Help door mechanism thingy

[tris-]

whats the name of the thingy in the door which is operated when you turn a door knob/handle?

 

[Edmond]

the latch

 

[fettoken]

it was a lock!!

 

[Edmond]

no the lock is operated when you turn the key, the latch is the 'thingy', as tris calls it, that is operated by the turn of a handle

 

[tris-]

so the whole barrel mechanism wotsit is a latch? i need one that is 3" long.

 

[fettoken]

Ah you mean that thingy, had no idea what it was called.

 

[TdC]

a barrel? that might be a cylinder? you turn it with your hand or with a key?

 

[Edmond]

ahh, hang on, what door do you have, is it a pvcu/aluminium one?

Are you talking about the barrel lock like this?

If so, you can get them in Wickes/B & Q in all different lengths

 

[tris-]

no its an internal wooden door with door knobs i think i found what i need now though thorugh searching for door knob latch

 

[Edmond]

Do you mean the bit connecting the handles then?

Its called a spindle

 

[Ezteq]

aw jeeze lol points to ed for spending his sunday afternoon researching spindels!

 

[Edmond]

I know, i really need to get out more dont i.......

 

[tris-]

no man not the spindle. it is the mechanism in which the spindle rests. the spindle turns some mechaism which retracts or extrudes the thingy ma jig between the door and the door frame.

 

[Edmond]

That would be the latch then

 

[tris-]

thats the bad boy. i even know what a back set is now and that i need one with a 57mm backset!

 

[mooSe_]

well I learned something new today

 

[old.Tohtori]

Lock: How Products are Made

 

[TdC]

zomg tris- DIY EXPERT ALERT


this is how it starts man!!! soon you'll be drawling sarcastically in the DIY shop and bragging about counter sinking your double door flanges!

 

[tris-]

ive learned quite a bit about door mechanism wotsits this weekend. dont try and remove it by bending the plate on the side of the door, that just chips the paint.

 

[Edmond]

No, take the handles off, then put the spindle back in and use that to move the cylinder out of the edge of the door, then you can get hold of the face plate

 

[Olgaline]

Edmond
Resident expert on door thingies, and finder of hot nakid breast and booties!

 

[Edmond]

Thank you, I'm here till Friday, try the Veal

 

[old.Tohtori]

Edmond
Resident expert on door thingies, and finder of hot nakid breast and booties!

Long rods and nakid women go hand in hand

 

[Ezteq]

rofl FHOT goes middle aged!!! we're having sunday afternoon DIY threads...

 

[Ch3tan]

rofl FHOT goes middle aged!!! we're having sunday afternoon DIY threads...

Not me, my sunday was spent the same way any non-middle aged person spends it, very hungover.

 

[CorNokZ]

Buy a new door fag

 

[tris-]

Not me, my sunday was spent the same way any non-middle aged person spends it, very hungover.

i was also in a vegatitive state.