Interior Door Handle Sticking

Door knob is loose.

Interior door handle sticking.

Yes it s that sticking door of yours. You should first test the door latch to ensure the latch is sticking inside the door and not due to a misaligned strike plate. The issue a door latch stuck due to a jamming latch will have no real variation between how the latch moves when it is pressed in or when the handle is turned both when the door is open and when it is shut. Each time you open it there is a little grab before it releases.

Plane the door with a belt sander. Sticking wooden doors should be simple and quick to repair. Push and hold the button in. Methods of tightening them depend upon the type of lockset.

In some instances you have a door that sticks along the strike area the metal part of the door frame where it meets the outermost edge of the door. This is because the issue is not with the door and not even with the control the knob has over the stuck latch. The lock button is something relatively specific to interior door handles. A sticking door latch might require some lubrication or it might be jamming against the strike plate on the door jamb.

Start by trying to push the lock button. Follow along as tom fixes a swelled door in his own home with just a few simple tools. Turn the knob to open the door and release the knob slowly. Masking tape makes the pencil line easy to see.

Door knobs may become loose over time. Set the pencil tip and compass point 1 8 in. Tom s rule of thumb for keeping a door from sticking in the jamb is that the reveal the space between the door and jamb should be 1 8 to 3 16 inch wide or about the thickness of a nickel. The key to fixing a sticking door is to determine what is causing the issue and then you can decide if you can fix the problem with a simple trick.

If your door still sticks after you ve tried tightening and driving screws you ll have to remove the door and plane it. This transmits energy to the. The wood can swell in the hot and humid summer air the hinges can become loose with usage and your house can even shift and settle over time causing changes in the frame. The tubular latch is the mechanism working on the inside of the door pictured right.

You can tighten a simple interior mortise lockset like the one shown at left as follows. I got my door knob lock button stuck. In other cases it may be the wood door edge itself scuffing on the door frame. Step 1 close shave photo by craig raine.

The most common issue with sticking door handles is a problem with the tubular latch. Doors can start sticking for various reasons and it s always a hassle. The tubular latch works by means of a spindle metal bar that passes through the follower turning metal disc set into the body of the latch. Apart and run the point along the jamb.

Very often this is a very simple problem to solve. A door knob lock button stuck has a few quick fixes that you can try out.