Show us your sliding door grab handles!

[RogerThat]

I'm in need of some inspiration...

I want to fit a grab handle to the inside of the sliding door, near the rear of the door, to make it easier to close from the inside.

Can you share a pic of any grab handles you've fitted? And how did you attach it? Was it bolted through? Or just large self tappers? I'm thinking it needs to be a significant fixing to take the weight?

In terms of handle itself, I was thinking of the spring loaded type that sits flush to the roof of some cars and you lift it out when needed.

Something like this:

It needs to be black too, otherwise it'll play havoc with my OCD.

Not sure about this spring loaded type though as the rear of these doesn't appear to be flush and it might need holes cutting in to the door?

I'd be grateful if you could share your mods

 

[DBK]

Not my mod but this is an option. Black ones should be available.

Close the Sliding Door Easily – the Murvi club

 

[klaatu]

Minxy Girl has fitted one, I believe.

 

[Guigsy]

We've got what looks like an Ikea drawer handle attached horizontally to a strip of wood that's been screwed to the door. It's a poor solution because it's not that nice to hold AND if the door opens too fast, at the end of the travel it actually catches the edge of the frame and has chipped the paint.

 

[Mikeco]

Here’s mine

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[Guigsy]

Here’s mine
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Our handle is similar to that, but mounted on the vertical face with a plank of wooden 'trim' behind it. It looks OK, but it sticks out too far so, as I mentioned, it clashes with door frame if it's opened too far.

 

[Minxy]

Minxy Girl has fitted one, I believe.

Well remembered!

I fitted a large chrome handle on the left inner side of the sliding door to aid opening and closing:

 

[BwB]

This is mine, standard fit on Knaus PVC. The handle is the same type as over the driver/passenger doors but without the coat hook nub. Seems substantial enough and is very handy for doing a quiet(ish) door close ?

 

[RogerThat]

I'll have to take a photo of my door and associated blind-framing as I only have one strip of exposed metal in which to attach a handle, hence my thoughts along the lines of a folding/spring loaded type.

But this strip is all I have available, the rest is either covered or contains blinds: