On the long edge of your door about level with the handle you should see a small plastic switch that should be pushed down.
Upvc door handle wont lift up to lock.
Plastic doors upvc door handles to stiff to lift.
Lift the handle up and down at the same time while putting a little oil in.
Upvc door adjustment alignment to adjust a upvc door and fix your door handle not lifting up the cost should be from 65 dependant on locksmiths labour charges.
If you re having trouble locking your door you may need to have a look at part of the door that s referred to as the snib.
Normally that is all you d need to do and without stripping the lock out of the door that is as much as one can expect to do.
The time it takes to fix a upvc door that won t lock can take from 15 minutes up to 1 hour depending on what the issue is.
Can you help as to what i need to do to put right.
I used close the door and lift the handle up but the handle dose not go up.
If it s an alignment issue then typically 15 20 mins in normal circumstances.
If it s not in this position lift the handle and push it.
If it s the lock that s the problem.
Upvc door gearbox this is is the part of the locking mechanism which operates all the hooks bolts and rollers on the multi point strip.
The second reason why a upvc handle wont lift to lock the door is caused by a broken gearbox.