Daniel9913
New Member
Hello,
Our home was built in '37, and we have the old mortise-glass door knobs with the spindles on every door in the house.
We have a very quirky issue in that some of these doorknobs never stay on. Even after purchasing brand new knobs on these doors, the new knobs constantly falls off. This is the case on two bedroom doors and the door leading to the backyard. The kind of knob seems irrelevant and I've tried many ones, and they eventually just loosen and fall off.
However, I have multiple doors in the house that are very high traffic with either old or new door knobs that never fall off (our bathroom never has a problem, and we have 6 kids with one bathroom). My wife and I's bedroom never falls off. My daughter's room never falls off. Sunroom knobs never fall off.
Is there something happening that these doors, even after replacing them, cannot seem to have the door knobs stay on? Are they somehow stripped on the inside that causes us to have to turn the knobs too hard, breaking the seal of the tightened screw?
I can't seem to replace the actual hardware on these doors, as the hardware seems built into the door.
Again it does not seem to be a door knob problem, as I can switch our door knobs and they just fall off regardless.
I'd like the keep the old doors as they are solid and pretty and retain the home's charm, but the game of "find a door knob to open a door" is getting old!
Any ideas or counsel here? Am I missing something?
Thanks
Our home was built in '37, and we have the old mortise-glass door knobs with the spindles on every door in the house.
We have a very quirky issue in that some of these doorknobs never stay on. Even after purchasing brand new knobs on these doors, the new knobs constantly falls off. This is the case on two bedroom doors and the door leading to the backyard. The kind of knob seems irrelevant and I've tried many ones, and they eventually just loosen and fall off.
However, I have multiple doors in the house that are very high traffic with either old or new door knobs that never fall off (our bathroom never has a problem, and we have 6 kids with one bathroom). My wife and I's bedroom never falls off. My daughter's room never falls off. Sunroom knobs never fall off.
Is there something happening that these doors, even after replacing them, cannot seem to have the door knobs stay on? Are they somehow stripped on the inside that causes us to have to turn the knobs too hard, breaking the seal of the tightened screw?
I can't seem to replace the actual hardware on these doors, as the hardware seems built into the door.
Again it does not seem to be a door knob problem, as I can switch our door knobs and they just fall off regardless.
I'd like the keep the old doors as they are solid and pretty and retain the home's charm, but the game of "find a door knob to open a door" is getting old!
Any ideas or counsel here? Am I missing something?
Thanks