Fitting A Front Door Lock

When possible fit two locks on your front door both to bs3621 standard.

Fitting a front door lock.

Take care with the marking out and drilling to ensure excellent results. If you only fit one lock go for an automatically dead locking night latch made to bs3621. The difference between a rim lock and a mortice lock is that a rim lock is fitted on the surface of the door whilst a mortice lock is fitted in the door edge. If you don t get this precise the lock may not fit properly.

Where the door is self closing the latch has an angled or rounded edge and is sprung so that it automatically locks when the door is closed. Expert tip fitting a night latch that is british standard approved will improve the security of your door. Position a mortice deadlock about halfway up the door and fit a night latch on your front door one third of the way down. For front doors it is best to fit two locks a mortice deadlock about halfway up and a night latch one third of the way down the door.

However if you only fit one lock make it an automatically dead locking night latch. Interior doors are usually fitted with a mortise lock with a latch operated by the door handle or knob. As a rule the more levers pins or discs that a lock has the harder it will be to pick.