Fitting A Lock To A Rebated Door

How to fit a rebated door latch on an internal french door.

Fitting a lock to a rebated door.

To install this lock see section 4 below. The mention fo a 12mm rebate is due to the fact that most locks and latches for wooden double doors are made to suit a 12mm rebate. Most commonly when there are a pair of doors for example it is used to hold the slave door door that opens second fixed closed. When possible fit two locks on your front door both to bs3621 standard.

In this diy guide we show you how to fit a common mortice latch or tubular latch as it s also known to a standard internal door. If you want to fit one yourself you ll need to be capable of woodworking as well as using the tools required to fit the lock. How to fit rebated doors. The door flush bolt is a flush mounted dead bolt lock that performs a similar job to a barrel bolt of holding a slave door secondary door of a rebated pair for eg closed.

I am considering chiselling the rebate back and glueing a piece of wood to the stile to bring this level with the outer edge of the door then once. If you only fit one lock go for an automatically dead locking night latch made to bs3621. A mortice mortise deadlock is a strong form of lock that is embedded within a cut out pocket space inside the door or furniture structure as well as having external components. If you decide to add the rebate the overall size of the two standard doors will be increased by 12mm the same applies if you add a pairmaker from the site.

I hope this was vaguely helpful if you have a similar door with handles to fit. Easy to follow instructional video on how to install a mortice lock in rebated double timber doors. You get the idea it s not totally done but it s done. Position a mortice deadlock about halfway up the door and fit a night latch on your front door one third of the way down.

Before we go into how to fit a rebated door if you are attaching a lock to them if they re external doors for instance then you will need to fit and attach the lock beforehand. We also need to plane the bottom of the door fit a new doorstep tidy up the frame oil the door the list goes on. I am fitting a 5 lever mortice lock to a rebated door marries to another rebated door i have seen rebate kits but none of these is the correct size and will mean making the job more complicated.