Yes Betsy we have something similar, ... but not near here I'm afraid, and you'd need to be able to visit often to see if maybe something you could use might have come in. If I'm out that way I will stop and look, thanks for reminding me about them.
Please take a few moments to browse and enjoy my original artwork at: www.tigerfeathers.ca ----- Original Message ----- 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] > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
