How To Fix a Door That Won't Latch- It's Simpler Than You Think!

Thank you Rosemaryhall!!

2:10:for the fix.

that did it - thanks much!

My door closes and latches but it is not snug its very loose.

Thank you sir! I just fixed my door!

All I had to do was tighten the hinges on my faulty door 🚪 and that did the trick!

Yaaaaaa fixed. Some of the other ways to fix it were too cumbersome. This was easy to do and the door latches now. thank you!

Man, you solved my problem. It was the upper.hinge. Done! Thanks!

The latch was too low! I just pull UP little bit when closing the door and now it works. Thanks!

Worked like a charm!! Thanks

Thank God for my Dremel. Everybody should have one of these things. Great tool. Ya know what else is great?? Tool.

Thank you.. Thank you... Thank you
I fixed all of our doors!!! ❤

Fix with no tools.....proceeds to use a grinder to alter the strike plate 🤣🤣🤣

Uh my trim is like 1 & 1/2, so the bendy Wendy wouldn't work😭

The door that won’t latch is my 2 year old sons room we can’t let him have a big boy bed until we fix it imagine the night we would have 😅

Thank u kindly

Use the carbide bit / drill option (don't own a dremel). Worked like a charm! Thanks so much for this fix.

I owe you one bro. Thanks!

OMG...saved me a ton of annoying work with just a little bit of filing

Tighten top hinge screws works about 90% of the time for this.

If the top hinge screws are stripped, replace them with longer screws.

thanks bro for the instruction, was about to use my oscilliating tool

The right tool for the right job! Easy Peasy! Thanks for the pointer! Very useful!

Coz i want to take ❤❤love

Thanks! Had all I needed gathering dust in my basement. Done in 5 minutes.

Thanks I fixed my door

took 3 minutes to get to the point, thanks.

Thanks!

You mention using the specified Dremel bit in a drill. I saw elsewhere that because a drill doesn't have the RPMs that it could overheat and cause some dangerous conditions if I went that route. I'd also like to avoid buying an item for one-time use. (I'm one of those guys.) Is anyone able to offer advice here?

This (filing and reattaching the strike plate) worked for me! This had been a problem for at least 3 years and I thought I'd need a new door, so I put it off. I appreciate the clear instructions!

Bruh you talked for almost 3 mins..And didn’t show us anything! Work AND TALK 😒Fixed my issue, no thanks.

Thanks so much for this video. No carbide dremel so I used a titanium drill bit which made quick work of the latch in under a minute. First test close and it closed and latched perfectly. Rated AAAA+++

My door latch doesn’t go back out like normally, I have to manually twist the doorknob till it’s fully out, I hear the click sound, but the door still opens cuz it’s not out enough

thanks so much, filing down the metal really worked, wasn't much to take off. My son is at college and our puppy kept pushing the door open and eatting his shoes underneath is bed. Now its shut all the time. Virtual beer for you from Philadelphia PA USA.

thanks it worked!

Mine is the opposite. Let go of the garage door and the door doesn't latch...doesn't close. Bolt stuck open.

I don't understand how the knob can work for several months and then all of a sudden doesn't latch. Is it due to a change in the weather?

Great tip! Thanks for sharing!

THANK YOU THANK YOU! Similar to someone else in the comments, we've been living with a door that wouldn't close for years and this fixed it right up!!!

Go to 2:12. That’s where he actually addresses the fix.

Thank you sir. Used a little metal hand file, worked excellent!!

Thanks!!!!!!!!