Aluminium door locks

In the last couple of years l have had many customers who have come to me with a broken aluminium door lock. Some have be told in error that these locks cannot be bought anymore and it is best to replace the entire door, needless to say this is not true. In fact the exact locks can be supplied and it is a very straight forward job to replace them. These locks are in two parts, the cylinder or barrel is separate from the lock body or lockcase, as it is termed in the lock industry. The spacing between the centre of the spindle (square bar) and the centre of the keyhole is 48 mm usually and handles with this euro profile size and spacing are availale.
Newer doors may have a lock with a 92 mm centre to centre spacing and of course we sell these replacement locks as well. Normally there is no need to replace the handles when replacing the lock so long as a correct fitting lock is used.

For those with some fixing skills and a few tools including a drill, there is an inexpensive alternative even. We have developed and tested this solution for situations where the budget for repairs is smaller. We can supply a lock that fits with minimal alteration to the door and this works perfectly with the old handles.

So in a situation where you have a broken lock in an aluminium door, once you find us and contact me your problem will be sorted. Call out service is available for those customers who need a little help with the removel and refixing of the new lock.
have a look at my web site handlesupplies.com call me on 021 488 3131 or 087 2577 649 or drop into our warehouse store ar Cobh Cross, Carrigtwohill, behind Greenwood/Lakewood furniture store; just off the Cork-Midelton deul carriage-way, only 5 miles from Cork.
So many people are delighted when they find us and have their aluminiumdoor locks
replaired...if you read this blog tell your friends about it as they may need what we sell..I include here a picture of this lock which can be so hard to find!!

A lock for double doors

Today I got a call from a joiner who needed a horizontal lock (used with knobs to position the knob away from the door frame and avoid rapping knuckles) for a rebated double doors. This was quite an unusual request as a horizontal lock is unusual and a rebated horizontal lock would be extra unusual. I looked in my store for a rebate set to fit the lock which I stock. Low and behold I was able to provide this customer with a rebated horizontal lock suitable for a rebated double doors. The only one in Ireland as they say, needless to say I had a very happy customer who called by my warehouse-store a couple of hours later and picked it up, of course I encouraged him to call again as a expert joiner customer like him would do with the very best source of door handles, locks and related hardware

I know some of you are wondering what a rebated door is, well that is where the front edge of the door is stepped to fit over a similar reverse step in the second door of double doors. This helps to get a better seal between the two doors in a double door set. You will know it when you see it. For these doors a rebate lock is required.
It is different from other mortise locks in that there is a step on the front of the lock to match the rebate step on the front of the door. See the exapmle of a rebate lock in the picture above, the rebate lock shown is a vertical lock used with lever handles not knobs. Call or email me for advice and have a lock at my web page www.handlesupplies.com

Front door lock trouble. pvc multipoint lock problems solved

Sometimes you hear a crunching sound.
When you try to open or lock your front door,
there is no movement of the door handle
which tells you the lock is jammed and broken. These are the type of front door locks where you require to lift up the door handle to engage the  lock before turning the key to lock the door.   These locks are easy to replace when you are supplies with the correct one.
We supply all makes of PVC door lock, we can advise you how to fit them.   If required we will arrange for the lock replacement at a very reasonable charge. In some  cases part of the lock mechanism or gearbox can be replaced without  replacing the complete lock.

Many people who contact us tell is that their multipoint  lock  make is ISEO, this is a common make of lock cylinder or barrel and not the make
of multipoint lock which is separate from the cylinder. The cylinder seldom is the source of the problem.  It has to be removed before  the full multipoint lock is removed, see details of how you remove your cylinder on our web page. www.emhardware.ie/locks. 

Front door handles often ware out and break as well, these can be replaced separately to the cylinder lock or the multipoint lock, we supply all the door handles that you loft to lock also, please contact us on 021 488 3131. or look us www.handlesupplies.com

The following ate some of the multipoint locks we supply complete and in parts. Gu, Ferco, Roto, Lockmaster, Fx, ACB, KFV, Avocet, Yale, Mila,
Fuhr, Millenco & Maco. ERA 

Give me a call on 087 2577 649 or 021 488 3131  and your problems will be solved.

Fix the broken Post Box - Letter Plate

So many people don't know where to find a replacement for the broken flap on their front door letter plate-post box. You know why you should fix it, it makes to door look bad, and there's a constant draft.

Problem solved! just call. After giving us the measurements, we can usually supply you from stock. If not we will have your new post box in 3 days. Should you need help with installation we can sort that as well.

Have a look at our web page for our contact details and the easy way to our store. Our just give me, John, a call on 087 2577 649. So often what appears so difficult is actually so straight forward. Take for instance the lady who came by our store today from Glanmire; surprised to find us practically on her door step. We are on your door step now too, pay us by credit card and we will send you your new letter plate - postbox; job done.

The ladies drop their drawers

Of late we have come upon a very suitable arrangement, one that benefits our customers and ourselves in the supply of new knobs for drawers. As they wish customers' can bring their drawers to our store and we fit new knobs of their choice from our endless range, for a very small extra fee. Who would have thought that this arrangement is available? It works very well since we have all types and lengths of fixing screws. Of course we are happy to supply kitchen and other furniture knobs and handles of all types, styles and sizes, particularly when they are to match our excellent door handles and give a coordinated finish. Where kitchen handles are replaced, it is necessary to know the hole spacings so that the new handles suit. Thus it is helpful when customers bring in an old handle for us to take measurements from in order to supply new handles that fit perfectly.
So please feel free to bring your drawers to our showroom/stores at Cobh Cross, outside Carrigtwoill and we will be happy to fit new knobs for you. We do it gladly, and all our customers leave satisfied.

Desperate House Wife

She told me she had set her heart on it......It was an American thumb-latch type front door handle, but the point was it was not bought in my store 'Handle Supplies' at Cobh Cross, Industrial Estate across form the new Ballyseedy Home and Garden store outside Carrigtwohill.
I had to say I was reluctant to adjust handles bought elsewhere while I needed customers to buy my premium handles and have any adjustments made before they leave my store at no extra cost.
So anyway, this lady told me she was reliably informed by her joiner that I was the only man that could adjust her new door handle to fit her new front door which is 25 mm wider then the standard width for this type front door handlle and lock.

Well I just did it. I extended the tail bar on the rim-lock which is a type not used in Europe. Also I checked that the split spindle would reach the required length. Finally I provided longer new screws and a new fixing method.

So one less desperate house wife
Name and address of this lady with the publisher !!!
(and yes I can handle anything....tes tru www.handlesupplies.com).

The Court House Doors.. nearly unhinged

We provided the parts to get them back swinging again...
Really this has happened this month, flood waters damaged the floor-spring pivot hinges on the double doors entering the Cork court-house on Washington Street and the doors nearly came off.

A specialist window and door repair man, Frank, repaired
them with parts provided by a specialist supplier (handlesupplies.com, that's us) we provided the parts that fitted on the door pivot hinges and attached them to new floor-springs. It was a little more complicated as the height of the door pivots we provided had to be just..... right......as everything has to be just.....in this building

Hope we don't get to see this particular installation any time soon!!!!

John