Screen/security door lock diagram?

[GraemeCook]

Yep, and it's a steel door, not a standard aluminium one. ...

Oops! I presumed that it was aluminium.

With steel, a little more effort is probably justified.

[Lumberjacko]

i'm looking at building one myself as aluminium ones are crap

Yep, they're like the tabs on beer cans. Meant to be torn off.

[Lumberjacko]

All good now. After googling every web site and forum in the known world I discovered that nobody has ever had this problem before, thus there are no diagrams or tutes on how to fix it. I finally went to Whirlpool, (which I avoid if possible because it seems to be run by little old ladies who don't get out much), and found a thread about a similar problem. The advice given in that case was to throw away the whole door lock and get a new one.

By that time I was ready to do just that. So, foolishly optimistic, I went to Bunnings. Turns out they had one.

Long story short I installed it and it works beautifully.

[ErrolFlynn]

Great stuff.


So, now what you need to do is carefully pull the old one apart and see if you can find out where the “small metal block with a tiny spring” are meant to go.

[Lumberjacko]

Great stuff.


So, now what you need to do is carefully pull the old one apart and see if you can find out where the “small metal block with a tiny spring” are meant to go.

Haha, I might just do that, too.