How To Install A Lock On Interior French Doors
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How to install a lock on interior french doors. Fancy way is to get a latch for like a sliding door and doing some router work on either door. To lock it depending on how secure you want it to be a series of 4 l brackets on the door and frame so that you can drop a bar across all 4 and the doors cant move. To fill the gap i would use a thin piece of veneer aluminium or steel sheet over the edge of one door so you essentially have to close one first. The locks prevent a determined intruder from dislodging the inactive.
Or maybe if you do the. Interior french doors with bore holes for rooms you would like to be able to lock or just prefer to have a working knob or lever that latches you will want to purchase french doors that are already drilled with a cross bore hole on one side and a latch bore on the other. How to install a french door inactive panel lock. This specific type of install is not easy and we highly recommend professionals.
The following video is a demonstration of how to install an ultimate lock on the bottom of a french door. Step 4 drill latch hole. Thats the down and dirty way. The latch hole is created by drilling with a spade bit on the edge of the door.
Stop drilling before going completely through the door. Then continue drilling the hole from the opposite side this will prevent splintering. To drill a hole for the french door lock use a hole saw. Locks on inactive french door panels provide an added measure of security.