This old house general contractor tom silva installs an undetectable wood patch in an old door.
Old door enlarge existing door handle hole.
Mark the center of the existing hole on the edge of the door.
Then bore into the plywood and through the hole behind it.
The door handles in this house were set too high 1 4m.
Then mark centerlines on the plywood block.
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Turn the door over remove the plywood disk from the hole saw and use the hole saw to drill through the other side of the door until the two holes meet.
Measure the size of the existing hole in your door using a tape measure.
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Clamp a piece of plywood to each side of the door lining up the center lines with the center line on the door edge.
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2 draw a circle on a sheet of plywood measuring the same size as the hole in your door using a compass to make the circle.
They were moved down to 1m but now there are holes where the handles and strike plate used to be.
Use a hole saw to drill through the plywood and halfway through the door.