Open the door wide and put on a pair of safety glasses to protect your eyes.
How to fix a front door handle that sticks.
A latch bolt that sticks in the strike often leave tell tale.
Do not over tighten the screws or you may strip break them.
Adjust the strike plate up or down as necessary if the latch is simply sticking in the strike plate.
Then he hoists the door back into its opening lining up the knuckles and dropping in the pins first top then bottom.
2 inspect the strike plate on the edge of the door frame.
Wipe off any excess with a rag.
Turn the door knob several times back and forth to distribute the lubricant.
If door hinge screws look like they are poking out screw or tap them back.
If your door rubs near the top or drags on the floor use a screwdriver not a drill to tighten the screws.
If it s a matter of the door edge hitting the door frame use your philips screwdriver and tighten the screws on either the top middle or bottom hinge.
By shutting your door you can mark the point on the door frame that latch is coming in contact with.
Tighten the screws that go into the door and the screws that go into the door frame.
With a drill you re more likely to over tighten the screw and strip the screw holes or chew up the screwheads.
How to fix a sticking door handle.
Use a phillips screwdriver to screw in the loose screws or.
Tighten the hinge screws screws magically work themselves loose over the years.
Once the paint has dried tom re attaches the hinge leaves.
Using the handle of his screwdriver tom taps each pin home and then gives the door a test swing.
Open the door and look for obstructions in the door lock plate like loose screws.
The fix a short term fix is to move the strike plate to align better with the stuck door latch.