For every doorknob or deadbolt lock installed in your home a hole was drilled in the door jamb and covered with a perforated strike plate.
Door frame hole for lock.
But if you look at the last door that i installed you will quickly see that i am not a professional carpenter.
If you want your door lockset to operate smoothly and not bind up when you turn the doorknob or try to lock it it s imperative the two holes you drill align perfectly in both directions.
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But i don t know of any corresponding term for the hole in the door frame.
Align the edge of the strike plate s hole just to the door side of the mark and proceed with scoring around the strike plate.
The lock cylinder leaves a hole over 2 inches in diameter completely through the door and there s an additional hole through the door edge where the bolt used to reside.
2 cut the faceplate outfit a rotary tool with a 650 router bit and 335 plunge router attachment.
Most moderately skilled amateurs can complete this task in about half an hour.
How to fill holes left when a door strike was moved.
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Steel doors are easy to drill into using a bimetal hole saw and an electric drill.
Remove the door latch.
Slide the door latch into the latch hole and trace the outline of the faceplate onto the edge of the door with a pencil.
Cross or edge bore.
Usually the backset measures 2 3 8 inches or 2 3 4 inches.
The hole on the other side that is the hole in the door that the bolt slides through is called the edge bore.
Chiseling a recess called a mortise for a door lock plate is one of those jobs that s very simple in theory but also very easy to mess up.
The centerline of the holes must be at the same height and they must be drilled at the precise 90 degree angle to the face of the material being drilled.
The small hole along the edge of the door frame usually measuring about 1 inch in diameter.
Door armor lock side light door security kit.
Installing a deadbolt lock on a steel door may sound intimidating but with the right tools it s a fairly simple task.