How To Change Out Handle On Pella Storm Door

Replace Broken Storm or Screen Door Handles

Updated: Jan. 28, 2022

This is an piece of cake 10 minute repair. Acquire how to replace a screen door latch yourself.

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Tempest door handles pause or become tarnished long before the door need replacing, but installing a new handle is a uncomplicated job that can usually be finished in a few minutes.

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Install the new handle and screen door latch

Photo 1: Remove the old handle and screen door latch

Unscrew both interior latch-mounting screws, pull the interior and outside handles apart and remove the eye spindle. Discard the old handle.

Photo 2: Insert spindle

Get together the new exterior handle according to the instructions on the packaging, and slide the spindle through the center hole.

Photo 3: Screw the within and outside together

Slide the interior screen door latch over the protruding spindle, and screw together the interior and exterior handles with the two mounting screws.

Photo 4: Mount the strike

Concur the new strike plate in place with the door airtight (have a helper push information technology tight from the outside). Marker the center of the mounting slots for maximum adjustability. Drill 3/32-in. pilot holes in the door jamb and screw down the new strike plate. (Use enclosed shims, if necessary.)

Trade in the broken, shabby push button-button handle on your screen door for a shiny new piece of cake-opening lever handle. Replacement handles will fit near aluminum, steel and some wood doors. The handles are available at hardware stores and home centers. This projection is basically equally simple as how to supersede a door handle.

You can bandy out the handle in about ten minutes. Typically, two mounting screws hold the old handle together. Remove the screws and discard the old handle (Photo 1). You'll see iii vertically spaced mounting holes in the screen door (wood doors may crave different hardware). Measure the distance from the edge of the door to the center of 1 of these holes. This altitude is chosen the backset (Photo 2). Buy a new handle with the aforementioned backset, or use the enclosed drilling template to relocate the v/16-in. mounting screw holes. Assemble the outside lever components, insert the center spindle and install the new handle (Photos 2 and three).

If the old strike plate isn't compatible with the new screen door latch, remove it and install the new i that'south included in the screen door latch kit (Photograph 4).