How To Adjust Door Strike Plate

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How to adjust door strike plate.

A door strike plate attaches to the latch side door jamb. The stripped hole repair kit from king s original ha. Adjusting the strike plates will align latches. Before you attempt to adjust the strike plate make sure the door does not need to be adjusted.

Have a door out of alignment due to settling. The problem of a door not latching is commonly caused by a misaligned strike plate so the first thing you have to do is to check the strike plate first for alignment. Luckily this is an easy fix and all that you need is a screwdriver small chisel hammer and a pencil or marker. File off enough metal to allow the latch to catch inside the plate and secure the door.

Latches that don t fit properly into these plates will allow doors to rattle or prevent them from closing. Beginning to make sure the door will latch properly. Thankfully the door latches and knobs don t have to be moved to correct these problems. Insert either a triangular file or a flat file that s small enough to fit inside the strike plate.

Tightening the hinges or adding a support screw may be all that is need to get the door working correctly. File the striker plate. When that happens the door strike will not align with the strike plate. The strike plate is the piece of door hardware that attaches to the door jamb and receives the latch.