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!
, if you see a machine screw thread put it back in before you take it right out but be careful as most of these are very very short, these hold the gearboxes onto the lock strap. To remove the mechanism completely you'll need to remove the handles, which are just 2 or 3 screws and remove the spindle, also need to remove the euro cylinder (barrel), this is held in with one machine screw through the side of the mechanism (the brass edging plate as you call it), if the barrel doesn't slide out at this point put the key in and turn to either 11 o'clock or 1 o'clock roughly, pulling gently at the same time, you'll see why once you get it out.
