I'm trying to fix the handle mechanism on an internal door. The door is an oldish, cheapo one, not made of solid wood and so, over the course of time has started to crumble at the handle area.
The door handles can't be screwed tightly into the wood because there is nothing much left for the screws to grip.
I tried some good old pollyfilla but, clearly, it just crumbled under the strain. I can't use dowel either because there's no where for it go as the hole is just so knackered.
Rather than replacing the door (so as to avoid having to refit/repaint etc) I'm hoping that there is a decent strong filler of some sort that I could use to basically refill the entire hole and start again. Something expandable, maybe, so that it would fill into all the little cracks and crevices, but that would then allow me to fit screws into it.
Any help/advice appreciated.
Thanks
The door handles can't be screwed tightly into the wood because there is nothing much left for the screws to grip.
I tried some good old pollyfilla but, clearly, it just crumbled under the strain. I can't use dowel either because there's no where for it go as the hole is just so knackered.
Rather than replacing the door (so as to avoid having to refit/repaint etc) I'm hoping that there is a decent strong filler of some sort that I could use to basically refill the entire hole and start again. Something expandable, maybe, so that it would fill into all the little cracks and crevices, but that would then allow me to fit screws into it.
Any help/advice appreciated.
Thanks