The backset is the distance from the edge of the door to the center of the giant hole you drill in the face of the door.
How to drill a door 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.
Look into keyed entry door knobs also called privacy knobs portable door locks or top of door locks.
Exterior locksets commonly have a 2 and 3 4 inch backset.
Before you attempt to drill a lock keep in mind that you won t be able to drill locks that have a center pin made of steel or a ball bearing in the middle pin.
Then using an 1 8 inch drill bit slowly drill through the point you made with the center punch.
That is unless you want to spend 150 callin.
This room happened to have a key ed lock on it that.
I recently bought a house my wife thought it would be a good idea to shut the door to one of the rooms.
Certain locks are not going to open as easily as others even with drilling.
Understand the lock well enough to drill it properly.
This video is due to a request from my previous post on how to replace a mailbox lock.
Most interior locksets have a 2 and 3 8 inch backset.
In this video i show you how to drill out a deadbolt in less than 2 minutes.
Tape the lock template to the door positioned so that it is square or.
To get started hammer a center punch into a point just above the keyhole and take it out.
How to drill different cylinder locks including very poor footage of one being drilled.
Drilling without replacing the hardware will result in an unacceptable gap in home security.