Recent content by lozbrown

Crank Thanks for your reply, its the later situation but there is some play in the lock now becuase the door frame is 3cm ish deep and the tab is only 1cm wide so it moves back and forth a bit. I've tried aligning the key but the remaining bolt fouls the door frame and stops it coming out...

Hmm, I did try something similar with mould grips but becuase the end of the screw is not flat it tended to want to drift off and either move the lock eventually or grind against the side of the hole in the door frame. Maybe G clamps would be more secure... When you say the lock case what...

Ok, so in the patio door theres a Euro cylinder, it was getting a bit dodgy so i decided to replace it and bought a new cylinder. normally a simple enough job. However when i went to unscrew the retaining bolt on the old cylinder the head and about 1.5 cm of bolt snapped off, leaving the...