It s no small task to repair a wood door after removing a dead bolt latch.
Door frame latch hole.
How to fill the hole with water putty.
The last thing you want to use is a jigsaw.
Close the door and look for where the lock bolt or latch bolt contacts the doorjamb.
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The lock cylinder leaves a hole over 2 inches in diameter completely through.
Mark the precise center top to bottom of the bolt onto the inside edge of the jamb using a pencil.
You need two different hole saws to create the perfectly round holes in the face of the door and the smaller hole in the edge of the door.
If weather stripping is the culprit behind your lock struggles try changing to a thinner weather strip or adjusting the strikes.
How to refill a wood deadbolt latch hole.
Slide the door latch into the latch hole and trace the outline of the faceplate onto the edge of the door with a pencil.
Slowly lock and unlock the deadbolt several.
But if you look at the last door that i installed you will quickly see that i am not a professional carpenter.
The strike is installed on the door frame and contains a hole that catches the latch or bolt that extends from the lock.
Remove the door latch.
Set the depth of cut on the router attachment to match the thickness of the faceplate.
But i don t know of any corresponding term for the hole in the door frame.
The hole on the other side that is the hole in the door that the bolt slides through is called the edge bore.
The hole diameters are 2 and 1 8 inch and 1 inch respectively.
2 cut the faceplate outfit a rotary tool with a 650 router bit and 335 plunge router attachment.
To allow proper clearance for the lock to operate most strike plates are recessed into the door frame.
How to fill holes left when a door strike was moved.
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Use a combination square to transfer this center mark across the face of the jamb that is onto the flat strip between the inside edge of the jamb and the.
The strike will hold the bolt in place keeping the door locked until the bolt is retracted using a key or thumb turn.