The distance between the edge of the door and the center of the lock hole.
How to lock two swinging doors from inside.
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Thats the down and dirty way.
Usually the backset measures 2 3 8 inches or 2 3 4 inches.
Very very easy to install.
When you pull the handle down to horizontal the door latch engages.
Swinging traffic doors with lock system.
The first rule of operation for doors that must both lock and automatically open is.
Any mortise or cylindrical lock can be used on a pair of doors just as it would on a single door.
Double panel doors also come with upper and lower barrel bolts to secure panels at the top and bottom.
The lock should also be designed to fit your door s thickness which will range from 1 3 8 inches to 1 3 4 inches on average.
Posted by fshgrl at 12 42 am on october 31 2012.
You can get door handles that lock the latch back into the door when the handle is oriented straight up so that it would swing freely in both directions.
I searched for months for some way to secure an outward swinging door.
Make sure the lock you choose will fit into any existing holes that are drilled in the door if applicable.
Working door knobs and they click shut via a recessed ball at the top of each door against the frame.
Single panel locking doors bolt into the side wall jamb and double panel doors toghether in the middle.
To lock it depending on how secure you want it to be a series of 4 l brackets on the door and frame so that you can drop a bar across all 4 and the doors cant move.
No way to lock the doors to keep the kids from walking in and clicking the doors open and shut requires significant effort.
I was unable to find anything that actually worked except this item.
I want to put working door handles in with a means to lock them.
Basically you just have to drill the two 5 16 holes in the door and the rest is just screwing it together.
Available in single panel or double panel doors.
If the door is opened automatically it must lock electrically.
Lowes sells them or did a while ago.
Fancy way is to get a latch for like a sliding door and doing some router work on either door.
And an interior door.
In the case of a swinging door the door can be opened.