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Genre: Howto & Style
Date of upload: Jul 15, 2023 ^^
Rating : 4.976 (4/668 LTDR)
RYD date created : 2024-05-10T18:10:32.265155Z
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I had to grind down the latch in an exterior fire code door that divides the kitchen/garage. Because exterior doors have steel frames, they're trickier to adjust, and messing with the hinges usually isn't an option. I've learned to hate doors over the years, you'd think by now someone would've figured something out beyond the 3 hinge standard door, but over time doors are something that haven't evolved much. That being said, grinding down the bottom of the latch usually does the trick.
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If you were to move the striker plate as mentioned at 2:35 , how would you fill up the old screw hole that will be very close to the new adjusted screw hole?
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I've got one. What if the door latched before, then I took the entire door knob mechanism apart to lubricate it, then upon putting it all back together, the door will not latch now? It's like I need (or lost) about 1/8 of length on the bolt, to pass further through the striker plate, to catch. It caught before, why not now? What am I missing?
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@PMichaels
4 months ago
Thank for this! I have two doors like this in my house and they were driving me nuts. A quick grind down and they work perfectly. I appreciate you! ππΌ
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