We have a place here called Recycle Hawaii. It is a place where you can buy some really old house parts including doors, windows, cabinets, slabs of marble that used to be stall dividers in restrooms etc. I wonder if you have such a place near where you live? Betsy At 05:21 PM 7/28/2009, you wrote: > > >may sound goofy: but hear me out. >When I wanted to put a very thick door on a basement in a bad neighborhood >they called it a church door. The reason being, that the depth was greater >than average. Not that it was fancy, but like yours, rather thick. >So I'm wondering if you know of such a church, and would be able to ask >the maintenance guy where they might get their door knobs, and call the >place and ask for the catalog of X measurement thick door hardware. >? ? ? goofy grin. > >On Mon, 27 Jul 2009, Joy Cyr wrote: > > > Thank you for the suggestion but I'm afraid this knob was simply > too old and there were no salvageable parts. > > > > Yours sincerely, > > Joy > > > > Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy > > my original artwork at: > > www.tigerfeathers.ca > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Glenn Lemacher > > To: Joy Cyr > > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 11:16 AM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Finding a doorknob for an older door? > > > > > > Hello Joy, in many cases you should be able to use the part from the old > > knob and it should match up with a new knob. Take that paart along to the > > hardware store. > > Cheers, > > Glenn > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Joy Cyr" <<mailto:delights%40aei.ca>[email protected]> > > To: <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]> > > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2009 7:58 AM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Finding a doorknob for an older door? > > > > > > Good day listers, > > I wondered if anyone might know of an online source for doorknobs for older > > doors. I have a wooden front door that is much thicker than its modern > > counter parts, and so I cannot find an spindle? axis? (not sure of the > > correct term) long enough to go through and fit knobs on each end. Its > > doorknob gave out sometime ago and after searching all the local > stores (not > > many, I'm in a rural area) I ended up replacing it with a knob for an > > interior door which is not going to last long. Any suggestions as to where > > I might look would be greatfully received. > > > > Thank you for your help, > > Yours sincerely, > > Joy > > > > Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy > > my original artwork at: > > www.tigerfeathers.ca > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > >
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