How to insert a lock on the door

The door of the room will provide you with personal space, privacy, safety from theft and just protects from uninvited guests, if you set the lock on it. You will feel more comfortable, safe and confident. Put the lock on the wooden door is not so easy, this task requires care, the ability to use some carpentry tools and understanding each stage of installation of the door lock. With the latter, you will help to understand the detailed instructions given in this article.

The choice of a castle in specialized stores is a huge, and you can talk about their diversity for a very long time. Ask about everything that interests you, the seller or consultant. The main thing is what you should pay attention is a latch that can be located under the left or under the right loops. To the hike to the store, you should decide which way you will open the door, and make a suitable choice. Know that the latch can be rearranged under the opposite loops, it is best to ask for a specialist right in the store, so that then there are no problems.

Prepare Tools:

drill with drills of different thickness;
flat chisel;
hammer;
round file;
corolnic;
screwdriver or screwdriver;
simple pencil or any other markup tool.

Also fasten the door to suitable for work to which you will insert the lock. If the door is already installed in the doorway, prepare for what it will be more difficult to work. Make sure the castle purchased and all its components are at hand.

The next stage is marking. As a rule, the lock is installed at an altitude of 1 meter from the floor-level of the middle height of the human waist. Attach the castle to the door and circle it with a pencil. Recognize checkmarks. On the end side, make a mark of the central axis of the castle. Also at this stage, make marking for all required holes - for latch, handles and key mechanism. Take advantage of the constructional kit so that the measurements are accurate.

Take the drill and drill on 2-3 mm thicker than the diameter of the lock case. At the place of the bottom limit of the lock case, drill a hole with a depth of up to 1 cm, strictly adhering to the central axis. The second hole should be higher from the first half of the drill diameter. Thus, make holes to the top of the upper bound. Then, repeat the procedure with a deepening by 1 cm until the required depth of the holes are reached.

You got a groove, the walls of which you need to end with a flat chisel and hammer. Work carefully and carefully, so as not to damage the walls of the groove. In the end result, the hole should be even and deep enough.

Carefully insert the lock in the gap and check if you did everything right. If necessary, turn the walls and bottom of the groove again.

By inserting the castle, mark the pencil contour of the face lining. Remove the lock again and take the chisel and the hammer. With their help, make a depression inside the contour on the thickness of the face lining.

Insert the lock again and encircle the front overlay. It should be at the same level that the flat plane.

Now we turn to the holes for the keyfield and the door handle. Pick up suitable drills and make the necessary openings.

Insert the lock on the door with the larva, secure it with bolts that came into the kit. Check if the lock works well. Insert the door handle and impose a decorative lining.

It remains to make sure that the lock works correctly. Close and open the door several times. Look, whether everything is docked, whether the key is easily rotated. The latch must freely go and go out. Check also the door handle.

That's all, the lock is installed. If you were attentive at each stage and responsibly completed all instructions, you can safely lock the door to the lock and be confident in the reliability of the design. However, it is important to know that such an installation is suitable only for a wooden door. If your door is from MDF, you need to own a certain experience of such a work, because the lock is installed in a special wooden bar located at an altitude of 1 meter. Just if it comes to a metal door, and there can be no question of an independent attempt to install. In both cases, it is better to contact professionals, since you most likely damage the lock or the door itself and later incur finishes.

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Deputy Zamkov 09/17/2019 at 13:41.

For 11 years, the deputy lock company has been working on the installation profile of locks, replacement and related directions. We regulate the doors, replacing door handles both at the input and on interior doors. Tel: (343) 200-29-66. Site: Zam-zamkov.ru.

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