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Door Handle Types
- Thread starter MacB
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Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Stop him -he's making a bolt for the door!
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Don't forget the special Swiss tennis racket shaped things for supporting the doors as they open, Ed..
Martina Hingis
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MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
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- Farnborough, Hampshire
Ah touche or should I say touchy
Actually followed your link and have already had a mooch on that site...problem is knowing what I'm mooching at I don't just want to go by price.
Colour is the other thing, we don't want shiny chrome so it's certainly going to be a satin finish but we quite like the sort of oil on water dark grey to black look. What I don't know is how that finish is achieved...if it's something that will peel, flake or chip then I'm not interested.
My google abilities seem to be letting me down on this one
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Or you could worry about something else ....
Archie_tect
De Skieven Architek... aka Penfold + Horace
- Location
- Northumberland
Could go for pewter ones... if not you'll need to look at cast aluminium with a dark anodised satin finish... it could scratch but won't flake or fade or chip.
Globalti
Legendary Member
We went through the same process as you and ended up choosing a very simple lever type handle in brushed stainless steel from Focus DIY. We had something like 14 doors to re-do (I have cut, hung and varnished 12 of them so far) and happily I had the foresight to buy all the door furniture from Focus DIY and put them in a safe place, otherwise we'd be in the poop now 'cos Focus DIY doesn't exist any more!
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MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Well I'm still confused, I quite like the look of this one and am thinking of ordering just one to have a look in the flesh:-
http://www.doorhandlecompany.co.uk/...k-nickel-door-handles-szs030bn-sold-in--1331/
but I can't work out what it's made of, I've been to the Carlisle Brass website and still don't know. It looks like the same lever comes in polished chrome, satin chrome and black nickel. But what does that actually mean and what's the underlying material?
http://www.doorhandlecompany.co.uk/...k-nickel-door-handles-szs030bn-sold-in--1331/
but I can't work out what it's made of, I've been to the Carlisle Brass website and still don't know. It looks like the same lever comes in polished chrome, satin chrome and black nickel. But what does that actually mean and what's the underlying material?
Globalti
Legendary Member
I don't know but probably some kind of die-cast alloy?
I don't think I would order something like this online; I want to see the thing in the flesh and actually hold it in my hand to see how it feels before committing myself to years using it. What about good local door specialists? They usually have a selection of levers for you to try and will do you a good price for a large order. Alternatively there's places like B&Q but they are expensive. There are specialist architectural ironmongers but they tend to be in places like London.
SDS is one of the best known: http://www.sdslondon.co.uk
I don't think I would order something like this online; I want to see the thing in the flesh and actually hold it in my hand to see how it feels before committing myself to years using it. What about good local door specialists? They usually have a selection of levers for you to try and will do you a good price for a large order. Alternatively there's places like B&Q but they are expensive. There are specialist architectural ironmongers but they tend to be in places like London.
SDS is one of the best known: http://www.sdslondon.co.uk
