Monday, December 23, 2019

A VERY TRICKY Laundry Alcove Door Push Latch Fix!


Mrs. Maker pointed out a defect in our house today. This is NO GOOD. As it turns out, when the contractors put in the laundry alcove, they messed up the door latch install! First, the latch is in the WRONG PLACE, which I will fix another day because I have a few other projects to finalize before I can optimize this one (EZ-RIDER, LIME, CRAZY, etc...). Second, the latch was initially MOUNTED INCORRECTLY, which I thought I had taken care of in a pre-YouTube fix, but apparently that fix, while good, wasn't good enough! Third, the latch is BROKEN NOW, and the little magnet that helps to keep the door shut (by magnetically sticking to a steel striking plate mounted on the door) has fallen out. This situation is annoying Mrs. Maker to no end, and she knows how Mr. Maker works. All she had to do was ask me to operate the door and see how it WASN'T RIGHT...and I was irresistibly drawn in. Oh, how well she knows me! There was NO WAY that I would leave that situation to linger in the knowledge that: A) It was bugging her B) I had previously "fixed" it, but apparently not well enough for the fix to prove permanent, which reflects poorly on my self-held MAKER skill level C) I now have an audience that I can show how to fix this class of problem. So I went to work - and learned a couple of things. Hope you enjoy it! (P.S.: Mrs. Maker is happy again...for now....) **HELP A MAKER OUT** If you feel like buying any of the items mentioned in this video, please do so using one of the links listed below. I get a small commission that helps me to produce more videos like this one: BILL OF MATERIALS: ================= Contact Cement https://amzn.to/2MmfehY Pick / Beading Awl (better quality) https://amzn.to/2ZjDwOL Magnetic Door Latch (better quality) https://amzn.to/2PJckWt Scotch Tape (better quality) https://amzn.to/2EKhgUE Tape Measure https://amzn.to/35N4ZLe


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