What I do is take the cold chisel and put it flat against the inside of the striker plate and tap the chisel away from the door jam. ----- Original Message ----- From: William Stephan To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 5:36 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Door latch repair
OK, thanks, probably a dumb question, but do you wrap on the flat part of the striker plate, or hit the edge so that the latch can enngage? -----Original Message----- .From: "rj"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> .Sent: 3/5/07 3:50:32 PM .To: "blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com"<blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> .Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Door latch repair . .Some times it just takes a sharp rap on the striker plate. I use a steel chisel for this purpose. . ----- Original Message ----- . From: William Stephan . To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com . Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 3:53 PM . Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Door latch repair . . . Hi: . . I have a couple doors that don't latch unless you really slam 'em, and was wondering if any of you had ideas for remedying this. The house is old, so I imagine settling has caused at least some of the problem. Any thoughts will be welcome. . . . . . .[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] . . [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0It09A/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/86xolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To listen to the show archives go to link http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various List Members At The Following address: http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ Visit the new archives page at the following address http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man list just send a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/blindhandyman/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
