How To Make Door Latch Hole Smaller
Close the door tightly and let go of the knob.
How to make door latch hole smaller. Insert either a triangular file or a flat file that s small enough to fit inside the strike plate. You need two different hole saws to create the perfectly round holes in the face of the door and the smaller hole in the edge of the door. I ve read about several methods for enlarging the door knob holes but it s a little different for the latch hole e g. Align the edge of the strike plate s hole just to the door side of the mark and proceed with scoring around the strike plate.
You can find more information about. Turn the knob and hold it to keep the bolt retracted. A larger escutcheon plate which covers the hole but leaves the lock loose in the hole. What is the safest easiest and most efficient way given the large number of knobs to be replaced to enlarge the latch holes.
The door knob holes are fine. You can t easily clamp a template to the latch edge of the door. Why won t that new doorknob fit in your old door. A mag plate which is a sleeve that fits over the door is secured with screws or nails and the lock fits tightly.
How to enlarge latch hole easily. The bolt will make a pencil mark on the doorjamb. The hole diameters are 2 and 1 8 inch and 1 inch respectively. Because there s a new larger standard size for doorknobs.
This video shows you how to drill a larger hole in your door when an existing hole is too small to accommodate your new lock using the old latch and a drill. File off enough metal to allow the latch to catch inside the plate. To fix a door that won t latch simply file the edge of the strike plate until the latch clicks into place.