spindle

Hi im wanting to change my door locking mechanism so that it cant be opened from outside without a key. I’ve checked my current lock and it only has a single spindle so i guess this needs to be changed. My fathers door once shut required the key to be fully turned to open but still operated...

Hello everyone, I'm hoping you can give me some guidance on a long going issue with my boiler. It is an 18 year old Glow worm 24 ci. About 3 weeks ago my boiler decided to fart up and stopped working, called the gas engineer, diagnosed the issue, PCB was faulty. Quoted £350 for a replacement...

My uPVC patio door handle recently stopped working. When I took the handle off and removed the spindle, I found that the 'follower' (square hole that the spindle goes in to) has shattered. I've attached a photo where you can see that the bottom and right side of the follower has broken off. I...

Does it matter that the 7mm is a little bit loose in the hole? It's not so small that it turns/flips over within the hole. I'm just finding it impossible to find the correct width spindle for these doors. 8mm spindles were too tight. 7mm are a bit loose. The spindles that came with the...

The brother in law some how managed to crack a door spindle by twisting it too hard! I took the spindle to my local hardware "has everything" store but they didn't have a similar one. It's tapered in two places, the middle is thicker and the ends are thicker, but the taper is at its most at...