I want to lower the box strike plate on a door frame by about 2mm. This
is necessary because the door has changed shape slightly.

If I do this, the new screw holes will be very close to the old ones. I
think I will need to fill the old screw holes before I drill the new
ones. Is there a good way of doing this, such as using plastic wood?


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Michael Chare

In message , Michael Chare
writes
I want to lower the box strike plate on a door frame by about 2mm. This
is necessary because the door has changed shape slightly.

If I do this, the new screw holes will be very close to the old ones. I
think I will need to fill the old screw holes before I drill the new
ones. Is there a good way of doing this, such as using plastic wood?

Could you extend the bolt socket by filing?

Also *impending doom alert*. Door/frame movement can be an indication of
structural movement.



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Tim Lamb

On 07/07/2015 23:25, Michael Chare wrote:
I want to lower the box strike plate on a door frame by about 2mm. This
is necessary because the door has changed shape slightly.

If I do this, the new screw holes will be very close to the old ones. I
think I will need to fill the old screw holes before I drill the new
ones. Is there a good way of doing this, such as using plastic wood?

I usually do this by drilling out and gluing dowel pins into the holes.
They should be a close enough fit to need to be tapped in lightly with a
hammer. Leave them protruding slightly and, when set, level them back to
the wood with a chisel.

However, you do need to find out why the door is changing shape. Unless
you can be sure it isn't going to change further, this may only be a
temporary fix.


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Colin Bignell

In article ,
Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Michael Chare
writes
I want to lower the box strike plate on a door frame by about 2mm. This
is necessary because the door has changed shape slightly.

If I do this, the new screw holes will be very close to the old ones. I
think I will need to fill the old screw holes before I drill the new
ones. Is there a good way of doing this, such as using plastic wood?

Could you extend the bolt socket by filing?

Also *impending doom alert*. Door/frame movement can be an indication of
structural movement.


I understand, from a friend, that last week's heatwave caused distortion of
a lot of UPVC doors and frames.

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In message , Michael Chare
writes

I think I will need to fill the old screw holes before I drill the new
ones. Is there a good way of doing this, such as using plastic wood?

I have used a combination of PVA glue and matchsticks and/or cocktail
sticks to fill the old hole, tapping them in with a hammer. When dry,
trim off the protrusions. The new hole can then safely be made, even if
it overlaps what was the old hole.
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Graeme

Michael Chare wrote:
I want to lower the box strike plate on a door frame by about 2mm. This
is necessary because the door has changed shape slightly.

I'd go at the strike plate with a file and make it a little bigger.

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Scott

Where are we going and why am I in this handbasket?

On 08/07/2015 11:49, Scott M wrote:
Michael Chare wrote:
I want to lower the box strike plate on a door frame by about 2mm.
This is necessary because the door has changed shape slightly.

I'd go at the strike plate with a file and make it a little bigger.

It is a box strike plate. Not easy to file. Filing the bottom of the
lock bold would be easier, but I don't much like the idea of doing that.

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Michael Chare

On 08/07/2015 09:31, Nightjar "cpb"@ wrote:
On 07/07/2015 23:25, Michael Chare wrote:
I want to lower the box strike plate on a door frame by about 2mm. This
is necessary because the door has changed shape slightly.

If I do this, the new screw holes will be very close to the old ones. I
think I will need to fill the old screw holes before I drill the new
ones. Is there a good way of doing this, such as using plastic wood?

I usually do this by drilling out and gluing dowel pins into the holes.
They should be a close enough fit to need to be tapped in lightly with a
hammer. Leave them protruding slightly and, when set, level them back to
the wood with a chisel.

However, you do need to find out why the door is changing shape. Unless
you can be sure it isn't going to change further, this may only be a
temporary fix.

Thank you for that suggestion. The door rests (rubs a bit) on the door
step, so hopefully it won't go down much more. It is about 12 years old.


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Michael Chare

On Wed, 08 Jul 2015 17:06:44 +0100, Michael Chare
wrote:

On 08/07/2015 09:31, Nightjar "cpb"@ wrote:
On 07/07/2015 23:25, Michael Chare wrote:
I want to lower the box strike plate on a door frame by about 2mm. This
is necessary because the door has changed shape slightly.

If I do this, the new screw holes will be very close to the old ones. I
think I will need to fill the old screw holes before I drill the new
ones. Is there a good way of doing this, such as using plastic wood?

I usually do this by drilling out and gluing dowel pins into the holes.
They should be a close enough fit to need to be tapped in lightly with a
hammer. Leave them protruding slightly and, when set, level them back to
the wood with a chisel.

However, you do need to find out why the door is changing shape. Unless
you can be sure it isn't going to change further, this may only be a
temporary fix.

Thank you for that suggestion. The door rests (rubs a bit) on the door
step, so hopefully it won't go down much more. It is about 12 years old.

Check that the top hinge hasn't come loose.
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Dave W

In article ,
charles writes:
I understand, from a friend, that last week's heatwave caused distortion of
a lot of UPVC doors and frames.

In a PVC opener, heat will speed that process up if the window or panels
are not correctly heeled and toed into the frame with packers, to maintain
the correct geometry of the opener when supported on one side.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

In article ,
Michael Chare writes:
Thank you for that suggestion. The door rests (rubs a bit) on the door
step, so hopefully it won't go down much more. It is about 12 years old.

Measure the two diagonals. If they're significantly different, it's
the same cause as my earlier post - incorrect fitting of packers on
the glass/panels in the door, so they are not maintaining the door
geometry. Glass/panels should be taken out and refitted properly
(which is not in itself difficult - the difficulty is finding someone
who knows how to heel and toe the packers correctly, as installers
often don't). It won't be possible to get a 12 year old door back to
being square, but you will be able to recover it to some degree (at
least better than it now is), and prevent it getting worse.

--
Andrew Gabriel
[email address is not usable -- followup in the newsgroup]

On Wed, 8 Jul 2015 22:51:49 +0000 (UTC),
(Andrew Gabriel) wrote:

In article ,
charles writes:
I understand, from a friend, that last week's heatwave caused distortion of
a lot of UPVC doors and frames.

In a PVC opener, heat will speed that process up if the window or panels
are not correctly heeled and toed into the frame with packers, to maintain
the correct geometry of the opener when supported on one side.


I think that is what's wrong with my front door.
I have to tweak the hinges between summer and winter.

When we ordered it we specified one without a letter box because
provision had been made in the brickwork.

They delivered one with a letterbox, and had to come back with a new
panel which they replaced in situ.

--

Graham.

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