Pull the door latch out of the door.
Latch on door handle stuck.
Ensure that the door is unlocked before doing so.
The turning of the handle retracts the latch by pulling on the spring and compressing it.
In the resting state of the lock the spring is extended.
When the door knob is locked the handle will not turn which keeps the latch from retracting.
This is because the issue is not with the door and not even with the control the knob has over the stuck latch.
Expert advice on how to repair common problems with door knob locks and deadbolts such as stuck or frozen door locks latches that don t latch and keys broken off in door locks.
The door handle started getting stiff and then stopped working and.
The idea here is to remove your door s handle and trying to pull the latch back from within the latch mechanism to get the door open.
The issue a door latch stuck due to a jamming latch will have no real variation between how the latch moves when it is pressed in or when the handle is turned both when the door is open and when it is shut.
This can be done with a screwdriver flat or phillips to remove all screws of the door handle s plates.
A door knob or door handle uses a spring loaded latch.
Many door knob and lockset problems can be corrected before they become so serious that the lockset does not work at all.
You can see where the cylinder entered the dead latch mechanism and pulled the latch back.
You should first test the door latch to ensure the latch is sticking inside the door and not due to a misaligned strike plate.
Once you have the door handle off you can now try to open the latch manually with either a large flathead screwdriver or pair of needle nose pliers.
Use the screwdriver to lever the latch out of the door.
Start by removing the door handle.
If it won t come out this is sometimes the case with stuck latches insert your screwdriver into the latch at the point where the door knobs intersected with it.
Hi this video shows you how to repair a broken door handle caused by a faulty door latch.