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I've had a couple interior doors off for painting & the plan was to change the door knobs on them from brass to silver.
Easy ... we thought.
Can we find door knobs to fit on the existing screws? Can we not! Either the hole is too small or too big.
I measured the end of the screw as best i could & it's 4mm across i would say. Went in to town today & put it against an M4 screw (i assume the 4 means 4mm? Don't crucify me as i'm terrible with this) and my screw looks thicker, so i then put it against an M5 screw & the M5 is thicker than mine.
I tried both the M4 & M5 in the existing door knob. The M4 just rattles around whereas the M5 initially goes in (a very small amount, like only just) but wont turn as it's too thick.
So since our screw seems to be neither M4 nor M5 we need to find out what it is & if it's possible to get a door knob to fit.
Failing that, with my limited (non existent) DIY knowledge, we need to get a new door knob & somehow make it so the screws that come with it fit the holes & don't rattle around or refuse to go in.
Help very much appreciated
I've had a couple interior doors off for painting & the plan was to change the door knobs on them from brass to silver.
Easy ... we thought.
Can we find door knobs to fit on the existing screws? Can we not! Either the hole is too small or too big.
I measured the end of the screw as best i could & it's 4mm across i would say. Went in to town today & put it against an M4 screw (i assume the 4 means 4mm? Don't crucify me as i'm terrible with this) and my screw looks thicker, so i then put it against an M5 screw & the M5 is thicker than mine.
I tried both the M4 & M5 in the existing door knob. The M4 just rattles around whereas the M5 initially goes in (a very small amount, like only just) but wont turn as it's too thick.
So since our screw seems to be neither M4 nor M5 we need to find out what it is & if it's possible to get a door knob to fit.
Failing that, with my limited (non existent) DIY knowledge, we need to get a new door knob & somehow make it so the screws that come with it fit the holes & don't rattle around or refuse to go in.
Help very much appreciated