How To Fix French Door Lock

By shutting your door you can mark the point on the door frame that latch is coming in contact with.

How to fix french door lock.

Nine times out of ten if the lock is stuck or if the key won t turn enough to lock your doors it will be due to some sort of obstruction in the mechanism itself. If this is the case you may need to remove the entire doors so you can renew the holes. Loosen and remove the machine bolts that secure the lockset at the inside face of the door using the appropriate screwdriver. Open the door at the side where the jamb will be shimmed and stabilize it with a doorstop.

There is no quick fix for a french door lock not working. The fix a short term fix is to move the strike plate to align better with the stuck door latch. Use a wood chisel and hammer to carefully remove the vertical piece of casing along the side of the. Open the operable door using the knob or lever handle.

The more you use your french doors the more likely the thread of the screws will drag against the walls of their casings and loosen. 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. If the french doors have dropped due to loose screws in the hinges attempt to tighten them before you test the doors again. Spray the inside mechanics of the french door knob thoroughly using canned air duster to dislodge any dust or other large buildup.

Once you fix french door alignment by screwing all the hinges tight to the door frame and securing the french door jam to the rough in door opening buck plate and finally we fix french door top. The fix will depend on what locking mechanism you ve chosen.