Anyone able to suggest a source of replacement parts of passage door hardware with old mortise locks. I’ve got a house circa 1940 and all the passage doors are nice, but many of the knobs and escutcheons are nasty. I’d like to merely replace knobs, bolts and escutcheons as necessary.
I hope I won’t have to go to the lengths of removing the mortised in block of hardware, filling the space and reinstalling modern type passage sets. I’m curious, just the same, if anyone has a fool-proof technique for that.
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Try Restoration Hardware.
Here are a couple.
Van Dykes
http://houseofantiquehardware.com/
http://www.crowncityhardware.com/index.html
http://www.hardtofindhouseparts.com/
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A-holes. Hey every group has to have one. And I have been elected to be the one. I should make that my tagline.
PERFECT thank-you
I haven't used the online version of Crown City Hardware yet, but I was never disappointed in the B&M location and I did a lot of renovation in the City of Monrovia, CA
My local True value had a replacement for about $17, the knobs were kind of cheesy but guts seemed solid enough. Would not use it for some super historical restoration though. Current job fixing up a late 30's church parsonage and replaced a shot one on pastors study.
Actually saw the replacement guts in Lowes today for about $8
Actually this: http://www.rejuvenation.com/fixshow2712/templates/selection.phtml is one of the few sources of quality strike plates left.
They sell other door hardware too.
Also - http://antiquehardware.resultspage.com/search?w=mortise
Beware ... there are lots of poor quality knockoffs out there
Jeff
Edited 11/11/2007 9:22 pm ET by Jeff_Clarke
The last time I was in Hippo Hardware in Portland, OR, they had buckets and buckets of old mortise locks and parts. They also have some new reproductions, such as reproduction glass knobs for $12 each. It is a fun place to browse. Their website is new and still workig the bugs out at:
http://www.hippohardware.com/