This is a common problem when drilling a larger hole in a door for a new deadbolt or lockset.
How to make a door handle hole bigger.
Because there s a new larger standard size for doorknobs.
To solve this problem.
Enlarging the lockset hole in a door can be difficult since there s nothing to guide the pilot bit.
Jam a wood plug into the existing hole haha show how to drill a hole.
Do you have an older deadbolt or doorknob that needs to be replaced only to find out the existing hole is too small for that new deadbolt.
Instead of paying big bucks for a new door wi.
Cut two scraps of 1 2 or thicker plywood making them several inches larger than the hole.
Draw a center line on the plywood and mark setback of the hole from one edge of the.
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To enlarge an existing hole.
Cut two pieces of scrap plywood several inches larger than the diameter of the hole.