Screen door latch: don't make this mistake, like I did

Bobbo, that's an interesting question -- at what point does a repair become a modification? I think it's when there is some innovation involved.

Maybe altering my method of closing the door qualifies as an innovation?? I'd be flattered if that were true. But I think of my "solution" as little more than making a virtue of a necessity -- since the latch mechanism is poorly designed, I have had to come up with a reasonably graceful work-around.