On Feb 2, 11:01*am, "dadiOH" wrote:
Robert Macy wrote:
Over time something has changed here. The closed door to the garage
now lets light in around it.

A couple of years ago, if I left the garage light on at night - could
not tell, but now, there's a halo around the door. From examing the
gasketing, it appears to still be ok, not appreciably shrunk Hwoever,
simply pulling on the door handle to 'more close' door blacks out the
garage light so the halo disappears.

Examining the metal part mounted in the door frame, it does not appear
to be something that can easily be slightly moved in, to 'tighte' the
door.

What's a good way to fix this problem?

Take off the strike plate. *If you are lucky, it will have a little "tongue"
at the front, bent inward. *If you bend the tongue up slightly, the bolt
will be forced farther back into the strike hole, thereby closing the door
more tightly.

If the plate doesn't have a tongue, you would have to (1) move the strike
plate or, (2) use thicker weather striping or, (3) rehang the door so that
it sits farther in. *The only problem with #1 is that it doesn't have to
move much but you *DO* need new screw holes; the old ones can be filled with
toothpicks and glue allowing you to drill new ones farther in once the glue
dries.

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dadiOH
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Will do that and let people know. I find it hard to believe that this
new construction home has alreay got shrunken weather stripping, but
it is possible. If there's no tab, I could possibly shim that side of
the plate.