So take the time to mark and cut carefully.
Door lock strike plate install.
A mortise or recess must be made in the door jamb to accept the strike plate.
To install a door strike plate you must first mark the location of the plate on the door jamb.
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Learn how to install a striker plate with this easy to follow tutorial.
Then reattach the strike plate.
The mortise needs to be as deep as the strike plate is thick.
If it s not remove the strike plate and chisel out more wood until it s deep enough.
Install the strike plate and test that the deadbolt is working properly and that the hole in the door jamb is deep enough to accept the entire bolt.
Just a video of mortising the latch strike plate on a door that had been cut down on the edges to make it fit in frame.
Need to drill a new hole really close to the original one.
Have a door out of alignment due to settling.