Repair Door Handle Holes

Remove the old storm door handle by unscrewing the two screws that hold the two halves together.

Repair door handle holes.

Start out with about 1 teaspoon 4 9 ml of the auto body filler and half as much catalyst. Tighten the hinge screws and then try adjusting the strike plate by loosening its screws and shifting it slightly. Both auto body filler such as bondo and a hardener catalyst should be available at a large hardware store. If the knob or rose plate itself is screwed on with threading on the hardware there will be no screws to expose.

Expose the set screws on the door handle. If screws are already exposed proceed to next step. To depress the detent use the end of a metal paper clip or the point of an awl inserting it into the hole and pressing the detent down while twisting and removing the door handle shaft off the spindle. This type is found commonly on lever style door handles.

Broken storm door handles are easy to replace if you buy the same kind but upgrading to a top quality brass handle as we ve done takes a little extra work. Mix more as needed. Repairs range from making minor latch adjustments to repositioning the door.