"Lobster" wrote in message
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A bit of a ball-ache, this - front door is secured by a mortice latch/lock
but is ever-so-slightly out of position, so that the latch will only engage
if you either slam the door, or close it fully and gently, and apply a
sudden 'shove' to get the latch to click into place (something that SWMBO's
not strong enough to do). In other words, the striker plate needs moving
no more than 1 mm outwards from the frame.

There's no way I'd able to fill and redrill the screwholes in the frame
effectively (the old and new would overlap). Suggestions, please?

Thanks
David

You can fix the screw holes problem by "carving" a bit of wood into a plug,
dip in PVA glues and hammer into screw holes.
Cut off when dry.