Cut two scraps of 1 2 or thicker plywood making them several inches larger than the hole.
How to make door lock hole larger.
Instead of paying big bucks for a new door wi.
The last thing you want to use is a jigsaw.
You need two different hole saws to create the perfectly round holes in the face of the door and the smaller hole in the edge of the door.
Mark the centerline of the existing hole on the edge of the door.
To solve this problem.
Why won t that new doorknob fit in your old door.
Draw a center line on the plywood and mark setback of the hole from one edge of the plywood.
This is a common problem when drilling a larger hole in a door for a new deadbolt or lockset.
Enlarging the lockset hole in a door can be difficult since there s nothing to guide the pilot bit.
Because there s a new larger standard size for doorknobs.
All you need is an idea how to drill a hole in the door for new hardware on a old door.
Jam a wood plug into the existing hole haha show how to drill a hole.
How to fill the hole with water putty.
The hole diameters are 2 and 1 8 inch and 1 inch respectively.
To enlarge an existing hole.