We have four exterior doors and replaced the hardware on two of them. The men who replaced the door in December put new hardware on it, so we've only got one door with old hardware.
This is the door in the kitchen/den that opens to the courtyard. The old hardware was gold in color and looked really cheap. It also felt pretty weak.
This is what the door looked like after the old hardware was removed. We would like to eventually replace this door, but doors aren't cheap and this one still functions.
When the side door was replaced in December, we realized the cylinder on the new door knob was upside down. This wouldn't normally be a problem, but the cylinder on the dead bolt was turned in the opposite direction - in other words, after unlocking the door knob, you would have the rotate the key 180 degrees to unlock the the dead bolt. This was not going to work for us. Justin contacted the hardware manufacturer and they sent the tool and instructions so he could rotate the door knob cylinder. He did this with no trouble. For some reason, all but one of the door knobs we purchased came with upside down cylinders. Justin put the tool to good use!
I'm not going to try to explain what is happening in these pictures because I really don't know. I know he removed the cylinder and rotated it.
Cylinder is out and rotated.
He is reassembling the knob.
He is reassembling the knob.
The new hardware is installed! It is a very close match to what is on all interior doors in the house. That plate under the dead bolt is a reinforcer plate that should prevent the door from being kicked in like it was in December.
The front door also received new hardware. Before:
The front door also received new hardware. Before:
After:
One thing that is so appealing about this hardware is that it can be rekeyed in seconds with a little tool that came with the locks. Easy peasy!
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