The pella contact suggested removing the screw cover strip on the latch side and removing the 5 screws holding the latch side trim.
Pella storm door lock removal.
Pella s attractive selection of storm doors are designed to suit your preferences including screens that roll out of sight or decorative designs.
This is a waste of time because the striker plate is still held firmly by 3 screws you can t get to.
1 pella will provide parts or exchange at its option any door determined to be defective in ma terial or workmanship for a period of five 5 years from the original date of purchase.
To unjam the deadbolt remove the installation screws on the latch rail from the outside.
Pella storm doors and screen doors are built with the quality and craftsmanship that go into all of our products.
The storm door guy does a step by step walk through on how to disassemble a storm door handle in this case specifically a pella select or ashford model.
Loosen the two expander screws and raise the expander so that the rubber sweep just touches the top of the threshold.
From the interior side of the door remove the screws holding the handle in place.
Step 2 replace the entire lockset if the handle cannot be removed.
The storm door s bottom expander sweep may be dragging on the threshold.
For the first 12 months this will be done at no cost to the purchaser and a reinstallation credit of up to 25 will apply.
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Once the door is open operate the handle and turn the deadbolt.
There may be a pocket of air pressure between the primary door and storm door.
This will loosen the tension on the deadbolt allowing it to retract and the door to open.
Contacted pella storm door service at 866 809 9460.
The striker plate is what the striker is held by.