Door suddenly won't latch
The door to my garage suddenly won't latch unless I hip check it. The latch aligns vertically without issue. None of the hinges are loose. There have been no changes to the door. The house is 20 years old so long past any settling moving etc. The door needs to be pushed closed further than it wants to by like 1/16". I know i can: take the striker plate off and chisel out a smidge so I can set the strike plate closer to the open side take the weather stripping off that side and it will close easily, possibly replace it with some ultra thin weather stripping if that is a thing However both of those seem like treating a symptom and that something else has to be off that I'm not thinking of for this to suddenly happen. My google-fu is failing me as everything i find is about the latch not hitting the striker plate vertically and needing to check the hinges, level the door etc, but none of those adjustments are for the forward/back/open/close range of motion. What should i be looking at or should i just chisel out the latch hole? submitted by /u/RAMunch1031 [link] [comments]
The door to my garage suddenly won't latch unless I hip check it.
The latch aligns vertically without issue. None of the hinges are loose. There have been no changes to the door. The house is 20 years old so long past any settling moving etc.
The door needs to be pushed closed further than it wants to by like 1/16". I know i can:
- take the striker plate off and chisel out a smidge so I can set the strike plate closer to the open side
- take the weather stripping off that side and it will close easily, possibly replace it with some ultra thin weather stripping if that is a thing
However both of those seem like treating a symptom and that something else has to be off that I'm not thinking of for this to suddenly happen. My google-fu is failing me as everything i find is about the latch not hitting the striker plate vertically and needing to check the hinges, level the door etc, but none of those adjustments are for the forward/back/open/close range of motion.
What should i be looking at or should i just chisel out the latch hole?
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