{"id":6210,"date":"2019-06-01T16:04:44","date_gmt":"2019-06-01T16:04:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/?p=6210"},"modified":"2019-06-01T16:19:26","modified_gmt":"2019-06-01T16:19:26","slug":"change-the-orientation-of-the-lever-handsets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.projectsmallhouse.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/change-the-orientation-of-the-lever-handsets\/","title":{"rendered":"Change the Orientation of the Lever Handsets"},"content":{"rendered":"

When Cliff installed the door handles, one was upside down. I thought had to buy a different set or learn to live with it.<\/p>\n

I was wrong. You don\u2019t have to order a right and left with these handle sets. (You do with some.) These are interchangeable. It is super easy. And here is how.<\/p>\n

\"Changing
The same pin that unlocks the doors also changes the lever orientation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You don’t need any tools at all. Just use the little pin that unlocks the door. If you’ve lost it or don’t know where it is, a cake tester works really well.<\/p>\n

\"Changing
Tiny hole the pin pushes in to swap the lever handles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There is a little hole. Just push the pin into it until you feel it release.<\/p>\n

\"Changing
Push the pin into the tiny hole to swap the lever handles<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It is on the side with the lever.<\/p>\n

\"Changing
Slide the handles off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then just slide the handle off.<\/p>\n

\"Changing
Slide the handles off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The handle pulls off very easily. If it doesn’t, you didn’t get it released.<\/p>\n

\"Changing
Swap to the other side of the door<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Then just swap it over to the other side.<\/p>\n

\"Changing
Slide them back on<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And push it back on until it snaps in place.<\/p>\n

\"Interior
Interior handle sets with Brookshire trim and Accent lever<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the way all of the other handle sets look.<\/p>\n

\"Interior
Interior handle sets with Brookshire trim and Accent lever – upside down<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This is the way Cliff’s office handle looked. But it is right side up now. Or, my opinion of what is right side up.<\/p>\n

Why was it upside down in the first place? Cliff says it was a test to see if I would notice. I think he was just not paying attention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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