That was a pretty fair demo: no rushing and well explained. Just got a Howdens leaflet through advertising them, and I might give these a try. Only thing that bothers me is the size of the hole for the handle - I've used a similar (but not this one,) system before, and once you've used these handles, you're up the creek, if you want to use handles with a smaller rose. No doubt about it though - 5 minutes, against 30 or so - especially at the end of a hard day hanging the doors is good (and that's if you're lucky and don't end up with some half baked poxy ch**ese handles someone's got off the internet, with silly set screws in a triangular formation. (I'm sure you know the sort I mean!) and lousy latches that have about 3mm play between the bolt and the faceplate. Looks like a good deal of thought has gone into the design here 👍
Things I found with some doors, especially when you have more than 1 door to do. You spend as much time drilling out as you do trying to get the bore out of the holesaw... so frustrating.
Where do you get the round faced latches? All the latches seem to have rectangular plates which have to be recessed into the door which requires time consuming chisel work.
As an instructional video, this is quite awful. Awkward angles, hardly any close ups of what he's actually doing, too much overall scene shots What's the point. Good job I'm in the trade so can figure out what's going on.
That was a pretty fair demo: no rushing and well explained. Just got a Howdens leaflet through advertising them, and I might give these a try. Only thing that bothers me is the size of the hole for the handle - I've used a similar (but not this one,) system before, and once you've used these handles, you're up the creek, if you want to use handles with a smaller rose. No doubt about it though - 5 minutes, against 30 or so - especially at the end of a hard day hanging the doors is good (and that's if you're lucky and don't end up with some half baked poxy ch**ese handles someone's got off the internet, with silly set screws in a triangular formation. (I'm sure you know the sort I mean!) and lousy latches that have about 3mm play between the bolt and the faceplate. Looks like a good deal of thought has gone into the design here 👍
Great video, well presented. Thanks.
Things I found with some doors, especially when you have more than 1 door to do. You spend as much time drilling out as you do trying to get the bore out of the holesaw... so frustrating.
Where do you get the round faced latches? All the latches seem to have rectangular plates which have to be recessed into the door which requires time consuming chisel work.
Howdens sell the latch pack set, including the hinges - but they're only chrome plated mild steel - and only a pair.
Hi what about fitting the bathroom lock how easy is this and what difference is there to doing the handles?
Can I use it with different make handles & locks?
Have to buy spacers every time and can only use it on dale hardware
As an instructional video, this is quite awful. Awkward angles, hardly any close ups of what he's actually doing, too much overall scene shots
What's the point.
Good job I'm in the trade so can figure out what's going on.