Trade in the broken shabby push button handle on your screen door for a shiny new easy opening lever handle.
How to change a screen door handle.
Replacement handles will fit most aluminum steel and some wood doors.
This video is how to install a screen door handle on a standard screen door.
If you removed the door handle screw it back into place with a flathead screwdriver.
Grasp the handles on either side of the door and pull out gently.
Remove the door hardware on screen doors where the handles have a distinct up or down orientation.
Replace your screen door and handle after you install the screen.
If the handle is old and the screws don t want to come off you can spray the handle and the screws with something like wd40 to loosen them up.
As with the handle you may need to cut your spindle to suit your door thickness.
Unscrew both interior latch mounting screws pull the interior and exterior handles apart and remove the center spindle.
To put the screen back in place lift it up with both hands and line up the bottom with the door track.
Remove broken storm door handle your storm door handle is attached and secured using two screws.
The spindle should project through the inside of the door a.
Push the striker and lock bolt from the door by sticking the screwdriver into the door face hole and pushing it toward the edge of the door.
Discard the old handle.
Place the deadbolt on the inside.
Reattach the handle assembly on the opposite side of the door frame at the same height and same distance from the edge of the screen door.
Then tilt the screen door until it is straight and slide it into place.
To remove the broken handle simply unscrew the screws and take off the broken handle.
Installing an optional deadbolt.
The inside handle will drop away.
Insert the deadbolt spindle from the inside through the center hole into the key lock.