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Door jamb strike plate installation.
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Mark the strike plate location.
Mark where the lock bolt hits the jamb and from this point make a cross mark.
What you didn t know you could adjust a door strike.
Make a pencil mark that aligns with the pencil mark from the door onto the 1 8 inch reveal of the.
Look for any nail heads in the scribed area.
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When you close the door the bolt ends up extending itself to the hole that is in the strike plate and then works to hold the door and keep it closed.
If nails are present use the nail set and the hammer to drive them.
How to install a door strike plate step 1.
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Have a door out of alignment due to settling.
Find out why people are raving about easy door repairs with the new gator strike plate.
Anyone with a screwdriver can fix that problem door latch fast by installing the new gator strike plate.
Starting at the top of the faceplate outline make a series of closely spaced chisel cuts about 1 8 inch deep inside the marks.
Place the strike plate from the.
A strike plate is a known metal plate that is fixed to a door jamb using a hole or different holes for the bolt of a given door.
If you are looking to repair a strike plate here are some steps you can follow.
Door latch needs repair.
Install the strike plate 1.
Home door won t latch.
Drill a hole.
Make a series of closely spaced cuts into the mortise area.
How to remove the old strike plate enlarge the mortise hole and install the new reinforcement plate strike plate.
You can not use this for the strike plate.
Cut through the base of the cuts to empty the mortise of excess wood.
Just a video of mortising the latch strike plate on a door that had been cut down on the edges to make it fit in frame.
While the latch plate and strike plate are the same length the issue is the door stop nailed to the inside of your door jamb will interfere with the top of this tool and not allow you to create the mortise for the strike plate.
Need to drill a new hole really close to the original one.