door handle

bgatty68 · Post by **bgatty68** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:06 pm

hi can anyone tell me the exact height from the floor that a door handle should be fitted to an interior door, sound a stupid question i know, but we removed all our doors a long time ago will building work on house and cant remeber if there is an exact measurement rather than guessing and it looks stupid

ellie · Post by **ellie** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:54 pm

Has a guide between 900 & 1m to the centre of the spindle. But some say if the door as a midrail then this is the position / height of the door handle.

Wood Magnet · Post by **Wood Magnet** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:55 pm

Hi bgatty68, just measured mine and they are 38 1/2" to centre of spindle,but others may be different.

Gadget · Post by **Gadget** » Sat Mar 08, 2008 10:02 pm

On doors that are hollow (hardboard faced), if you look at the top edge of the door, you'll see a mark saying "lock" or a picture of a key at one end. This tells you which side the "lock block" is located, and it's halfway down and will be about 300mm long, this is where you fix the lock!

bgatty68 · Post by **bgatty68** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:23 am

thanks for that all of you, the doors im fitting are fire doors which is why i asked as the door is solid and handle can go anywhere (within reason)
will measure to approx 3ft from floor as average of all of yours.
Thank you

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:26 am

Wood Magnet wrote:Hi bgatty68, just measured mine and they are 38 1/2" to centre of spindle,but others may be different.

Yes indeed! - My handles are 53" from floor to spindle centre

bgatty68 · Post by **bgatty68** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 11:22 am

hoovie that is nearly 4 1/2ft from the floor that seems high???

ellie · Post by **ellie** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:26 pm

May be that would be for a door like this!

bgatty68 · Post by **bgatty68** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 1:44 pm

that is what i thought

EJJ150847 · Post by **EJJ150847** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 2:27 pm

That's what my doors are like, solid mahogany, from the 20's house built 1927, nearly as old as Woody!!

John

Wood Magnet · Post by **Wood Magnet** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:43 pm

Got me there John.

tim'll fix it · Post by **tim'll fix it** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:24 pm

ellie wrote:Has a guide between 900 & 1m to the centre of the spindle. But some say if the door as a midrail then this is the position / height of the door handle.

sorry but thats total wrong, fitting the lock at the midrail on a mortise and tenon door destroys the tenon and weakens the door

ellie · Post by **ellie** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:57 pm

That’s why I said some say

dirtydeeds · Post by **dirtydeeds** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 9:15 pm

tim

your comments show you know very little about traditional door construction which is little changed in over 400 years

the lock fits between the tennons in the mid rail of a door

which is EXACTLY the reason why the lock is centred in the mid rail

which is EXACTLY why it doesnt damage the integrity of the door

Hoovie · Post by **Hoovie** » Mon Mar 10, 2008 10:09 pm

ellie wrote:May be that would be for a door like this!

Ellie - I wish you were correct in that my doors looked that nice

- but yup, that is the sort of door I have, but not well cared for (but that is another post

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