Door handles

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The door latch is the internal mechanism that is responsible for keeping the door closed and is activated by the handle . It is used by means of an 8mm thick square that will go through the door (and thus the latch) and is held by the handles. Sometimes the handles are also called door latches, but professionally we wanted to differentiate to avoid confusion: the door latch is the internal mechanism that you can see on this page and the handle (or handle/crank/handle) is the handle that is found on both sides of the door that activates the latch .

Once we have a clear idea of ​​what a door handle is, let's see what types of door handles exist and some practical advice that can be useful when buying door handles for your doors. Be careful when understanding the concept. The door handle and the lock look similar but the difference is that the door handle is not locked with a key but with a thumbturn (and this only on specific occasions).

We distinguish between three types of door handles: tubular door handles, parrot beak door handles for sliding doors and standard door handles.

Unified door handles for your doors

Unified door handles are door handles whose mechanism includes an 8mm axis for the handle square and another 6mm axis offering the option of installing a toggle or lock . These door handles are the ones currently installed on all newly manufactured doors . They are door handles that guarantee correct operation, easy to install, with a long useful life and with the locking option that although these door handles always have it, it is only used (normally) in bathrooms. The rest of the times that this door handle is installed, this second hole is not made in the door because passage doors do not need it.

Among the unified door handles we also find magnetic unified door handles that offer less friction with the door frame when closing and silent door handles that make the closing of the door barely audible.

Tubular door handles

After the standard door handles, there are the tubular door handles . These door handles, as the name suggests, are like an elongated tube that is embedded in the door . Nowadays, these door handles are no longer installed on doors and have become a replacement fitting that is currently installed to replace damaged tubular door handles or to replace knobs with handles to give your doors a more modern look. Many times, people try to find tubular door handles with very specific measurements that are difficult to find. Our advice is that the only measurement you should look at is the distance from the edge of the door to the centre of the hole where you are going to install the handle. The rest of the measurements are important to consider, but there are too many brands and suppliers to ensure a match.

Handles for sliding doors

Finally, there are the handles for sliding doors . These handles have a special latch known as a parrot beak to hook the door to the frame and block its opening. It is a simple and practical product with very standardized measurements , so in general, unless you have a custom-designed door, it will be useful to consider only the aesthetics or the color of the handle + nail for sliding door.

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