How To Put A Lock On Interior French Doors
Entry to french doors fitted with standard handles and locks can be forced in less than 30 seconds.
How to put a lock on interior french doors. Locking systems on french doors are operated by the door handles. Here we replace the euro cylinder in a french door this is more difficult than changing a regular euro cylinder as you have to remove the keep plate from on. These locks require a key on both the interior and exterior sides of the door which prevents burglars from breaking the glass and. 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.
If locking is not necessary but. Purchase a double cylinder deadbolt for your french doors. If you want to have the option to lock the door choose a bed bath privacy function for your knob or lever. If the handles are held secure all shoot bolts and levers.
Fancy way is to get a latch for like a sliding door and doing some router work on either door. This does not have a locking mechanism at the mid point of the door like a typical door lock. Fitting a patlock removes the risk of lock snapping as your doors are held secure even without any locks in the doors. Interior french doors with bore holes.
The top bolt goes into the header and the bottom bolt goes into the floor. When the handle is turned both top and bottom bolts retract allowing the door to be opened. The following video is a demonstration of how to install an ultimate lock on the bottom of a french door. Let s say the cross bore hole is on the right handed door.
Thats the down and dirty way. Or maybe if you. How to install a door lock door knob deadbolt. This specific type of install is not easy and we highly recommend professionals.