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Is it glazed? Sounds like it might need toeing and heeling. If the top of the door is leaning outwards it has ‘dropped’ meaning it’s no longer square. There are glazing packers between the glass and the door - at the bottom corner on the lock side and the top corner on the hinge side. These may need adjusting to re-square up the door. To get to them you need to pull the beading from the inside side of the door. Plenty of guides online to walk you through the process.
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Every so often, the aluminium door on our garden office keeps refusing to lock when shut, which I think is due to it being misaligned (the key locks no bother when the door is open) It'll lock only if I shoulder the door inwards while turning the key.
It has butt hinges with an Allen key on the top and bottom. I think the top one adjusts vertical alignment, the bottom one does the horizontal. But can I get it lined up properly? No. Whatever adjustment I do, it seems to either have no effect or then suddenly make it considerably worse. The top of the door perhaps might be a bit warped? It leans out a few mm until you lift the handle and the latches engage. Is there anything I can do about that? Seems like no amount of hinge adjustment would correct that, so is it just a shit door?