not only to replace, but to lubricate the silt just repaired. But in any case, before repairing or replacing, it will be necessary to remove it.
- The designs can be different, which means that the methods of removal are also, but most often it is an elementary process - first a screwdriver must be carefully unscrewed a pair of tightening screw screws.
- Already after that, the user can easily remove it from the door without problems, and if it is necessary to remove the latch, then simply unscrew the screws from the end side of the door.
- Today, there are not rarely with the button with the button, usually all the fasteners are hidden by decor elements. In order to get to them, you will need to remove the outer part of the handle, and then only decorative lining.
Step-by-step remove a round handle with decorative elements and a button:
- First you need to find or a button or hole that are usually located on the inside of such a handle.
- It is there that the button is hidden, which is why this handle needs to twist so that the hole becomes combined with the button.
- As soon as you press the button (for this you can use a screwdriver or even a nail), it will be possible to remove the outer part of the handle without any problems. At the same time, do not forget to turn this part from the side to the side just neatly.
- Some models of the handles of this type are quite strong and therefore, in order to drown down the coppe, you need to apply considerable effort, but despite this, you need to do it carefully, so as not to damage the pen or the door nor yourself.
- The next step is to remove the decorative element of the handle (it is this element that closes all the "insides" of the round handle with the button). To do this, the user must pry a protective element with some kind of metal, it must be thin enough.
- Any maneuvers described in this article must be done very carefully, because the high probability of damage and body and the door itself. In order to prevent this situation, it is necessary to use a metal plate. It can be secured with a scotch and an insulating ribbon.
- On some linings, you can detect special places so that the handle can be removed (built-in grooves, where and shove the screwdriver). It is best to use a crusade screwdriver for these purposes. Removable places are most often located at the bottom of the decorative lining, it should be considered when dismantling the handle. If you have already removed the decorative lining, then it will only be left by using a screwdriver unscrew the screws that are tightened by half the castle.
The method under consideration you can remove most standard handles. If you came across another type of handle, then the process of its dismantling will be different. In order to figure it out, let's look at the types of the handles.
So, types of handles:
- Stationary. Usually such handles are attached very simple, as dismantled. Its main parts are self-tapping screws or screws that such a pen and will be attached.
- Pressure. Such handles are usually attached on both sides of the door, so this factor should be considered when dismantling. In order to open the door, you just need to click on the handle.
- Swivel. According to the principle of operation, it does not differ from the push, just here you need to check the handle to open the door on which it is located.
Before you begin to dismantle the handle, find out first, what kind of type it is, according to this, already define how to shoot it.