Rear traveller door handle holes...

[Arthurdaily]

Hi, need to change the rear door handle on a morris traveller, but the holes for the two screws that hold it on are a little damaged, and the scres won't tighten when I get a replacement lock and handle - how can I solve this? matchsticks? Glue? I don't want to damage the holes any further in an otherwise A1 door.

Thanks!!!!!

[MarkyB]

PVA wood glue and an Ash plug if you can make one.
It may well be better to drill the hole out than shape a plug to fit, then drill a new hole, it gives more surface area for the glue to act on.

If both need doing, then do one at a time and use the handle as a guide to mark where the new hole needs to be.

Tap, don't bash, the plug in with a hammer

[Arthurdaily]

Brilliant - thank you!

[mike.perry]

Sorted mine out with a couple of plasplugs

[Arthurdaily]

What are plasplugs? Raw plugs are they?

[MarkyB]

Very similar, Rawlplugs could be glued in and trimmed with a Stanley knife.