You'll have to excuse my lack of proper terminology here, as I'm not a native English speaker, but any help whatsoever on this would be greatly appreciated.
We have a problem with the front door of our building. Our building has three floors, each floor is an apartment, and the front door of the building (that leads to the road) opens with a magnetic (I think) way, buzzing.
The door has a mechanism so it closes by itself.
I know the above reads extremely silly, but I don't know any of the terminology, sorry.
The problem is that the door doesn't always close by itself. Many times the part that should go into the door (we call it the "tongue" here) so it can close just touches the metal that's inside the case and stays there.
I have traced the problem to the metal part that the tongue touches when it closes, after a few times that the door closes aytomatically, it moves slightly inside and the door cannot close.
It goes something like this, the way it should be:
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The way it is:
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The angle is greatly exaggerated here, but you get the idea I hope. You have to pull it slightly with your finger so it works again.
I've had three locksmiths and two carpenters look at it and they can't fix it, it stays fixed for a few days and then the same.
I know this post is very weird, but this is my last resort.