How To Drill A Door Lock

When a replacement lock can be found then the lock can be drilled open.

How to drill a door lock.

Exterior locksets commonly have a 2 and 3 4 inch backset. I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms. Tape the lock template to the door positioned so that it is square or. There were many who requested this video due to not having access to t.

In this video i show you how to drill out a deadbolt in less than 2 minutes. Before you attempt to drill a lock keep in mind that you won t be able to drill locks that have a center pin made of steel or a ball bearing in the middle pin. If you re in a situation where you cannot or do not want to use a drill to install your lock there are a couple ways of installing an interior door lock without a drill. Look into keyed entry door knobs also called privacy knobs portable door locks or top of door locks.

This video is due to a request from my previous post on how to replace a mailbox lock. Drilling a door lock opening in a wooden door requires a hole saw and a spade bit both of which are used with a drill. To get started hammer a center punch into a point just above the keyhole and take it out. Most interior locksets have a 2 and 3 8 inch backset.

This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that. The backset is the distance from the edge of the door to the center of the giant hole you drill in the face of the door. That is unless you want to spend 150 callin. Drilling without replacing the hardware will result in an unacceptable gap in home security.

Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling. Then using an 1 8 inch drill bit slowly drill through the point you made with the center punch.