Lock Fell Into Sliding Glass Door Frame

These hold the bottom horizontal frame piece in.

Lock fell into sliding glass door frame.

Other wise you ll have to remove the sliding panel turn on edge and bump it to get the lock to slide back up to the point you can grab it. If thats not successful you can leave the old lock in there and just find a new one. Snake the magnet down inside the door frame and see if you can catch the lock and fish it out. You may need to rotate the adjustment screws at the top slightly to allow for movement.

Find a strong magnet that you can attach to the end of a straightened out wire coathanger or stiff piece of wire. To realign your door in the tracks at the top and bottom of the frame remove the door from the track and reinsert it. At this point my 1 goal is to get a replacement lock in there. Stupid me unloosened the screws and when i did the lock fell inside of the frame.

Place the interior side of the door lock frame into the door. Remove the mechanism to have it repaired or replace the lock set yourself. Place the door handle over the screw holes on the interior side of the door frame followed by the screws and hand tighten the screws. You may want to lay a sheet of plywood on the glass in case of error.

You ll then be able to tip the door and slide the lock piece out. The sliding glass door locks shown above require an different sized oval shaped cutouts made in the patio frame so that the the latch hasp sticks through. About 2 4 from the bottom you ll see 1 or 2 screws going into the sides. Make sure the rollers at the top are aligned first then walk the bottom of the door into place pushing the top of the screen door up into the track.

A magnet on a flex rod as suggested above might be able to fish it back up enough to grab. In these locks the hasp does not stick out from the panel when in the locked position the hasp is recessed into the patio frame. These difficulties fall into two general categories. Two ways to get it out.

Those related to the lock set or key and those related to the door s frame and latch assembly. Remove those screws and using a block of 2x4 and a hammer drive the piece off. It only makes a slight rattle but i need to lock this door. When the door is back in place make sure to re adjust the screws.

Locks e2469 and e2487 are assemblies consisting of three parts. I have a patio door that had the little lever break and it would not lock. Place the exterior locking side of the door lock frame into the door. I take it that fallen lock set part is the problem.

Tighten the screws with a phillips head screw driver.