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Door handle has come loose, how do I re-fit it?

awm

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Hi, if you see the images below, you'll see that my door handle has come loose in my living room...

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I need to re-fit it but I'm not sure how.

You'll see there are two holes where two screws could go into the door but I'm not sure where these screws are on the handle itself?

Or is it a case of using gripfill or something like that to stick the handle to the door?

Please advise, thanks.
 
Undo the round collar on the handle and you will see screw holes. Fit handle onto door with new screws, do not screw into the latch, then replace the round collar.

Andy
 
Your pic links are only to thumbnails so quite small , but that type of handle normally has a grub screw to the underside of the handle on each side which locks the handle to each end of the spindle [square bar thru the door] the screw into each side just hold on the covers, so there is very little tension on them, your handle seems to be put together incorrectly, the bar thru the middle should be a split bar which expand out as the grub screw is inserted.
the copver on each side should unscrew [or clip off] giving access to the screw holes to fix to the door, if your grub screws are missing or will not hold to the bar then you need double ended bolt screw which pass thru the door and lock on from both sides.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/4-x-M4-Sc...-Door-Handles-Roses-Escutcheons-/390871601347
It is a good idea to fit these regardless.
 
Ah sorted, I just had to keep wiggling the round collar until it came off.

Screwed some new screws in, fixed!

Thanks.
 

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