Door handle washers - ?

[Another John]

We have a standard sort of UPVC front door, now about 20 years old I guess.

There is a washer (nylon?) inside the door handle (one on each handle of the pair, inside / outside). This washer seems to make the handle tight, and also makes the movement smoother.

Both these washers have recently disintegrated: is there any hope of my getting replacements (I can't see many possible candidates), and if I did get replacements is there any hope of me fitting them? (They seem to have been fitted behind the handle's fixing before it was pressed into place at the factory.)

God knows what a new door handle set would cost (if I could even get one that fits this door) ... for the sake of two nylon washers.

Any advice appreciated,

Cheers John

[newshound]

There are not many different types of handle/lock on PVC and metal doors, look for YouTube videos as to how to remove them.

If it is really just a flat washer with no internal "shoulder" look for sheet plastic of the right thickness on eBay, and make your own. PTFE is good for low friction, but a bit more expensive.

[Peter Johnson]

Google uPVC spares and check out the websites of the several firms the specialise in spare parts for uPVC doors and windows.

[Harry Bloomfield Esq]

newshound used his keyboard to write :

A used 2L ice cream continer is a good donor for thick plastic.