Houses with door lock problems due to weather the hot and cold weather can cause issues with your doors.
Upvc door lock not turning.
Door not locking properly stiff handle when lifting up.
Leaving home pushed the external lever up heard a snap and the multi point locking system did not engage and extend out.
Cold weather upvc door lock won t lock or shut properly cold and freezing weather will cause a upvc door to not lock or close properly this is due to contraction of the upvc the shrinking can only be 1mm o r 2mm but is enough to stop your door from locking.
Lift external handle but wont engage multi point locking system and key wont turn.
There are several reasons why your upvc door could be failing to lock correctly.
Not only is this a inconvenience but if your the wrong side of the door and don t have access to another entrance your locked out.
Each year when the weather gets warmer or the weather gets much colder we attend more and more call out s for door related issues such as doors not locking or unlocking doors sticking doors stiff to open or close key unable to turn or.
The door drops or moves over time and ends up moving the locking points to the point the door doesn t lock anymore.
We see a lot of upvc doors dropping over time which is similar to a wooden door warping as the same issue applies to both doors.