Door Frame Latch Hole

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Door frame latch hole.

The strike is installed on the door frame and contains a hole that catches the latch or bolt that extends from the lock. You need two different hole saws to create the perfectly round holes in the face of the door and the smaller hole in the edge of the door. Wright products satin nickel mortise screen door latch model v2200sn 14 19. Slowly lock and unlock the deadbolt several.

How to fill holes left when a door strike was moved. 2 cut the faceplate outfit a rotary tool with a 650 router bit and 335 plunge router attachment. But if you look at the last door that i installed you will quickly see that i am not a professional carpenter. 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.

If weather stripping is the culprit behind your lock struggles try changing to a thinner weather strip or adjusting the strikes. Set the depth of cut on the router attachment to match the thickness of the faceplate. Use a combination square to transfer this center mark across the face of the jamb that is onto the flat strip between the inside edge of the jamb and the. Close the door and look for where the lock bolt or latch bolt contacts the doorjamb.

Mark the precise center top to bottom of the bolt onto the inside edge of the jamb using a pencil. Design house emblem series oil rubbed bronze 6 way universal replacement entry door latch model 582197 10 31 10 31. The strike will hold the bolt in place keeping the door locked until the bolt is retracted using a key or thumb turn. When you adjust the strikes the metal plates that surround the bolt or latch pocket in the door frame it is important to first determine where the bolt is catching.

To allow proper clearance for the lock to operate most strike plates are recessed into the door frame. The hole on the other side that is the hole in the door that the bolt slides through is called the edge bore. It s no small task to repair a wood door after removing a dead bolt latch. How to fill the hole with water putty.

But i don t know of any corresponding term for the hole in the door frame. The last thing you want to use is a jigsaw. Remove the door latch. Free delivery with 45 order.

The lock cylinder leaves a hole over 2 inches in diameter completely through.