When we moved into the house, the previous owners informed us that the front door was broken and would not open from the outside. They also did not have a key to the dead bolt. Sounds fishy already. Once we moved in, I realized that the front door would in fact open from the inside and the dead bolt also wouldn't latch. Therefore, the door was always unlocked and could be opened from the inside if you pulled hard and jostled it just right.
Naively, I never tried to open it from the outside- just locked the storm door and we never used the front door. Sunday, the auto car starter locked my keys in the car and I was locked out of the house... until I decided to try to enter the front. Low and behold, the front door opens from the outside with no hesitation! The storm door was not even locked! Although it saved me from being locked out, I was horrified. I've been religiously locking the side door, even when I'm home, only to have the front door open the entire time. I also felt a little stupid for not investigating the so-called broken door.
When I told Pauly, he got mad and said he didn't have a $1,000 for a new door. I tried not to laugh and wondered what a $1,000 door might look like, and told him I could probably fix it myself in the morning.
So out with the old, bulging screws... and in with a variety of flat phillips head screws until ones fit juuust right- and the door was fixed. For free! I'm pretty excited that we do not need a new door or dead bolt. The dead bolt slides in now that there aren't mismatched, misalligned bubble head screws in the way!
Naively, I never tried to open it from the outside- just locked the storm door and we never used the front door. Sunday, the auto car starter locked my keys in the car and I was locked out of the house... until I decided to try to enter the front. Low and behold, the front door opens from the outside with no hesitation! The storm door was not even locked! Although it saved me from being locked out, I was horrified. I've been religiously locking the side door, even when I'm home, only to have the front door open the entire time. I also felt a little stupid for not investigating the so-called broken door.
When I told Pauly, he got mad and said he didn't have a $1,000 for a new door. I tried not to laugh and wondered what a $1,000 door might look like, and told him I could probably fix it myself in the morning.
So out with the old, bulging screws... and in with a variety of flat phillips head screws until ones fit juuust right- and the door was fixed. For free! I'm pretty excited that we do not need a new door or dead bolt. The dead bolt slides in now that there aren't mismatched, misalligned bubble head screws in the way!
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