How To Drill A Door Lock

To know where to drill this hole from the edge of the door you need to know the backset of the lockset.

How to drill a door lock.

Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly. To get started hammer a center punch into a point just above the keyhole and take it out. In this video i show you how to drill out a deadbolt in less than 2 minutes. That is unless you want to spend 150 callin.

Look into keyed entry door knobs also called privacy knobs portable door locks or top of door locks. Then using an 1 8 inch drill bit slowly drill through the point you made with the center punch. 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. Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling.

How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled. This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that. There were many who requested this video due to not having access to t. I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms.

This video is due to a request from my previous post on how to replace a mailbox lock. When a replacement lock can be found then the lock can be drilled open. 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. Tape the lock template to the door positioned so that it is square or.

Exterior locksets commonly have a 2 and 3 4 inch backset. Most interior locksets have a 2 and 3 8 inch backset.