04-14-2010, 01:35 PM
our house is settling - big news huh?.
The front door we put in 7 years ago looks square in it's frame, but it has drifted enough on the lock side that the bolt is now a teense under the strike plate.
It's a decent Stanley and everything else about it is tight, hinges, the original hang, blah, blah, blah.
But as it turns out, the original install was done so that the strike plate bottom was at the bottom of the bolts height, instead of in the middle. In other words, not centered.
I'm gonna move the plates down but this will, of course, result in new screw holes with the possibility of not enough "clear" wood to bite into.
It will also result in a small gap in the jamb when the strike plate is moved.
What have you found to be good wood filler that will sand, paint and finish to "reasonable" without spending a week at it, as well as hold the screws like wood.
I 'spect the move will be 1/4 to 1/2".
The front door we put in 7 years ago looks square in it's frame, but it has drifted enough on the lock side that the bolt is now a teense under the strike plate.
It's a decent Stanley and everything else about it is tight, hinges, the original hang, blah, blah, blah.
But as it turns out, the original install was done so that the strike plate bottom was at the bottom of the bolts height, instead of in the middle. In other words, not centered.
I'm gonna move the plates down but this will, of course, result in new screw holes with the possibility of not enough "clear" wood to bite into.
It will also result in a small gap in the jamb when the strike plate is moved.
What have you found to be good wood filler that will sand, paint and finish to "reasonable" without spending a week at it, as well as hold the screws like wood.
I 'spect the move will be 1/4 to 1/2".
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