Locked up

There was a small job that needed doing in the spare room on our floor. Brian wanted to fit a lock to the inside of the door, as we have some friends staying this weekend and he wanted them to be able to close the door properly as it currently swings open a little. The door is very old, so we wanted to fit an old lock. He had the bolt part of the lock but not the catch. He dug around in his little treasure box for an old piece of metal and found a ring attached to a long, flat piece of steel. He sawed the ring off and it gave him just enough material to be able to bend into shape, drill a couple of holes, and attach it to the door.

He then looked through an old tin of screws, which his father had collected many years ago, for 8 similar, old looking screws. He also got to use his new mini file set, which he’d bought a few weeks ago. A perfect fit, and a great little job completed.