Fixing handles on door hung the wrong side

[Mungo "three sheds" Toadfoot]

Squirt some Gripfil in the holes then either wait for it to go off and drill it, or put the screws in straight away?

Si

[fred]

Or a cavity wall fixing, something that can work on thin panels, something like this

, regular rawlplugs or similar wont do.

[Snowman]

A couple of years ago I had a decorator in to do the hall/stairs/landing, and as part of the job I asked them to fit a couple of new hollow internal doors. I've now discovered, because the handles are coming loose, that they hung the doors (both, for goodness sake!!) on the wrong side, so there is no solid wood behind the handles. Does anyone have any suggestions for fixing this without having to re-hang the doors - the screws won't tighten up now? I thought of using some long brass bolts to go from one side to the other, but can't find any suitable ones (3.5mm x 70mm).

Peter.

[Michael Mcneil]

Nothing will do really, except to drill out a setion of the side as though for a large lock. Clean out an inch or so above and below the handles right out to the hardboard. Then glue a piece of wood in there and replace the catch. Bit of a downer but a pleasant job well done I assure you. You will not be happy with much else.

[BillV]

I'd aggree with that. The original fitter must have been stupid because doors are marked at the top and/or bottom as to which side has the lock mounting

[G&M]

Uh, can I assume if a door doesn't have these markings either way is okay ?

[Lurch]

On Mon, 5 Jul 2004 21:22:08 +0100, "BillV" strung together this:

Close, a decorator apparently!

[Snowman]

Yes that sounds the best plan - basically making it like the "correct" side. It just makes you think that it wouldn't be a bad idea for the doors to be made with some solid wood on both sides as normal. It makes me wonder how the idiot who fitted it wrong actually managed to do the rest of the fitting correctly. (Maybe he wasn't used to my "cheapo" doors!!)

Many thanks.

Peter.