Replacing Old Style Door Locks

Begin by removing the screws from the door knob on the interior side of your door.

Replacing old style door locks.

Door handlesets 3 door knobs 1085 door lever handles 89 door locks 74 entry door handlesets 167. Our new door handle has a lower extension piece that sticks into the door and to fit the new handle on we needed to drill a hole. Remove the two screws from the latch plate on the edge of the door and remove the latch from the opening. Price low to high.

View top sellers in. The most comprehensive method of ensuring security it involves removing the existing lock from the door including the handle if it s a handle lock combo and then installing. To remove the dead bolt and latch bolt unscrew their faceplates located on the door s inner edge. Step 3 install the exterior handle.

If you have an old house you may have doors with olde mortise style door hardware. Cut through the paint around the faceplate and remove the screws as shown. First we removed the hideous old door knob and deadbolt. You only have a phillips screwdriver that might be all you need to remove a lock from an entry style interior door.

If you don t know this trick though your entry style door lock has it then this video might be worth watching. Please subscribe it helps me out joe russell looked high and low on line trying to figure out how to remove this door handle. Loosen the set screw on one door knob and twist or pull it off the spindle then pull the other knob and the attached spindle out of the hub. Replace the existing strike and latch plates in the door jamb with the new ones provided with your set.

In some cases door latch plate mortises might need to be cut or enlarged. Ultra security 44609 old time mortise lock with skeleton key brass plated finish replaces most mortise interior locks from the early 1900 s. These videos will how you have to remove and install the hardware and wh. 4 1 out of 5 stars 113.

Removing an entry style lock from a door doesn t require much knowledge at all. Stick the screwdriver through the spindle hub and pop the lock out of the door. This type of door knob has.