Pella Screen Door Latch

A quick learner from Lebanon says:
August 24, 2022
Just purchased a home with a Pella Sliding Patio door-I went to lock the screen and noticed on the strike side that it is missing something (or appears to be). The part that seems to be missing would engage the latch mechanism on the screen door handle itself. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Tom from SWISCO responded:
August 25, 2022

Hello! This looks to be a match for our 85-016 Pella screen door strike kit. Look it over and let me know what you think.

Please note that the individual components of this kit are not sold separately. Pella only supplies these as one complete assembly.

Detail of 85-016
Detail of 85-016
A quick learner from Lebanon says:
August 25, 2022
Thank you for the quick response, is there any diagram that shows proper installation of the strike assembly? It looks like the screw in the picture I sent is in the wrong spot compared to the picture on your website...THANKS
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Tom from SWISCO responded:
August 25, 2022

I think I see what you mean. We unfortunately don't have official Pella instructions for these, but in my experience it just screws to the door. The plastic piece should also go in that top slot. The images below should show you what I mean, I pulled these from an older customer discussion.

I suppose it's possible that the plastic piece can work in a lower position but I've never tried it myself. Perhaps the original installers had to make an on-the-fly adjustment to get it to work. Or, they installed it wrong. I really can't say unfortunately. All I can tell you is that I always install this with the plastic piece in the top slot, as shown below.

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Pella Screen Door Strike Kit
Pella Screen Door Strike Kit
85-016
$54.30
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