Is your handle stiff when locking your door ?


Just finished a nightmare job, as an elderly lady had her key stuck on the inside of the lock and she couldn’t turn or extract the key, leaving her vulnerable as the door wouldn’t lock.

Ended up to be a faulty gearbox trapping the cam, long story short it took a while to strip it all down and fit an over night gearbox with new lock until I receive the new parts.

The moral of this story is if your handle feels stiff or tight when locking it, please get it fixed as soon as you can as this is a clear indication that a fault is occurring and will only get worse to the point of breaking, what should have been a simple door alignment if caught early turned out to be a unnecessary and expensive job.



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