This short video shows you how to fit and renew the spring on a lever style door handle.
How do you replace the spring in a door handle.
The handles are available at hardware stores and home centers.
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Replacement handles will fit most aluminum steel and some wood doors.
The spring also dissipates the heat so you do not but your hand when opening and closing the fireplace insert door.
Typically two mounting screws hold the old handle together.
A spring which is too thick may make it difficult to replace the circlip and may cause the handle to stick.
A spring which is too thin will give excess play giving the handle a loose feel.
This project is basically as simple as how to replace a door handle.
If your door handle is not returning to the horizontal position it is almost certainly because the spring has broken in either one or both of the handles on the door.
You can swap out the handle in about 10 minutes.
Replacing a door handle spring is really quite simple the only special tool you need is a pair of external circlip pliers.