Door bolt too long?
Posted: Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:27 pm
Did not find this in my search, so here goes.
I recently replaced the door on my trailer with a new one. Everything fit nicely and it seals when shut.
My problem is that the part of the door knob assembly that extends into the door jamb (bolt?), sticks out of the door so much that the curved part that is supposed to contact the strike plate and slide the bolt into the door so it shuts - is not aligned properly. It is not high or low, but sticks out so far that the flat part of the bolt hits the jamb plate and the door just bounces back open. I have to twist the knob to retract the bolt a little bit before the bolt will slide across the jamb plate and into the hole to latch the door. I hope this makes sense...
What I need is some way to adjust the bolt so that is does not stick out quit as far, so it will contact the strike plate on the bolt's curved surface and push the bolt into the door a bit to slide into the strike plate hole.
Most strike plates in "stick built" homes have a curved surface to help guide the bolt, but this door is squared off and does not extend beyond the frame.
The frame around the door is square and the reveal is even, so I don't want to try and wedge the frame further away from the door.
Maybe I can loosen the door knob screws and pull the assembly more toward the center of the door? I only need 1/8" or so to get to the curved area of the bolt.
I could also remove the strike plate, but then there would be a lot of slop for the bolt to catch in the frame and I would loose my weather tight seal. See attached dwg to clarify I hope.
I recently replaced the door on my trailer with a new one. Everything fit nicely and it seals when shut.
My problem is that the part of the door knob assembly that extends into the door jamb (bolt?), sticks out of the door so much that the curved part that is supposed to contact the strike plate and slide the bolt into the door so it shuts - is not aligned properly. It is not high or low, but sticks out so far that the flat part of the bolt hits the jamb plate and the door just bounces back open. I have to twist the knob to retract the bolt a little bit before the bolt will slide across the jamb plate and into the hole to latch the door. I hope this makes sense...
What I need is some way to adjust the bolt so that is does not stick out quit as far, so it will contact the strike plate on the bolt's curved surface and push the bolt into the door a bit to slide into the strike plate hole.
Most strike plates in "stick built" homes have a curved surface to help guide the bolt, but this door is squared off and does not extend beyond the frame.
The frame around the door is square and the reveal is even, so I don't want to try and wedge the frame further away from the door.
Maybe I can loosen the door knob screws and pull the assembly more toward the center of the door? I only need 1/8" or so to get to the curved area of the bolt.
I could also remove the strike plate, but then there would be a lot of slop for the bolt to catch in the frame and I would loose my weather tight seal. See attached dwg to clarify I hope.