Robert Macy wrote:
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.

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.

Or you could just go to a store and buy a strike plate that does have one.

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dadiOH
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