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Tightening a loose doorknob

A loose doorknob can be the source of some very serious (and potentially embarrassing) problems. Considering how easy it is to tighten a loose doorknob, take a second to look at yours.

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It’s just a doorknob. It’s not a complicated machine with a convoluted set of workings. All you do is turn the knob, which in turn pulls the catch into the door, which allows you to open the door and enter (or exit) a room. Until it doesn’t work. Imagine that your bathroom doorknob has been loose for sometime and you’ve been meaning to figure out how to tighten it. Then you have company and when someone is about to leave the restroom, the doorknob comes off in her hand. How embarrassing! And it could have been avoided with just a few seconds of your time.

If your household is like most, you’ll probably spend more time looking for the correct screwdriver than actually working on the loose doorknob. As a rule, a screwdriver is all you’ll need. If you look on the metal part of your doorknob that butts up to your door, you’ll find two screws. Only one side of the door will have these screws. Find them and with a few turns of the screwdriver, you’ll have the loose doorknob tight again. This is virtually the only thing that can go wrong to make a doorknob loose.

If the doorknob is simply too old and worn out to use any more – perhaps the screws are stripped and the knob won’t tighten – don’t worry. New doorknobs start at only a few dollars (though the price can go up to a significant investment for decorator knobs with security features), and are easy to install. Just hang on to your screwdriver, because you’ll need that to install the new doorknob as well.

by Wendy Ledbetter on Friday, July 01, 2005

 

 

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