Mom With Power Tools Meets With Failure

The bathroom door has been broken for a couple of weeks now. It is a minor thing... the little metal thingy came off of the doorframe, and now the door will not latch.

Mom With Power Tools found everything she needed to fix the door already in the house.

Mom is a Packrat.

It is just a simple matter of sinking two screws.

Or so she thought....

The new piece has its screw holes in different positions than the old piece, which is a good thing. The installation will be more solid.

First, drill guide holes. Second, attach screwdriver tip to drill and sink the screw.

Oops -- too much torque.

The screwdriver tip slipped, and the edges rounded themselves off in the screw.

Now Mom With Power Tools has no screw driver, and one screw drilled half-way into the doorframe.

Now the door definitely will not close.

Solution: use pliers to grasp the screw, and undo what has been done.

The door still will not close, but there is no screw sticking half-way out of the wall to threaten the family.

Mom With Power Tools bides her time, until the door is off-guard, to try again another day.