Front Door Bolt Stuck

Inspect the strike plate on the edge of the door frame.

Front door bolt stuck.

Turn the door knob so that the latch bolt. You will need the following. Hold the front door knob with one hand and the inside door knob with your other hand. Do you have a door that won t open because the lock latch won t retract enough to open the door.

How to fix a stuck front door lock latch that won t retract. Taking the lock of the door is often simpler than it would be to take a deadbolt or exterior door knob lock of the door. Home doors door repair. Sometimes the lock button being stuck is endemic of the latch bolt freezing so you might not be able to take advantage of spring loaded latch through the gap between the door and the frame.

Pull both door knobs away from the door. Reinstall the lock cylinder and you re good to go. Fix stuck or jammed dead bolts. This creates unnecessary friction as the metal bits of the lock attempt to slide past one another.

Then saturate the bolt mechanism with the spray lube and twist it back and forth with a flat blade screwdriver. A latch bolt that sticks in the strike often leave tell tale marks or scrapes on the strike plate. September 2 2013 september 2 2013 tyler. There are seams on the latch sleeve and in the hole in the center of the latch.

With the door latch stuck as a result of rust the internal components jam as the excess material fills the gaps required for things to move past one another. As a result of moisture rust can accumulate inside the lock as well on the latch bolt.