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@PMichaels7 ай бұрын
Thank for this! I have two doors like this in my house and they were driving me nuts. A quick grind down and they work perfectly. I appreciate you! 👍🏼
@jeftex88752 ай бұрын
I didn't know Billy Bob Thorton moonlighted as Bldg Maintenance....Learn something new every day.✌😎
@jhankrearden9 күн бұрын
Great video, very helpful. After watching I filed down the strike plate opening, problem solved.
@srini965311 ай бұрын
You are such a life safer. I have been worried for last 2 days the simple common sense to lift the door worked the trick for me. Million thanks!
@jasonellis1023 Жыл бұрын
Thank u so much that's the best advice yet I seen on tube for doors that don't shut.
@ApartmentMaintenancePro Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@Ghost_Os27 күн бұрын
A good trick if your hinges are pulling free (it's almost always the top hinge); get a hollow-wall/drywall anchor (the kind that looks like a metal cone with a really aggressive spiral thread on it) and sink that into one of the screw holes *behind* the top hinge leaf on the door frame (not the door itself). Make sure the anchor is driven in far enough that it's flush. Then just replace the hinge, and drive a screw right into that anchor. It gives a lot of extra holding force, and is a great fix if a screw hole has wallowed out.
@mozzer352 ай бұрын
Ah!! I didn’t think about tightening the hinges 0:53 . Perfect! Thanks!
@MochiColorsZanos9 ай бұрын
Great. Now can you please come to my house and do this 😅
@IH8stpdppl Жыл бұрын
I’m at a newly constructed property and have dealt with this with probably half the units. I bought the Milwaukee m12 die grinder and those rotary bits are worth their weight in gold!
@ApartmentMaintenancePro Жыл бұрын
I’ll have to check that out thanks i
@IH8stpdppl Жыл бұрын
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro if you get one you can switch out the 1/4” collet that it has with a 1/8” collet and use dremel tool bits which are a lot cheaper.
@ChrisG99785 ай бұрын
I had to grind down the latch in an exterior fire code door that divides the kitchen/garage. Because exterior doors have steel frames, they're trickier to adjust, and messing with the hinges usually isn't an option. I've learned to hate doors over the years, you'd think by now someone would've figured something out beyond the 3 hinge standard door, but over time doors are something that haven't evolved much. That being said, grinding down the bottom of the latch usually does the trick.
@ggianforcaro3 ай бұрын
Worked, thank you, saved hiring a handyman!
@citticat2Ай бұрын
Those rotary tool bits work wonders but I bought a new DeWalt drill to accommodate the bit. I was able to shave all the metal plates. Fixed all my doors in a few hours. A handyman wanted $550.00 The drill costs $99.00 and bit is $5.00. I did have to replace the bit. I also used a bit for wood to even out the space. Thanks
@Ghost_Os27 күн бұрын
I'm a locksmith and routinely have to deal with these issues. That's an outrageous price that handyman wanted to charge you. Glad you were able to take care of it yourself for much less. And now you have a good drill to boot!
@citticat227 күн бұрын
@@Ghost_Os I hear you. I ended up fixing 4 doors (one door had not closed for years) and now I am working on the 5th. I love this DeWalt drill - it is so easy to use. That estimate was for only for 3 doors. I am a 73F and learning new stuff everyday.
@Ghost_Os27 күн бұрын
@@citticat2 That's the best way to live; never stop learning 🥀🍷
@garygreco376918 күн бұрын
They do make over sized strike plates , longer holes wise.
@nas72glf Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the bit link. I just ordered two. Sucks you can't make your normal in unit videos anymore.
@ApartmentMaintenancePro Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the support! I really miss making the vlogs
@florezfamily3346Ай бұрын
Wife sees me with my golf clubs ....little does she know I just fixed our door
@ARealPatriot553 ай бұрын
Why can't manufacturers just make a strike plate a little over sized to allow for expansion and contraction of wood doors!! It happens on every door in my house when it gets humid. So frustrating.
@Ghost_Os27 күн бұрын
Schlage makes one that has a little secondary adjustable plate. You loosen a couple set screws, adjust it, and tighten them down again. Hardware stores sometimes carry strike plates that have a larger hole. Otherwise, a Dremel is probably your best bet.
@AaronPowellvox Жыл бұрын
If the 4 inch screw doesn’t work I usually just get a longer screw. Works every time.
@ApartmentMaintenancePro Жыл бұрын
Ya I don’t keep those on me or around the house at all times, 5-6” screws??
@AaronPowellvox Жыл бұрын
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro lol. I know. I was surprised when I saw that 4” screw not grab.
@lentaylor99Ай бұрын
Loose hinge. Golf tee. Done! 🎉
@Longtack555 ай бұрын
Thanks mate. All useful and sensible.
@is65665 ай бұрын
Great thumbnail photo!
@invitai7 ай бұрын
If you were to move the striker plate as mentioned at 2:35 , how would you fill up the old screw hole that will be very close to the new adjusted screw hole?
@ApartmentMaintenancePro7 ай бұрын
Golf tees and wood filler
@benjamintimmins1656 Жыл бұрын
I have the fast cap knuckle bender. Its kinda hard to remember how the door moves when you tweak the hinges on door or the other ones on the hinge itself...i usually just use my die grinder and bit to shave down like you did, or if latch wont reach strike plate i add a second strike plate😂
@ApartmentMaintenancePro Жыл бұрын
Im gonna get that knuckle bender just to try out :)
@reneep9972Ай бұрын
It's SO freaking annoying. I spent a lot of money to get a new garage door leading into the house, because I got locked out, was drunk, and kicked the door in, breaking the entire frame. I hired these clowns to come out to replace the door and frame. They did a crap job, and the door kept opening on its own, and my pets would go out in the garage, and run out when I'd come home from work, and open the big garage door. Called the two clowns back that installed the door, and they won't return my call. I had a handyman out, and he tried the things you did, and it still won't stay shut. So I just had a deadbolt installed, and the problem was solved.
@lolitanoval82662 ай бұрын
Thank you
@michaelplays2449 Жыл бұрын
Great video !!! thanks
@ApartmentMaintenancePro Жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏
@bobbywanger8123 Жыл бұрын
That was a good job 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
@ApartmentMaintenancePro Жыл бұрын
Thanks Bobby!!
@BlkFireHawk4279 ай бұрын
Do you do product reviews? Like for this video, have you ever used that product called Screw it again or that product that is like a rough aluminum foil you stick in a hole?
@ApartmentMaintenancePro9 ай бұрын
I do product reviews but haven’t seen that one yet 👍
@resecurelatch9 ай бұрын
What about ReSecure Latch 😅. Would love your thoughts on a new door hardware I invented and produced. I'm sure you have ran into the problem of loose door latch and deadbolts for entry doors. @@ApartmentMaintenancePro
@BlkFireHawk4279 ай бұрын
@@resecurelatch - I tried searching Home Depot, Lowes and Amazon and didnt find them. Where can they be found and for how much? Im also in the property management like the gentleman of this channel. These would save my techs a lot of time.
@richardwagner282 Жыл бұрын
I wonder how many times you can use that rotary bit on the metal strike plates before it dulls out?
@ApartmentMaintenancePro Жыл бұрын
Probably about 100 or so
@BOUCHELL12 ай бұрын
How about an oversized striker plate?
@johnligon949111 ай бұрын
Noticed my voltage is still low at the door bell chime where I have pro power kit hooked up. Does it take a while for the lil battery to charge up to build back up the voltage.
@THINKforYOURSELFinstead6 ай бұрын
I've got one. What if the door latched before, then I took the entire door knob mechanism apart to lubricate it, then upon putting it all back together, the door will not latch now? It's like I need (or lost) about 1/8 of length on the bolt, to pass further through the striker plate, to catch. It caught before, why not now? What am I missing?
@ApartmentMaintenancePro6 ай бұрын
I would slightly move the strike plate to line up with the door latch. Or, if you don't mind the look use a small grinder as shown in the video
@AFGixxeR885 ай бұрын
@@ApartmentMaintenanceProwhat would you recommend if the door won’t latch (strike plate is too high) and the gap is wide on the hinge side. Basically the opposite of what you described.
@janetmcevoy322810 ай бұрын
My door latches, but you always got to make sure it locks
@admiralus14 ай бұрын
Couldn't you use an electric screw driver with that bit to grind it down?
@ApartmentMaintenancePro4 ай бұрын
You could but it isn’t as efficient time wise
@kelm1123 Жыл бұрын
I usually just filed down the latch and done
@ApartmentMaintenancePro Жыл бұрын
Me to, except with a rotary tool
@kelm1123 Жыл бұрын
@@ApartmentMaintenancePro Yes much quicker, will order that tool soon.
@truthnow76truthnow949 ай бұрын
Yah I don’t want to do this every season when my house moves