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MANY NEW LOCKSMITHS leave their training confident in the fact that they can pick most locks or , as a last resort , that they can use minimal destructive methods to gain entry in cases of lockouts ; many of these locksmiths soon realise , however , that there is more than one problem that can cause a uPVC door to jam ; and although many concentrate on looking at the multipoint mechanism

or the euro cylinder as the culprit , some oversee what may be the root cause of the problem in the first place .

It is true that the multipoint or Euro may have failed - but this may have been the end result of other key factors which have led to the failure in the first place - such as a door which has not been correctly toe and heeled , a misaligned keep , a dropped hinge , an incorrectly fitted or aligned euro , a badly

fitted door frame which isn ’ t square and level , even a foreign object such as a door mat catching as the door is closed etc and more .

The key here is for the locksmith to find the cause of the failure in the first place and rectify it before leaving , as any new multipoint mechanisms etc will be doomed to inevitable failure again if the cause of the original failure is not

confronted and eradicated before departing .

There are many adjustments that can be made to a uPVC door , and most are small adjustments but when all put together these can have a big effect , often eliminating a problem which first appeared to have been a lock problem .

‘ what has contributed to the situation resulting in the mech to fail in the first place ?’

Rollers are offset so can be adjusted for weather seal when closing the door , hinges can be adjusted , toeing and heeling can make a huge difference , keeps can be adjusted etc etc , so each time a locksmith comes across a failed multipoint mechanism on a uPVC door they should be asking themselves “ what has contributed to the situation resulting in the mech to fail in the first place ?”