spj Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 I'm looking for a front door handle on line and I need one that has an upwards action as well as down for the extra locking of the bolts into the frame.Please could someone tell me what is the French technical term for door handles with this action. At the moment I can't tell from the descriptions which can and can't do this. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 The name : here it's called a 'poignée de porte d'entrée' .Can't help with the name of the upward lock action and downward unlock action .. even though we have it on our front door ☺ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nomoss Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 I think you will find that the up and down action is a function of the locking mechanism, not of the handle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 I'd agree with Nomoss on this one .. it's part of hte locking mechanism. Never saw it used in the UK, where they prefer Yale locks, but they do exist there too, but never bother to find out how it is described. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Judith, normal function of a upvc door.The OP could look at screwfix.com - they deliver to France. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spj Posted March 9, 2019 Author Share Posted March 9, 2019 Thank you everyone for your replies. I can assure you that not all door handles have the capability to turn UP as well as down. The reason I know this is that the existing door handle does NOT. That did not prevent one of our gite guests this summer doing his absolute best to FORCE it to turn upwards! So we now have a wonky door handle and I want to replace it with one that does. I may have to go into our brico and ask them. I was just trying to save myself a journey since I already know they don't have any handles that I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Judith Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 PaulT, I don't think just uPVC, as the first time I met met them was on the family holiday home we have in France and that had a wooden glazed door. Certainly all our uPVC doors here have them, but I thought that was a French thing and nothing to do with the material .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suein56 Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Judith wrote : Certainly all our uPVC doors here have them, but I thought that was a French thing and nothing to do with the material ..Our daughter's external, upvc doors in the UK .. both front and back .. have the same locking system .. and they bought their house from new in 1998. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Théière Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 Multipoint lock mechanisms are not new, they became the UPVC door lock of choice because UPVC door are so easy to break into. In fact a multipoint mechanism on a UPVC door is also pretty useless if it doesn't have top and bottom shoot bolts and just locks into keeps along the side.It's the rotation of the handle that makes the difference for the OP some only go about 110 deg to cover 90 deg and a bit of tolerance in fitting. Other will go further, it's usually down to the little cam inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 Would normally call this a "serrure 3 points". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericd Posted March 10, 2019 Share Posted March 10, 2019 We would call this a "serrure 3 points" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spj Posted March 10, 2019 Author Share Posted March 10, 2019 Would normally call this a "serrure 3 points".At last! Thanks EricD. This is what I needed to know. Found what I want on ManoMano site ..."Poignée de porte sans ressort de rappel compatible pour portes d'entrée avec serrure à relevage 3 ou 5 points."Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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