How To Tighten Door Handles Without Screws

Tighten the door hardware by opening the door squeezing both sides of the assembly together and tightening the two screws on the chassis.

How to tighten door handles without screws.

How to take off a door knob with no screws. It may be hidden behind a circular plate around the lever. Expose hidden set screws. This plate is known as a rose and can almost always be removed by hand.

When you first look at this style of door knob. On lever style handles you can almost always access the mounting screws easily. Use a flat head screwdriver to carefully remove the cover plate which will expose the two phillips screws. To reassemble snap the rose back on the chassis depress the release button and slide the knob back on until the button pops through the hole.

I show how i tightened my loose door handle that is made by kwikset. Unlike exposed screws on door hardware found on older homes modern door hardware is clean looking and consumers like the look of hardware that uses concealed screws to hold the lockset to the door. Take a phillips screwdriver to tighten the screw on each side this will secure the handle. Try twisting or pulling the rose away from the door to expose the screws.

High end door knobs and lock sets use a unique installation style that hides mounting screws from view. Use an allen key to loosen the set screw on the side and remove the door handle. With round doorknobs though you may need to remove the knob in order to make the faceplate mounting screws accessible to your screwdriver. For an entry door handle with screws that are not exposed.

That s done by hiding the screws under a decorative cover plate that pops off but getting the doorknob off or lever in this case can be. A set screw is typically installed along the base of the lock on the interior side of the door.