Thought Id start this one going because its rather dead on this board at the moment and I suppose all my usual muckers are either at the Stella tennis event watching Dim Tim (lose again) or at Henly Regatta eating cucumber sandwiches (they wish,...NOT).

Anyway please feel free to just talk to yourself blast away and let it go on any company or subject you wish. Just wish Id thought of this one before.

cheers GF.

Go an gossip somewhere else, theres a good boy aldgit.

How boring listening to the orgasmic rhetoric of you raving lefty lunatics on here.

God's truth! Get a life!

Did you not know there are real problems which need solving out here in the big wide world?

eg. The catch has just broken on the door way leading to the lounge from the hallway. This thing may well not actually be 'metric'. The hunt is on for a suitable replacement. I do not want to have to change all of the door handles downstairs just so that they all end up matching each other. Now solving this one for me will truly be orgasmic. :-)

You seem to be on the wrong forum E/L.

True, Stan. Very true.

Know any really good 'raving good door catch' web sites?

Try eBay - failing that you will just have to convince her indoors that it doesn't really matter if all the door handles match!:-)

Stan,

If you referred to Alds.

I would suggest he may be looking at:


"The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies" as shown on ITV.

May help him!

Oh yes I saw that advertised, but Aldgit won't go anywhere near that I suspect.

Exec,

I give little problems like that to my wife to sort out.

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But if you have a second hand antique "shop" near you, then if you show them the "junk" bit, they may have one in their "odds and sods" box, or may be able to point to and "Old Fashioned" iron monger who carries vintage stock.

Or make one!

The door catch assembly fits inside a slot in the door and the catch pokes out of the edge of the door.

Inside the assembly is a 'square hole'. This takes the square sectioned handle bolt that is turned when you use the door handles to open the closed door.

The square hole bit has fallen apart! It is part of a complete assembly which includes the face plate on the edge of the door. When replacing this face plate you can have the 'same size' or 'go bigger'. 'Going smaller is not an option.

And then the distance of the 'square hole' from the edge of the door is also critical.

I am telling you, the solution to this whole problem is truly orgasmic. It may involve a car trip to Wickes or some such like store and maybe even speaking to real people.....

Thank God (and Mercedes) for heated car seats!

Be careful.

You may add piles to your problems!

A lock smith might be able to cut the piece you wish to replace.

Fred has got a Roll's Royce he sits in the back, Stan drives but he only gets paid £6.70 per hour

Ha Ha Bloody! What a big bummer!

Or maybe even "Ha Bloody Ha! I told you this wasn't a good idea!"

Tower Bridge Glass Walk Way Shatters a Floor Panel!

EL.

Take the lockcase out of the door and go down to B+Q, they have a fair selection of different backset mortice locks on offer. The square bit shouldn't be a problem, the lock normally comes with a new one and they are standard fit jobs.

Doc,

Try Googling for Beaver Architectural Ironmongery. That's who my husband has always used on new build and refurb projects. They're a trade supplier who supplies to ironmongers and contractors, but I'm pretty sure they'll also do one-offs for retail customers.

Nice pics. Silly, but nice.

Representative.

Emblems of present day disconnected toryism.

This sounds serious E/L, better to put the house on the market to be safe.