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I fixed it! I am not really sure how. As my wise friend says when something good happens "Don't ask questions!" Here is what I did. I took the handles off and lubricated everything inside there I could see, including what looks like bushings surrounding the main knob. I tested it, no...

The key says Floyd but its the same key for all our exterior doors including the one inside from the garage. With the handles off, it looks like a circular disk with the square hole for the knob handle to go in. Unfortunately, the connection to the top and bottom latches are not visible at all...

There is such a hole, at least at the top of the door above the latches. I couldn't really feel much in there but I didn't have more than a few minutes to look at it, and I didn't have my flashlight handy. So that set screw might be a solution, or it just might be in my way? I also had the...

CallmeVilla, With the handles off, I can lube those visible pieces reasonably easily. There are other places I can't reach that I may be able to do from the service hole in the top of the door. Is spraying lube down that ill advised, or is WD40 just not the best option?

nealtw, I looked at that forum, and it sounds similar but different. Hopefully its not that same issue because the hardware was old when that thread happened in 2005. I couldn't imagine it'd be easy finding that stuff these days.

I looked at it. There is no brand that I can see on the door or the handles. At the top of the door above the latches is a small service hole that seems to be a service spot? My coworker suggested I spray a ton of WD40 in there to lube everything up. Is that a bad idea?

I am not at home now, but I can look later.

The one I have has a separate mounted piece for each latch so there are three separate metal strips at the top, middle, and bottom of the door. That is a lot different than yours.

I am having issues with an exterior door from my walkout basement. We closed on buying the house March 20 and it worked fine until a few days ago. I tried to open it from the inside and it wouldn't open. At first I attributed it to humidity and a little binding because we just got some rain...

mathewanderson, I sent you a PM. Did you get it? That is a sweet photo of an impressive room.

Very cool. Do you have photos of either setup? I really like the actual theatre seats idea.

I don't know the dimensions off hand, but its a 1800 square foot home and aside from the laundry area (which is small) I am thinking the whole rest of the basement. There is no water damage, and the basement has never had problems with water. The house was built in the 70s or 80s I think...

I am looking for some inspiration on what to do with a basement family space. I was thinking some kind of developed entertainment room. I know people do game rooms, theatre rooms, arcades etc. What have you all done? I am looking for ideas so I'd like to see pictures as well as hear ideas.

Hey all. I am diyguy85. I am new to the forum. I plan to use it to get idea inspiration and advice on projects to see what others have done.