Evening all
Just bought a bungalow which had an old and very basic rim lock on the garage side door, and I've decided to fit a more secure night latch instead. First issue: the door opens outwards so I needed to reverse the bolt. Checked a video on YT which shows the bolt on a Yale 89 being reversed, so followed the instructions. Unfortunately, now that its been reversed the bolt sticks unless I leave the screws out of the backing plate that sits immediately on top of the lock innards. Even then, the bolt still has an occasional tendency to stick. Is there an obvious solution to this?
Secondly, the keep for the lock is preformed in the concrete door frame of the garage side door. Having fitted the lock as best I could to strike in the right place, there's a gap between bolt and keep edge and the door rattles. Sounds like a simple problem but I'm struggling for a solution. What can I use to pack out the concrete keep in order to take the slack and make the lock tighter? I'm thinking there must be a filler of some sort that sticks to ancient concrete.
Thanks in advance
Just bought a bungalow which had an old and very basic rim lock on the garage side door, and I've decided to fit a more secure night latch instead. First issue: the door opens outwards so I needed to reverse the bolt. Checked a video on YT which shows the bolt on a Yale 89 being reversed, so followed the instructions. Unfortunately, now that its been reversed the bolt sticks unless I leave the screws out of the backing plate that sits immediately on top of the lock innards. Even then, the bolt still has an occasional tendency to stick. Is there an obvious solution to this?
Secondly, the keep for the lock is preformed in the concrete door frame of the garage side door. Having fitted the lock as best I could to strike in the right place, there's a gap between bolt and keep edge and the door rattles. Sounds like a simple problem but I'm struggling for a solution. What can I use to pack out the concrete keep in order to take the slack and make the lock tighter? I'm thinking there must be a filler of some sort that sticks to ancient concrete.
Thanks in advance