How To Fix A Front Door Handle That Sticks

Tighten the hinge screws screws magically work themselves loose over the years.

How to fix a front door handle that sticks.

Close the door and look at the hinges. Once the paint has dried tom re attaches the hinge leaves. Open the door wide and put on a pair of safety glasses to protect your eyes. 2 inspect the strike plate on the edge of the door frame.

By shutting your door you can mark the point on the door frame that latch is coming in contact with. Adjust the strike plate up or down as necessary if the latch is simply sticking in the strike plate. Tighten the screws that go into the door and the screws that go into the door frame. Then he hoists the door back into its opening lining up the knuckles and dropping in the pins first top then bottom.

Using the handle of his screwdriver tom taps each pin home and then gives the door a test swing. Use a phillips screwdriver to screw in the loose screws or. Wipe off any excess with a rag. The fix a short term fix is to move the strike plate to align better with the stuck door latch.

Open the door and look for obstructions in the door lock plate like loose screws. If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws. From there you can either widen the hole both of the wood and metal or you can unscrew the strike and re secure it in the proper position. With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads.

If it s a matter of the door edge hitting the door frame use your philips screwdriver and tighten the screws on either the top middle or bottom hinge. If door hinge screws look like they are poking out screw or tap them back. A latch bolt that sticks in the strike often leave tell tale. How to fix a sticking door handle.