Square or torx drive are better but phillips head will work.
How to adjust lock on front door.
If you find your door is rattling when closed or if it isn t catching when being pushed shut it may be that you need to adjust the door latch.
Place the tip of a chisel inside the hole for the lock s bolt on the door frame and strike the end with a hammer to enlarge the hole to accommodate the new location for the strike plate.
Look at the corners of the door are the mitres lined up with the mitres of the door frame.
If the latch in question is a door lock that refuses to turn easily try adding a few drops of graphite powder inside the keyhole of the lock.
You need to follow these simple steps to adjust the height of front doors.
This will distribute the graphite and resolve the sticky lock.
Check the gap between the door and the frame open the door slightly and at the lock.
Adjusting entry doors could be that easy.
If you have long screws make sure the heads are not stripped.
To adjust a door in this instance i either use better longer wood screws and try to fix deeper through the frame into the timber stud behind that the frame is fixed to.
Over time your door may tilt and leave a gap between the door and the fra.
They can usually be found at the part of the hinge which is connected to the doorframe.
For short screws you need to obtain some 3 number 8 screws.
How to check if your door is out of alignment.
Next stick the key in the hole and turn it back and forth a few times.
Squirt some pva wood glue in to the screw holes first then bang in as many match sticks as will fit.
Install the long screws angling them slightly toward the center of the jamb.
Remove the cover of the vertical adjusting screws.
Alternatively plug the screw holes with a rawl plug or lots of matchsticks.
Check the level of the door use a spirit level on the top of the door.
It is sometimes necessary to remove a fixation screw from the casing first.