Interior Door Handle Sticking

Sticking wooden doors should be simple and quick to repair.

Interior door handle sticking.

Step 1 close shave photo by craig raine. Tom s rule of thumb for keeping a door from sticking in the jamb is that the reveal the space between the door and jamb should be 1 8 to 3 16 inch wide or about the thickness of a nickel. A sticking door latch might require some lubrication or it might be jamming against the strike plate on the door jamb. Follow along as tom fixes a swelled door in his own home with just a few simple tools.

The tubular latch works by means of a spindle metal bar that passes through the follower turning metal disc set into the body of the latch. You should first test the door latch to ensure the latch is sticking inside the door and not due to a misaligned strike plate. If your door still sticks after you ve tried tightening and driving screws you ll have to remove the door and plane it. The wood can swell in the hot and humid summer air the hinges can become loose with usage and your house can even shift and settle over time causing changes in the frame.

Door knob is loose. Apart and run the point along the jamb. This is because the issue is not with the door and not even with the control the knob has over the stuck latch. I got my door knob lock button stuck.

Plane the door with a belt sander. A door knob lock button stuck has a few quick fixes that you can try out. Very often this is a very simple problem to solve. The lock button is something relatively specific to interior door handles.

Start by trying to push the lock button. In other cases it may be the wood door edge itself scuffing on the door frame. Each time you open it there is a little grab before it releases. Set the pencil tip and compass point 1 8 in.

Door knobs may become loose over time. Masking tape makes the pencil line easy to see. The most common issue with sticking door handles is a problem with the tubular latch. Methods of tightening them depend upon the type of lockset.

You can tighten a simple interior mortise lockset like the one shown at left as follows. Turn the knob to open the door and release the knob slowly. The key to fixing a sticking door is to determine what is causing the issue and then you can decide if you can fix the problem with a simple trick. Try these tips and tricks to fix a door that just is not budging as easily as it should.

Yes it s that sticking door of yours. 2 hold the knob on the other side of the door and turn the loose knob clockwise until it. Push and hold the button in. Doors can start sticking for various reasons and it s always a hassle.

1 loosen the setscrew on the knob s shank. The issue a door latch stuck due to a jamming latch will have no real variation between how the latch moves when it is pressed in or when the handle is turned both when the door is open and when it is shut.