Aligning Deadbolt with Strike Plate (
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Having trouble locking or unlocking a deadbolt is fairly common. Wood framed houses settle and shift over time which can knock door frames out of square. As a result, it can require a lot of elbow grease to lock that deadbolt. The problem is the strike plate on the doorjamb no longer lines up with the deadbolt inside the door. Here's one way to fix it.
Our hinge screws were tight enough. I filed the strike plate and we are back in business. thanks for the post.
That's what I did when installing a new smart lock. The old deadbolt worked well enough when turning by hand, but not smooth enough for the electrically operated smart lock. Don't know why I didn't do that a long time ago! Oh, and it filed down pretty easily, contrary to another post about filing below.
This is a great tip. Was going to remove the strike plate and move it a few mm. This is way more practical
Hell yeah
Just tried out the solutions I watched here and worked perfectly. Door bolt works okay. Thank you.
That was a helpful video.
The woman doing the work had a very positive and upbeat vibe.
Thank you!
The problem of misaligned strikes, in my experience, is most often the result of sloppy work by builders, less so by the building settling. I've even encountered brand new pre-hung doors where the mortise for the strike plate was cut incorrectly, and I had to discard the jamb and fabricate a new one from scratch. "There's never time to do it right, but there's always time to do it over."
Milosz Ostrow good quote, but backwards " ...There's always time to do it right"
That's my problem, my house isn't a year old yet and we had this issue from the beginning. Builder was supposed to comeback... needless to say lol.
@@mattk6101No he had it right you're thinking of a MLK quote. He was quoting John W. Bergman which means there's never enough time to make it perfect but there's always time to learn and improve from your mistakes.
I tried the solutions in reverse. Used a file on the strike plate with a little success. Then I checked the door hinge up top. The screws were tight on the hinge. I loosened the screws just a bit so the door could drop just a fraction of an inch. That worked great! Thank you!
.I got that problem and this is the best video to fix this problem.Thank you
I wasn't sure what to do with my damn door. I grabbed a file and BAMM! Done in less than minutes! Thank you!
Thanks for the clear and concise tip.
"Triangular file."
ha. I just did this and it was just a few strokes and fixed it. saved me a ton of time and hassle. I was going to take strike plate off and was looking for adjustable ones. this was easy. thanks!
Thanks for this tip! I used my Dremel today and it worked like a charm!
Wow. thanks.. I just purchased a dremmel
My front door does this, will try marking the end of the bolt and filing the strike plate. Checked the hinge screws as you did , all tight. Good video on this.
I put some lipstick on the end of the dead bolt and filed the areas marked, took a little while but it now works normally. Thanks for demo and advice.
Paul
Having trouble locking or unlocking a deadbolt is fairly common. Sometimes the problem is that the strike plate on the doorjamb no longer lines up with the deadbolt inside the door. Here's one way to fix it.
That's great advice on using the file! I recommend using a regular driver (not a power driver) on the screws so they don's strip. BTW replace that strike plate with a deadbolt strike plate ;)
just fixed it! It took me just a minute. I didn't have a file so I used the sharp part of a pair of scissors (it comes apart). Thank you!
Thanks for the tips, the filing of the strike plate worked perfectly!
Glad it helped! We're adding more videos every day.
I enjoyed (now six years later since you published this video) the explanation as to why the deadbolt no longer hits the strike plate correctly. My mother-in-law slept on a chair last night because I didn't fix the problem at 8 PM when she called! This morning when I called, she reminded me she slept in her clothes and what was I going to do with her problem. Looks like she will have another night or two of sleeping in her clothes! I can't make it over to fix it as I got to get my beauty rest!
"Contact us on the internet!"... looks like this is from the 90s.
now, I need to say "I'm on the/its at the 'world wide web'..." to someone
I like how the man reads the letter while the woman goes out and fixes the door.
this was really pissing me off...thanks for the vid.
She makes really good use of that "caulk".
One stroke at a time!
Ah, that's that's how you fix it. Thx!
one stroke at a time, I like it
Gonna try this. I'm the only one with the strength to turn mine, except from outside I'll bend my key trying.
Unless that strike plate in made in China, you are going to be there for a while with a file! They are hardened steel and tough to (file)!
Use lipstick instead of caulking. Quicker to clean off, easier to see. Don't move the strike plate. Just grind/file it. (Trying to re-position the strike plate means having to struggle with the screw holes.)
This applies to mortice door latches as well. We recently published an article on repairing door handles, latches and locks.
We have tried both suggestions but it appears that the striker plate still needs to be moved a little lower down. None of these repair videos show that. Can you point me in the right direction? Thanks!
In that case the door is not aligned
You are awesome! Wow that was a great video. Guys- you’ll thank me later- put the playback on 1.5
What's the best way to make the door latch hole deeper? My new lock is longer than the previous one so it won't fully click all the way over. So im trying to make the latch hole deeper. Thank you
In RUclips world, most of the solutions seem so very very easy. But in the real world people are struggling to follow what have been demonstrated. Most of the time they fail to solve their problem. Please be realistic. People need practical, real practical solutions.
First of all that is not a deadbolt strike plate, but a dead latch strike plate that is one for a door knob. Secondly if you had to fix a strike plate it would be easier to remove it first after marking it. Third standard simple deadbolt strike plates like that are a joke and make doors too easy to kick in. Get a reinforced deadbolt strike plate that has 3 inch screws. If you want to carry this farther, think about reinforcing the door face and the hinges. Cheapest way to reinforce hinges is to put in 3 inch drywall screws or buy matching 3 inch screws to your hardware.
Get a Dremel.... it will save you a lot of time and energy. ALSO..... she didn't indicate that she checked to see if something had caused the door to move in the jamb.
love hearing her say caulk
Worked for me!
Might need to fill the Screw Holes as well
Awesome! Thank you so much!!
Thanks
something about a southern belle that can fix things
Wonder if this is causing the alarm system to be set off when I open it to disarm it help
Good Job
I'm having the same problem but it's weather related & happens only in Winter but especially this Winter & this month which is our coldest February in history in Western Pa. I was thinking about using a file so thanks for the confirmation. Will that cause any problems when the weather gets warmer? The bottom of the deadbolt is catching the bottom of the striker so I have to pull up on the door to get it to work.
Personally, I would refer to some of the other videos that cover shimming the hinge plates on the door frame to repair a sagging door (misalignment up/down). I would only file the striker plate for misalignment in/out, or up/down if you have verified that the door is appropriately aligned with the frame.
Ty
Try installing the correct strikeplate. You have a key and knob strikeplate.
how do you fix the hole latch made of metal and cement? The man who made the hole destroyed it, it's horrible and the screw is falling off too.
The strike mounted on the door jamb in the video is not a deadbolt strike, is is made for a latch lol
Thank you! I'm going to do this with my back door. I do worry about your glass door tho. If someone wants to break in they only have to break the glass, right? Scary.
Chalk & stroke?
Well, my problem is that the deadbolt doesn't go all the way in strike plate hole. It seems that it was not cut deep enough for pin to go inside the hole. The deadbolt needs to go inside without the end of the hole stopping it when I turn it to lock. Do you have a video showing and fixing this problem? Thank you for your video.
Just drill it deeper with a large drill bit. Not hard.
That's the wrong strike plate for that deadbolt also..
Always clean your caulk off your bolt
Thx!
FIrst off, the strike plate isn't for a dead bolt, it's for a latch... a dead bolt strike plate is flat and has no angled leading edge....jus sayin..
Brilliant! Thank you.
I need her hair style. Taking a screenshot to fix my layered cut!
Using what?
Great video and you are VERY Cute!!!
Who taught you how to use a file?
toothpaste is much easier to clean up and it never turns into an adhesive
nice
0:55 did I hear her correct? :)
Or just move the deadbolt plate back
I've done that, Brandon. In our case, the builders did not leave much room to move the plate back, or to move the strike plate... I did not it once; it worked for 2 weeks or so: back to being very stuck again, to the point that even pushing the door [with all power], still doesn't lock. So, we are just filing the plate and getting it over with!
Wrong strike plate for a dead bolt
I had a big problem with my doors Fletwood bring a mobil home to calexico ca. the first day I notice doesnt close then they sent a contractor to fix the problem they remove all doors and nothing then sen two more and nothing then the contractor sent his people nothing this quys moved some under the mh. the back door come as am inch down then come two man to install 6' fence they told me that the strike plate were installed in wrong position the uper down and vice the back door remain lock since they bring the woman of the city hall don.t wanst to do nothing and she is proctecting the indpector 84 an hour. this is incredible 5 contractor and we can open the doors it cost 40k and 12k ob labor the name of the contractor is pionners affordable homes of el centro cal. the first contractor remove all the shingles the inspector and the woman always only perjuries tp the city manager .the calexico city hall had chamged 4 times of c.m. but can.t fix my doors what a shame sos sos.
Theresa has fabulous hair
That surely not strike plate for deadbolt 😆😆
You're so pretty!
I thought this video was from the 80's when I saw her hair
sam L .....I'm just thrilled she isn't doing the newest hair style of making it shaggy. It looks like those ladies did not comb it. Ugly. This lady is beautiful and her hair style suits her just fine. 😀
Now, if guys would start shaving again. ...😎
Lady is pretty but I too thought I was watching an early 90s video with the hair and outdated clothing. But hey, thanks for the tips.
Bah, still pleasant to look at.
"You can't screw up her hair. Just tease it and make it look like a brown football helmet."
u people are weird focusing on irrelevant stuff. Everybody doesn't have to wear the same played out hairstyles....isn't but so many ways to style hair anyway.
That's not even a deadbolt strikeplate, it's a regular doorknob strikeplate... some cheap ar$eholes installed mismatching hardware in your glass door
That was going to be my question... So when the house is put for sale, the inspector will call for a Fix? As it will be demanded.. Or else the buyer will walk away... Cosmetic issue.
It's pretty unlikely, but not impossible, that an inspector would notice that.
That was my first thought. Dumb.
@@mprrx the buyer will walk away because of a strike plate? :) right...
you do not shit about aligning a door
She's got a sweet little body.
This is so fake.
yeah totally CGI