I owned a mobile home once. I found that items related to the doors, windows,
etc. often weren't standard. At first, I'd have a local mobile home service
company send over a serviceman to make repairs. I'd ask him to explain to me
the repair he was making, and after a couple of visits, decided to make a trip
to the service company and just purchase the parts. Repairs on a mobile home
are not impossible, but when there built, they often have installation of
products done differently.
----- Original Message -----
From: Art Rizzino
To: [email protected]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 6:28 AM
Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] replacing knob on mobile home door
Kevin,
did the latch mechanism have two screws holding it in? I believe that I have
seen mobile home doors that did not have any screws holding the latch in. Also
sometimes mobile homes use non standard hardware for many things. Maybe the
door is one of the things that uses non standard hardware. Good luck.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Doucet
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 11:06 PM
Subject: [BlindHandyMan] replacing knob on mobile home door
Hi,
A friend wants to replace the door knob on the front door of her
mobile home. We took off the old knob and its innards and can't get
the new tongue mechanism to fit in to the edge of the door. Seems a
mettle sleeve has been inserted in to the round whole in the edge
which prevents the new lock mechanism to slide in from the side of
the door. Should this mettle sleeve need to be removed and if so, how?
Thanks for any help or clarifying questions as I am sure I did not
explain it very well.
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