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Have you tried gluing wooden dowels into the screw holes? Gives the screws something to bite into. It's worked for us. May require whitling the dowel down with a knife.
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You can get door hardware that bolts from one handle to the other through the door.
Usually sold for commercial use. Proper locksmiths will have them rather than the DIY warehouses.
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Wooden plate significantly larger than the original footprint. Be careful not to foul the door jamb.
Had to do this on a cheap hollow door and worked well for a few years now
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It’s a bodge but you could try filling the holes up with epoxy wood filler and screwing into that. I’ll admit to doing this myself a few times.
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An internal door handle (round metal knob thing) has always been a bit loose - seemingly as a result of an overtight spring. 3yo pulled the handle off the other day and I got around to taking a look this morning. The wood (old pine I guess) is all chewed to shit with dozens of screw holes from previous attempts by previous owners to repair. The screws in it were short and narrow. I tried longer screws but without much luck. What's a bodge in lieu of a new door (it's a tatty door so I'd rather not throw too much money at a repair). 6mm ply or something between handle and door then a longer metal rod between handles? (Current rod only extends about 12mm from door surface).