That mounting question

What is the difference between surface and through the door installation for my door knocker?

It seems that I have not adequately answered this question as it seems to keep coming up.

Both installation methods are available on most of our Your-Door-Knocker.com door knockers so a decision must be made when checking out which one you want.

surface mount door knocker

Lets describe the surface mount first: Simply put the surface mount attaches to the surface of the door, in our case with wood screws. The wood screws pass through the door knocker casting and screw into the door. The screws are visible on the front of the door knocker but are usually finished to match and look quite natural there.

This method works well on wood doors. It can be adapted to other doors using plastic anchors but this is not always satisfactory on non wooden doors.

Through The Door Mounting Method

The other method is the through the door mount. This is the old standard where holes are drilled through the door for hardware to pass through and attach to the back of the door knocker. A decorative nut or machine screw head is visible on the inside of the door.

Your-door-knocker.com supplies a universal mounting kit with our door knockers ordered with this mounting method that eliminates the need to cut the hardware to fit the door. Our unique kit makes mounting using the through the door method quite easy.

Also available on the Your-Door-Knocker.com site are decorative rosettes that are used with the through the door installation method to kind of dress up the inside of the door. Rosettes are also handy when installing a replacement door knocker and the mounting holes do not quite match up. The rosettes act like large washers to cover an elongated hole in through the door to accommodate the new door knocker.

Installation of a door knocker is really quite easy but you must decide which mounting method you will be using before you buy your door knocker. If it is to be a gift and you are not sure which one to get, it is usually the best option to go with the through the door method as it can be used on the majority of doors.

More door knocker installation information can be found on our site on the installation page.