Hi, we've had a kitchen PVC door for around 10 years. For about a year its not been able to 'click' shut - the triangle part of the protruding central lock is jammed so whenever we shut it we have to lift the handle to secure - no biggy but last week I had the bright idea of seeing if I could remove the central lock bit and see if it was fixable. Not being big on DIY this maybe wasn't one of my best ideas as I started to unscrew the screws down the brass edging plate. There is also a top and bottom locking mechanism (pretty standard I'm assuming). I had undone about 3 or 4 screws when I suddenly realised that the hexagonal shaped ones hold in the locking mechanisms and suddenly the one at the top had come free! I thought better of it at this stage and managed to drop it back in and secure it all and everything seemed ok. It's been about a week since that happened, then today all of a sudden everythings gone mad - when the door handle is in its normal position ie when the door would be closed, the top mechanism 'hook' is inside - good - the central rectangle lock is slightly protruding though, causing difficulty in shutting the door without slamming it a bit, and the bottom mechanism hook protrudes slightly - not good. When you push the handle down the top hook moves a little but doesn't come out, the central and bottom ones come out.
Has anyone any idea what's happened here and whether I can do anything (simply) to rectify - I remember there was a sort of tracking bit of rod inside the door frame that I assume all the locks latch on to - possibly that has come away? Seems a bit of a coincidence this has happened after my 'efforts' of last week, but then again it has been fine for a week since.
Is it 'safe' for me to undo the brass strip all the way down and take out/check each locking mechanism - I was a bit worried they might fall down the inside of the door panel - not sure how this bit works.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help!
Has anyone any idea what's happened here and whether I can do anything (simply) to rectify - I remember there was a sort of tracking bit of rod inside the door frame that I assume all the locks latch on to - possibly that has come away? Seems a bit of a coincidence this has happened after my 'efforts' of last week, but then again it has been fine for a week since.
Is it 'safe' for me to undo the brass strip all the way down and take out/check each locking mechanism - I was a bit worried they might fall down the inside of the door panel - not sure how this bit works.
Thanks in advance to anyone that can help!