A jammed door latch, often caused by slight misalignment from regular use, can be easily fixed by homeowners. By loosening and then retightening the doorknob screws, the latch can be realigned with ...

On of my bedroom doors doesn't close properly, i.e. it closes but the latch doesn't catch. The reason for this is that the latch is a fraction of an inch higher than the recess, so it never actually ...

If your door latch rubs against the strike plate, or worse, is stuck inside it, it's easy to jump to conclusions. A lot of people either call a local repair professional or replace the hardware right ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If your door latch rubs against the strike plate, or worse, is stuck inside it, it's easy to jump to conclusions. A lot of people ...