How To Lock French Doors Interior
Fancy way is to get a latch for like a sliding door and doing some router work on either door.
How to lock french doors interior. 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. Three point locking mechanisms are best for french doors. 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. Install a commercial grade double sided deadbolt into the active side of the door or alternatively install a double side high security deadbolt into the active side of the french door.
The mul t lock ball bearing locks the latch and the strike together. The top bolt goes into the header and the bottom bolt goes into the floor. In addition a mortise lock one which is embedded in the door will be much stronger than one that s attached to the inside. Let s say the cross bore hole is on the right handed door.
Locking both the top and bottom of the doors will significantly reduce the weak point in the middle. For doors with a bolt that slides to lock along the top and bottom of the door you can permanently lock the door by drilling a hole into. Or maybe if you. If locking is not necessary but.
Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube. When the handle is turned both top and bottom bolts retract allowing the door to be opened. 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. If you want to have the option to lock the door choose a bed bath privacy function for your knob or lever.
Thats the down and dirty way. Interior french doors with bore holes. Thanks to wd40 for partnering on this video. This does not have a locking mechanism at the mid point of the door like a typical door lock.
Well then get comfy sit back and learn. Renovating my living room with interior french doors for my new office and removing the old columns. Add one side half deadbolts to the top and bottom of each door.