Fitting A Mortice Lock To A Rebated Door
If you only fit one lock go for an automatically dead locking night latch made to bs3621.
Fitting a mortice lock to a rebated door. Easy to follow instructional video on how to install a mortice lock in rebated double timber doors. 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. The second important part of this how to is to buy a rebate kit. To install this lock see section 4 below.
The fitting instructions supplied with a mortice lock will normally specify the thickness of door it is designed for problems will arise if a mortice lock is fitted to a door thinner than it is designed for. Mortice latch or tubular door latch showing the latch casing the catch and door handle spindle insert. When possible fit two locks on your front door both to bs3621 standard. Unlike a normal door where you would fully recess the latch into the door and it would close against a frame with a rebated double door like ours the latch actually needs to sit partly out from being fully inside the door.