On 17/04/2019 00:35, Michael Chare wrote:


On the plastic door I have, it is lowering the door handle that would
move the vertical bar that opens the locks.Â* To lock the door you have
to raise the handle, only if this is done properly can you turn the key
in the Euro lock.


My next door neighbour had problems with the locking mechanism sticking
and the short term solution was to pull the door towards you[1] with the
handle whilst turning the key. This seemed to centre the bolt mechanism
in the aligning holes better to give less friction when unlocking.

[1] when using the key from the outside - forcing the door against the
door jam.

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