How To Drill An Entryway Door Lock

This ensures you don t splinter the wood on the face of the door as you blast through drilling from just one side.

How to drill an entryway door lock.

Feel the drill work and try not to work too quickly or press too hard as this may jam or break the drill bit. A lock that is drilled unsuccessfully is a waste of materials and time. Aim the drill into the area just above the keyway. The goal is to drill through the pin tumblers not the keyway itself.

Cut only halfway through one side of the door. Do not be afraid to drill a lock but know when doing so will not be help full. Drill out the lock cylinder. Once you ve drilled through and broken the pins you may need to insert a flat screwdriver to retract the latch and open the door.

Use a sharp drill bit that is designed for metal drilling. With the large hole cut it s now time to drill the small 1 inch hole in the edge of the door. You want to drill part way into one side of the door stop and then start to drill from the other side. Open the door halfway and tap two shims one from each side between the floor and the door bottom to hold it steady.

Pressure from the client should not be a valid excuse for attempting destructive entry on an unknown lock. Flip the door and finish from the other side. This destroys the pins inside the lock cylinder. Measure up from the finish floor 36 inches or the height of other knobs in the house and mark the door s edge.

5 drill the latch hole with the spade bit by setting the point on the spade bit on the mark and drilling a hole that is 1 inch deep or. Drill the lock hole into the door faces with a hole saw. Drill a hole through the lock cylinder through the guidance point. I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms.

Without understanding the locking mechanism it is counterproductive to drill the lock. Drilling the lock 1. How to install a door lock door knob deadbolt. Insert the new bolt into the opening on the edge of the door and fasten it to the door with the provided screws.

Insert the exterior part of the lock into the door by feeding the long metal piece through the opening in the center of. Switch to a slightly larger bit. If the deadbolt comes with an interior plate and a decorative. This technique helps prevents splintering.

With a square extend this mark across the door s edge and 3 inches onto one face.