Security Door Won T Lock

When the door is properly locking the striker should slip past the striker plate into the receiving hole s in the jamb.

Security door won t lock.

Repairs range from making minor latch adjustments to repositioning the door. If your handle set and deadbolt move freely when the door is open the deadbolt may be hitting the edge of the strike plate. Securing a door without a lock that opens outwardly can be difficult because you can t use a standard barricade. Any time this doesn t happen the door won t lock properly.

If not there is more to look for. If your door is badly warped it may not seal properly even when you move the door jamb. How to fix a door that will not lock things you will need. Flick the snib and it locks.

The complete lockset including the doorknob. Loosen the knobs a little to relieve some of the pressure on the door and to free up the latch a little. It s possible that there is an issue with the lock cylinder. Pushing the handle down retracts the main bolt and when the door closes and the auxiliary bolts hit the strike plate the main bolt extends.

Now i don t know what s happened but the one on the back door won t let me lock it and the main bolt isn t extending. Check the draft. If your doorknob mechanism fails internally you can t repair it. If it latches securely the problem is solved.

When a door won t lock it s usually the door latch causing the issue. Forcing it could break the key in the lock. Simply adjust the strike plate to allow the deadbolt to move freely. So that the handle prevents the door from being pulled from the outside.

Door lock doesn t latch properly when a door latch doesn t click into position it usually means the latch and the strike plate are out of alignment. Slide the key in the lock and tap lightly on the. Faulty lock the internal mechanism could be broken. Key is hard to turn or won t go in the lock don t force the key.

I cannot flip the snib or lock with a key. Instead you ll have to jam the door knob or handle with a security bar or a similar object that goes beyond both sides of the door. Tighten the hinge screws and then try adjusting the strike plate by loosening its screws and shifting it slightly. The striker doesn t penetrate into the door jamb and so the door won t lock.

Debris or ice from cold weather may be causing problems with the cylinder or you might simply be using the wrong key. Slide the latch in and out to see if it moves smoothly and if not the door knob may be too tight. Spray the door key with a graphite based lubricant.