DIY Door Alignment for Smart Locks
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2018
- We partnered with Leslie Segrete, co-host of the Money Pit and designer on TLC’s Trading Spaces, to help you with a common smart lock issue. Sometimes, a misaligned door can make it seem like your deadlock is malfunctioning and losing battery faster than usual. Learn how to fix your door’s alignment with our simple, easy DIY steps and tips, and get your Nest x Yale Lock or other Yale smart lock working properly!
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Best Video for troubleshooting a misaligned deadbolt! AWESOME!
Thank you so much for this video! Finally fixed my alignment. I used cardboard instead of a metal sheet
I had several techs to come out and they moved the strike plate, then next time they filed the plate and after they left the problem persisted. I used the trick with the lipstick and found out the problem was with the strike plate that the lock was extending out of. I loosened the screws a little and to my amazement the problem was fixed. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you! I adjusted the striker tab or and fixed the issue in five minutes.
Thank you for this video. Awesome work!
Thanks for the simple and useful instructions. I used your lipstick trick to find the alignment problem (and got my wife angry that I used her favorite lipstick), then it was easy to correct.
This video helped me alot. thx :)
This is so helpful. Thank you
Used to use this. Now I just put a piece of tape over the strike and close the door/throw the bolt. Not too hard, just enough to indent the tape.
super helpful! I can do anything
Hey Yale! I have the nest smart lock and the door is perfectly aligned. When I close the bold with my hand there is 0 resistance. But when I run the setup, it says that the door cannot close the lock. I think there might be something wrong with the motor. Is there any way to tell if the motor is bad? I tried calling support but they were not helpful at all. I followed the hard reset video and it still wont connect to the app or lock the door.
Unbelievable! 5 second procedure to insert screwdriver into lower strike plate, door instantly is aligned!
Works at first but it won't stay that way for long. Good luck
The lock is not calibrating. How do you fix that? The keypad disappears and the lock makes a grinding sound but it does not turn.
I need help, the lock does not close to the right, it only turns to the left
Mine is aligned and it still isn't working
To say that If your lock doesn't work "this way", then the fix is "that way" is ridiculous. There can be more than one way to repair something, so don't let a video tell you what is right and what is not.
The "hinge fix"?? Rather than go through all the work of getting sheet metal, removing half the hinge and marking out a shim. then cutting it out and drilling it, then installing it under the bottom hinge of the door, your first step would be the most logical: Check the top hinge for looseness and tighten it's screws. The top hinge bears the most weight from the door and can become loose, causing the door & lock to become misaligned in the frame. This happens a LOT. Use your common sense and always check for the simplest solutions first before going overboard with time consuming work that you may not even have had to do in the first place.
Great pro tip Wes. Thank you for sharing it. If everything seems right with the top hinge and a shim is needed, we do mention that plastic, ready-made shims are available.
Your advice is sound but it doesn't invalidate what they said, in case the top hinge is not the problem.