Insert the tip into the latch.
Outside door lock sticking.
Open the door wide and put on a pair of safety glasses to protect your eyes.
Determine where the sticking is happening.
Make sure the lock is unlocked before you do this.
Here s how to remove and clean the most common type of door lock.
First off you re going to have to take the door handle off.
Otherwise the fine black dust can get everywhere staining surfaces and creating a.
If the sticking area is along the door frame where the hinges are located.
Now precisely where on this part of the door frame does the sticking occur.
Repairs range from making minor latch adjustments to repositioning the door.
Equip a rotary tool with a carbide tip bit.
This is a short video to demonstrate how easy it is to remove a door handle view what s inside and repair the failed latch.
Take note of the type of resistance.
On the top middle or bottom.
Slide the doorknob off the.
Tighten the hinge screws and then try adjusting the strike plate by loosening its screws and shifting it slightly.
In my house several of our wood doors keep sticking.
Door lock doesn t latch properly when a door latch doesn t click into position it usually means the latch and the strike plate are out of alignment.
Inspect the strike plate on the edge of the door frame.
You can do this by using the phillips head screw driver to unscrew both screws on the door handle.
Disclaimer this video was crea.
Remove the two screws that hold the lock faceplate on the edge of the door.
Handle powdered graphite carefully.
Examining one sticky bedroom door in his house tom spends a little time getting a sense of its predicament.
Start by using a little bit of lubricant and apply more if the lock still sticks.
The knob will not turn to retract the stuck.
A latch bolt that sticks in the strike often leave tell tale.
Troubleshooting a stuck door latch try to open the door while it is shut.
Tom s rule of thumb for keeping a door from sticking in the jamb is that the reveal the space between the door and jamb should be 1 8 to 3 16 inch wide or about the thickness of a nickel.
Filing the strike 1.
If it s a matter of friction on the strike plate try.
The latch will not retract even when the knob is turned.
