Yesterday I tried to move my front door knob to the back door. I spent most of this afternoon trying to correct the necessary problems caused by an improper back door installation in 1974. The biggest problem was the strike plate, badly done. It was badly done because of the door frame face plate.
The entire door frame was done with recycled wood. Dad did the best he could… the old house had been destroyed by a tornado on 03Apr74, money was tight.
Any who! It took a couple of hours with a wood chisel and a Dremel tool to get create a proper seat for the strike plate. Still… the strike plate could not be screwed into the door frame.
The proper alignment for the strike plate put the screws in between the face plate and the stiles. A screw would never hold…
I had to glue the strike plate into the stile. Hey, Gorilla glue works wonders.
Finally, I have a back door that can’t be kicked in by a small child chasing a grasshopper.
The entire door frame was done with recycled wood. Dad did the best he could… the old house had been destroyed by a tornado on 03Apr74, money was tight.
Any who! It took a couple of hours with a wood chisel and a Dremel tool to get create a proper seat for the strike plate. Still… the strike plate could not be screwed into the door frame.
The proper alignment for the strike plate put the screws in between the face plate and the stiles. A screw would never hold…
I had to glue the strike plate into the stile. Hey, Gorilla glue works wonders.
Finally, I have a back door that can’t be kicked in by a small child chasing a grasshopper.