The lock on one side of my double UPVC doors has gone - it locks but if you force the handle a few times it seems to unlock, so I'm guessing a new cylinder is needed.
Read up on removal and it all seems straight forward. However the door in question is the door that you would open second so has an extra bit of plastic and strike plate covering the screw that holds the cylinder in place.
I found another thread on here saying once some screws have been removed the extra plastic bit of door can be removed. However none of the screws I can see do anything other than hold the metal plate on. Removing the plates does not loosen the plastic at all. I cannot see any way to remove it from the top or bottom.
The other thread also suggested simply drilling through the plastic to expose the screw. Tried that and there's another metal plate inside the plastic and I'm not getting through that.
So, exactly how do I get to the sodding screw without buggering the door!
Read up on removal and it all seems straight forward. However the door in question is the door that you would open second so has an extra bit of plastic and strike plate covering the screw that holds the cylinder in place.
I found another thread on here saying once some screws have been removed the extra plastic bit of door can be removed. However none of the screws I can see do anything other than hold the metal plate on. Removing the plates does not loosen the plastic at all. I cannot see any way to remove it from the top or bottom.
The other thread also suggested simply drilling through the plastic to expose the screw. Tried that and there's another metal plate inside the plastic and I'm not getting through that.
So, exactly how do I get to the sodding screw without buggering the door!