02-15-2018, 11:17 AM
I replaced all of my locks with electronic deadbolts (the ones that *don't* have a battery-powered motor drive the bolts). I also removed the locking levers since they serve no purpose and I didn't want multiple different keyed locks on a single door.
After replacing the Kwikset bolts and levers with the Schlage ones I bought, I noticed that the strikes don't align properly. Looking at the door, you can see that the bolt and lever strike sit about 1/8" higher on the door side than the corresponding jamb strike plates. They probably didn't before but they worked because they used two-piece builder leftovers with huge holes, but using the Schlage strike plate leaves me with no clearance on the bottom. The bolt slides freely, but the lever strike does not and is slightly pushed up.
The hinges are tight, so that leaves me with two options - chiseling more, filling, and moving the strike plate down (probably the "right" way), or shimming the hinges. I have never shimmed hinges so I am wondering if this will work well enough. Is that a suitable solution? I was going to put washers underneath the screws on the bottom hinge to bump it up slightly. That should be more than enough to let the lever strike work unimpeded.
I don't see any reason why it would cause a problem, but I did want to ask and see if anybody has done this.
After replacing the Kwikset bolts and levers with the Schlage ones I bought, I noticed that the strikes don't align properly. Looking at the door, you can see that the bolt and lever strike sit about 1/8" higher on the door side than the corresponding jamb strike plates. They probably didn't before but they worked because they used two-piece builder leftovers with huge holes, but using the Schlage strike plate leaves me with no clearance on the bottom. The bolt slides freely, but the lever strike does not and is slightly pushed up.
The hinges are tight, so that leaves me with two options - chiseling more, filling, and moving the strike plate down (probably the "right" way), or shimming the hinges. I have never shimmed hinges so I am wondering if this will work well enough. Is that a suitable solution? I was going to put washers underneath the screws on the bottom hinge to bump it up slightly. That should be more than enough to let the lever strike work unimpeded.
I don't see any reason why it would cause a problem, but I did want to ask and see if anybody has done this.