https://www.youtube.com/user/VideoJoeShows How to remove & install paddle lever door handles is what this DIY howto video is about. VideoJoe just installed a new privacy lever paddle door handle & lucky for him the door was swinging the proper direction so all he had to do was install the new paddle lever door handle the same way it came out of the package. The paddles were angled the proper direction & the push button was on the inside of the door just like it should be. What happens if you purchase the paddle lever door handle & you go to install it & the paddles aren't facing the proper way or maybe they are but the push button lock is on the inside or the mounting screws to a non-locking handle (better known as a passage handle) are on the outside? Did you know there is a way to remove the handles so you can flip them around & put the handle to the inside of the door to the outside & visa versa? Removing & installing paddle lever door handles is easy...when you know how. Watch & learn as VideoJoeShows you how to remove & install paddle lever handles to a door. https://www.youtube.com/user/VideoJoeShows
Okay, now this tool is really handy for one more thing too.
This one, when I got it from the store,
it was already handed the proper direction
for this particular door.
Now, if your door swings the very opposite of this,
your paddle, I like how the paddles go up
and then back down.
But you could have them installed the other way
if you don't like it this way,
or if they come and your handles
are going the opposite direction,
you might think, oh, I have to go to the store
and go buy another one.
Are they handed?
Years ago, they used to be right-hand and left-handed,
for right-hand swing door and left-hand swing door.
And you had to buy the right one
because the handles didn't interchange.
Well, on this, if you have the little tool,
there's a little hole on the backside of here.
You push, there's a little spring-loaded deal there.
You push on it just a little bit,
it slides to there, pull this back out,
and you can pop this off, okay?
That's if your handle is going that way, okay?
Then you would pop the other one off the other side,
take them, put this one over here,
put this one over on that side.
And see, to put it back on,
it should push, and the spring pushes on there,
and you just push and it snaps, and there you go.
Check that, make sure it's on there tight,
because sometimes you might think
it's on there all the way,
and you pull hard and it pops right off, okay?
It's got to snap on there,
there's a definite little catch there, okay?
There's a tip for you.
