Loose door handle

[Tom JE]

Hi All,

I have a loose door handle on my external door, but absolutely no idea how to get to any screws to tighten it. I’ve attached a picture...could anybody shed some light please?

Thanks,

Tom

 

[Burnerman]

Are there a couple of screws on the other side of the door, Tom? Often they pass through from one handle to another.
John

 

[alan333]

I'm no expert, but check if the gold cover plate will ping off the black backplate.

 

[Tom JE]

Cheers for the replies...

There aren't any screws on the other side either. As for the cover plate, I did try to lever it off but it seems fastened down pretty well. Saying that, removing this plate can only be the way to get to any loose screws. I'll try again later....

 

[crank39]

You need to remove that gold cover plate, the two black plastic ends are the parts that are fixed to the door, they have teeth on and the cover plate thumps and locks onto them with a click, that's the bit you need to over come when prizing the cover off, there's also a tiny grub screw on the handle that needs removing, it grips the spindle and takes the pulling force off the black clips

This picture shows the plastic clips although these screws go through the handles where yours just through the plastic clips, just some idea what it looks like under the cover plate

 

[Tigercubrider]

you do a grub screw on the handle, then ping off the gold plate