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Hmm, Planning is for Officers...

 

I remember my Granddads and my Uncles from that generation- those were some tough old birds! They would find a way to get anything done, no one was going to stand in their way. I like to think that some of my stubbornness/ hard headed-ness came from that gene pool.

 

Yeah, some pictures would help determine a proper repair.

Being it's a metal door, do you know anyone with a welder?

 

Does not apply.
It's a standard wood cored, garage entry door.

I'll get pictures when I go to see Nora.

 

This is what slips too deep into the door.

 

Fishing is a plan ... you probably already memorized the list for it.

 

I don't have any pictures of the repair, but last year I fixed Dad's Garage entry door. It is a typical exterior metal/wood core door. All of the wood, about two inches above and four inches below the latch, was rotten all the way to the hole for the handle and would not latch closed. I chipped out all the rotten wood and installed several 3.5" wood screws about 2" deep in good wood to provide anchors and completely filled the space with about 8 oz of exterior wood putty. Once it hardened and painted, that fix has held up for over a year now.

 

Congrats!! so beautiful

 

What position is the square hole the knob shaft goes through it has two positions

 

Congratulations

 

That's not the issue. The latch goes into the door too far because the hole for the latch is too large in diameter.

 

Thanks. Quite the feeling, holding the next generation.

 

Then the thing that weesa posted should put it in the proper location. Or get some filler and fill the location that is too deep. Or I'm not understanding what hole is too big

 

the old one didn’t by any chance look like this one did it.that collar snaps off and it is larger in diameter than one with the standard t flange

 

Without a picture of the door itself I’m having a hard time with it myself

 

Thanks, Dewayne.

 

I'll get a picture when I'm there.

 

But we can't wait that long....

 

been there,done that. nothing like it