Fitting Rim Lock Outward Opening Door

Position the staple on the door frame.

Fitting rim lock outward opening door. Probably more suited to full wooden doors or doors with large stiles. The plate is cut into the door stop and the rim lock is set further back from the front edge of door. Close the door and mark on the door frame the position of the top and bottom of the rim lock. Fitting a rim lock to a door is quite straightforward but does need care in the measurement and cutting for a neat finish.

It would not be visually obtrusive. It is an easy plate to fit. The staple which secures the lock catch and bolt when the door is closed may have an endplate like the lock which will need to be recessed in to the door frame in a similar manner as for the lock endplate. Before fitting a rim lock remember that it does not provide as much security as a mortice lock being mounted on the side of the door it much easier to burst through a door fitted with a rim lock.

These are not really the most secure as they are really a bit flimsy weak and not all that secure as in most cases if you could get enough leverage to pull the gate open then the lock bolt. You might consider removing the latchbolt from your rimlock and maybe fitting a tubular mortice latch to be operated by the same knob and spindle. The cylinder night latch can only be opened with a key from the outside but can be closed and locked from the inside using the locking button. A cylinder night latch of which the yale lock is the most common sort is an easily fitted lock that locks itself automatically when the door is closed.

Outward opening door lock at lockmonster co uk. Fitting a rim lock. At the side of the lock body is a small pin which you can push upwards with a narrow screwdriver 1. Yale reverse strikes for outward opening doors model number 89ltsp and 89stsp suits most yale type latches.

A rimlock is really a very simple lock for a gate or door so called because it sits on the rim edge of a gate or door. Mortice locks deadlock sashlock latches rim cylinder locks. There are 4 lever rimlocks used on some utilities cabins that are designed to be used on the inside of outward opening doors but i do not think they have a latch. Commonly it is found on the inside of shed doors and on ledged and braced gates.

If the latch of the lock faces the wrong way for the opening direction of the door you will need to turn it round. The latch will then fall forwards out of the lock body 2.