The door is aluminium and has 3 locking points...the lock itself, and 2 shoot bolts (is that what they're called?) which go into the frame at the top and the bottom horizontals when the handle is lifted.
The problem is, these are no longer pulling the door in against the frame. They sit loosely in the keepers. The bolt at the lock catches on it's keeper when the key is turned.
Basically, the door needs an adjustment to allow the shoot bolts to pull it tighter to the frame. There is no allowance for moving the strike plates/ keepers. They are set in the aluminium frame.
It seems the only option it to adjust the mechanism in the door somehow.
We had a local firm come out a few years ago because the door needed to be slammed to get it to close.
Unfortunately, they are no longer about (probably due to the economic climate).
Can anyone suggest how we might remedy the problem?
Thanks
The problem is, these are no longer pulling the door in against the frame. They sit loosely in the keepers. The bolt at the lock catches on it's keeper when the key is turned.
Basically, the door needs an adjustment to allow the shoot bolts to pull it tighter to the frame. There is no allowance for moving the strike plates/ keepers. They are set in the aluminium frame.
It seems the only option it to adjust the mechanism in the door somehow.
We had a local firm come out a few years ago because the door needed to be slammed to get it to close.
Unfortunately, they are no longer about (probably due to the economic climate).
Can anyone suggest how we might remedy the problem?
Thanks