Fixed front door

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(10-16-2017, 04:41 PM)Benton Wrote: I had a door like that once. It's pretty humid in western KY, so dry years/winters change things. Anyway, I used paint to see where the bolt was striking, then used a Dremel to grind off just a bit (about 1/8th) of the kick plate. Never had the issue again.

Dremel is my favorite tool ever. It's what i use to fix people's door strike issues. Use to be, i'd have to take the plate off the frame, go out to my truck, stick it in the vice and hand file it. Now...takes about 2 minutes to widen (lengthen vertically, actually) the strike plate hole. 

Then i get to go back in and see the shocked face when they see a bill for work that took me, beginning to end, about 10-12 minutes.