Afternoon folks
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So fixed the door that is most used in the house and has failed to shut on the latch for ages (shuts when handle lifted to engage the other locks UPVC has) plus it locks on the key but you cant take the key out, Plus the handle was getting sloppy (there are certain people in this house that are not mechanically sympathetic and wrench it like ringing the neck of a chicken instead of gently shutting a door
) .
M says "I will get the guys out" J says "what and spend money
" .
I take it apart and its a broken spring on the latch, not sure about the lock as seems to work. Right we have a door (same supplier that is not used) so I take out the spare lock, yep you guessed it different size/design, but it has a spring I can use
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Put it all back together (used the square bar from the spare) and now it works perfectly. put the other door back together and now it has a sloppy action and wont release the key
. It don't matter though.
It appears the square bar may have been worn (didnt clean and check).
I seem to have a glut of "browney" points
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Defender and little trailer MOT tomoz, pickup some sand on the way home (regardless of test results
).
Then I stacked some more wood as it was a bit overcast but still wam.
J
