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Paddy's DIY How to Correctly Measure for Replacement Door Handles
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In this video i'm going to show you how to correctly measure for replacement door handles

The first thing you want to check is the handle centers, and is often referred to as the PZ of the door handles. This size is the most critical size for the door handles. If this size is wrong there is no way the new handles will fit. On very old doors a lot of the time, getting the exact same handles is not possible as they are obsolete. In that case what i would do is get handles with the same centers and drill new screw holes in the door to suit the new handles. But you don't want to go down those lines unless there is no other choice. What you want is a straightforward replacement if possible.

The centers of the door handles are measured from the center of the handle lever to the center of the euro cylinder. Have a quick check on the outside handle also as some door handles can be offset lever pad handles. Which means the outside handle lever is positioned lower than the inside handle. The most common size for lever pad handles is 92m / 62mm. This means the centers of the internal handle is 92mm and the centers of the external handle is 62mm.

So i'm going to measure up the handles on this door. I'm going to mark the centers on this handle with the help of some masking tape. And we can see here that the size is 70mm.

The most common center sizes are 92mm, 70mm and 48mm

The next thing to check is the position of the fixing screws. The most common types are what i call screw above and screw below. The screw above handle has the screw located at the top of the handle above the handle lever. This type is also referred to as long back plate. The screw below handles has the screw located below the handle lever and is also referred to as short back plate.

So the next size to check is the distance from the center of each screw. Again i'm going to mark the centers on the handle with the help of some masking tape. So the distance is 200mm.

Next measure from the center of the top screw to the center of the handle lever. And that is xxmm

next measure from the center of the bottom screw to the center of the euro cylinder and that is xxmm.

Some handles might have an extra screw in the center. If your handles have an extra screw in the center. Measure from the center of the middle screw to the top screw, and to the bottom.

Next measure the overall length of the handles. Bear in mind some models of door handles have been updated by the manufacturer, and i can think of this example where all the other sizes are the same but the shape at the top and bottom of the handle has changed to circular over a square shape. This changes the overall length of the handles slightly and this throws people off. So just bear in mind the overall length isn't crucial. Back to this handle they are measuring 230mm.

And the last thing to measure is the width, which in this case is 32mm