Upside Down Door Handle

You likely purchased the wrong handing.

Upside down door handle.

The curve should actually round up. The button handle has a spring that is roughly cone shaped. Pull the handle the rest of the way off the lockset. 2 hold the opposite side of the doorknob stable with your opposite hand.

This is the exterior portion of your hardware with the spindle extending from the back. Is you door handle upside down. Have you ever purchased a new handleset or lever only to find that the lever is upside down after installation. When ordering a lever for a door you have to determine handing for most styles of levers.

Flip the button spring. Insert the end of a door handle tool or small flat head screwdriver into the hole. Use a phillips screwdriver to remove the two. How to reverse a kwikset door handle key cylinder.

Because of the unique styling of levers if you install a left handed lever on a right handed door the lever design would be upside down. Press in on the tool or screwdriver while pulling out on the handle. So here s a quick walkthrough of how to flip a lever handle. Handing applies to handlesets that include an interior lever and any non turning levers that feature a curve.

Determining door handing is easy based on the way the door swings. Slide the handle off the lockset until it butts up against the key. For straight levers like the schlage latitude lever handing does not apply. Step 3 turn the key 90 degrees clockwise and pull it out of the key hole.

In this video i show you how to reverse a lever door handle. The spring operated bolt with a beveled face to permit a latching action when the door closes. They do make a tool you can buy but why. This is the interior portion of your knob or lever for privacy knobs and levers you ll want to be sure the push button lock is on the inside.

Remove the handle and check to make sure the large end of the spring is toward the door. If the small end of the spring is toward the door it may slip into the door hole and bind. Pull the handle off the door knob and slide off the plate to expose the screws. When shopping for schlage door hardware we note a product s handing by including lh left hand or rh right hand in the model number.

This lever handle was installed upside down.