On Jul 25, 2:58*pm, "HeyBub" wrote:
meatnub wrote:
On Jul 25, 2:35 pm, ransley wrote:
On Jul 25, 11:23 am, meatnub wrote:

Wife and I moved into an 60 year old (or so) row home with
apparently original door knob closures. Sorry don't know the
techinical word.

The door or the knobs are out of alignment, and no matter how hard
you push the door against the door jamb, you can't get the doorknob
tongue (the metal part that sticks out) to go into the doorjamb
recess metal thingy (the part where the doorknob tongue goes into).

The previous owners put those brass looking doorknobs with crystal
clear doorknobs and brass plates... but never did anything about the
doorknob part on the doorjamb itself.

What do i do to repair this?

Easier could be file the hole on the strike a bit larger , chisel a
bit, or not, and keep screws in same location.

i was thinking - would they sell strikes that might have wider opening
so i could just replace old with new use same screw holes?

No, but if you remove the strike plate, it might be a simple matter to
enlarge the hole, either top or bottom, depending on where the latch is
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Well, good advice all around from everyone, much appreciated. I'll
post a follow up after I get around to it this weekend.

And thanks for the civilized responses! I never know with some of
these newsgroups.