Screen Door Won T Lock

It doesn t really pay to have interior door knobs or locks professionally repaired unless they are special.

Screen door won t lock.

If it won t lock open the door. When your screen door won t latch properly and pops back open or does not close all the way the latch plate is in the wrong position on the doorjamb. Most interior door knobs are relatively inexpensive to replace. Press on the narrow outer edge of the door and watch to see if the frame moves at all.

Shut the door and try to lock it. If the screen door closer adjustment doesn t work there may be an issue with the hinges. When a door latch won t catch it s because the latch doesn t align with the hole in the strike plate. Stand outside the storm door and open it wide enough to look at the hinges and the metal frame that s attached to the door jamb.

How to fix a faulty latch on a screen door. An improperly functioning latch may be the result of a poorly fitting door. Sometimes you can clearly see the misalignment. 1 75 in keyless black screen door and storm door push button.

Tap the end of a chisel under the door stop on the striker side of the jamb. If not do the lipstick test smear lipstick on the latch and stick masking tape to the strike plate.