Exterior Door Strike Plate Adjustment

Need to drill a new hole really close to the original one.

Exterior door strike plate adjustment.

Luckily this is an easy fix and all that you need is a screwdriver small chisel hammer and a pencil or marker. Moving the strike plate should not be needed most of the time. Before you attempt to adjust the strike plate make sure the door does not need to be adjusted. Beginning to make sure the door will latch properly.

When you close the door the lipstick transfers to show if the latch is hitting the strike plate too high too low or just right. The holes and strike plate must be correctly positioned for the door to close properly. The family handyman suggests covering the strike plate with masking tape and smearing lipstick on the latch. On the latch side of the jamb a strike plate is positioned over a hole in the jamb.

Check where the latch on the door hits the strike plate on the frame. T interior door and another for a 1 3 4 in. Gatehouse steel entry door strike plate. See adjusting interior doors and how to adjust exterior doors for more information and instructions on how to align the door.

Have a door out of alignment due to settling. A door strike plate attaches to the latch side door jamb. Gatehouse 1 1 4 in w x 3 5 8 in l oil rubbed bronze mini high security deadbolt strike. For pricing and availability.

The kit includes a strike plate for use with a 1 3 8 in. The stripped hole repair kit from king s original ha. It has a round or square hole that the door latch bolt fits into when you turn the knob and close. This kit can be used to easily repair a door that fails to latch when it is closed.

First try tightening the screws in both the handle and the striker plate. If the door still doesn t catch grab a flashlight and study the way the door latch the flexing part operated by the door handle hits the strike plate. How to adjust a door knob strike plate. On an exterior door there is often a dead bolt lock as well.

If the latch won t spring into the strike plate photo 1 observe whether it hits the plate at the top or bottom.