great tip thanks. I was thinking of cutting away a circle and then filling it with filler (hopefully still leaving room for the latch mechanism). Glad I dont have to bother with all that now 🍺
You can also but ‘through bolts’ so that you don’t have to rely on the screw thread in the repaired wood (which are weak as the grain of the cocktail stick is in the wrong direction), also cocktail sticks are generally too hard and matchsticks or cheap kebab skewers will work better as well as cleaning the holes out with a small drill before gluing in the ‘dowels’
What's going to stop your new screw holes from eventually becoming like all those previous chewed up holes? Surely you'll have to keep coming back to redo this repair?
Drill holes to fit dowels and PVA glue them. Would be a much better fix, I’m guessing.
Good video, but chisel will,do less damage to door then hacksaw for trimming cocktail sticks👍
Thanks for this, tried it and it worked....yippee!!
Finally!! Thankyou 👍
great tip thanks. I was thinking of cutting away a circle and then filling it with filler (hopefully still leaving room for the latch mechanism). Glad I dont have to bother with all that now 🍺
Thankyou for sharing this x
Thank you
Big help
Excellent idea! I tried it and worked very well. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks going to try this with match sticks
Very simple and very effective! Even if it only last a year it's a great result for no cost and very little effort! Thanks for sharing.
Mine are still going strong since I made this video so it does work
Thank you
That’s got the misses off my back👍🏻 great video
amazing thanks!!!
You're welcome!
Looks exactly like my door exact handle
You can also but ‘through bolts’ so that you don’t have to rely on the screw thread in the repaired wood (which are weak as the grain of the cocktail stick is in the wrong direction), also cocktail sticks are generally too hard and matchsticks or cheap kebab skewers will work better as well as cleaning the holes out with a small drill before gluing in the ‘dowels’
What's going to stop your new screw holes from eventually becoming like all those previous chewed up holes? Surely you'll have to keep coming back to redo this repair?
Door was hollow before. Now has wooden plugs all the way through.
I've tried wood filler and wood shavings nothing works..gonna try this tonight and will give an update once dried
Done and this has worked and handle is strong and in place...thanks for this tip 👌
that doesn't work for me anymore, probably the holes are already too big, can I use a mixture of super glue and sawdust instead?
Yeh or thicker pieces of wood but saw dust mix should be ok
Did you have to put any filler in the holes to make it secure?
No just the wood it allows the acres to grip it
@@KarlFixes thank you
What is the type of door handle called?
I dont know to be honest its what came with the doors
Interesting but the lever handle should have been straight when refixed