Custom Wood Screen and Storm Door
Door Hardware
The client did not want closers on these doors, for aesthetic
reasons, and also wanted us to use brass hardware. After a little research I came across a website called Van Dykes Restorers. On this site we spied solid brass self-closing, storm door hinges that operated with a 3/4″ spring.
I was excited at the option of being able to have these doors self-close, but as often happens in retrofitting projects we quickly figured out that these hinges wouldn’t fit: he door thickness projected past the door trim. In order for the hinges to work, the door and trim must be flush.
So, plan B meant using the solid brass butt hinges and re-using the old jamb mortises.
For the door knobset we went “old-school,” purchasing and installing a solid brass knob to lever screen door mortise latch set. This required us to use a Forstner drill bit and chisels to create an old-school mortise for the mortise lock and latch mechanism to fit into.
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Brass mortise lockset
We also acquired solid brass slide bolts to install on the top and bottom of the stationary door to keep it locked in place.
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Slide bolt