Door trim MacGyver fix

Today I spent 45 minutes hand carving a notch into the door trim on the side door to accommodate the strike plate. This is the only door in the house that needed this - on the other doors the plate just cleared the door. But, in a screwy old house nothing is quite the same.

Total to date on windows and doors: 252.5 hours

Here is the notch I carved:





Here you can see how the curved end of the strike plate does not fit against the straight trim.





And here is the notch I did. I was quite pleased with how well it fit.