How To Replace Door Lock And Handle

The most comprehensive method of ensuring security it involves removing the existing lock from the door including the handle if it s a handle lock combo and then installing.

How to replace door lock and handle.

Remove old handles some unscrew on inside others need you to depress a pin with a small screwdriver before prising off cover plate to expose fixing plate. Step 2 unscrew fixing plate then remove whole mechanism from each side of door. Take your interior knob and align the holes in the knob with the bars on the exterior knob. Open the door and stick a door stop under the bottom edge of the door.

Place the key in the lock and gently pull it towards you as you turn it to the left 10 o clock or right 2 o clock positions to align the cam. Once you line them up press the interior knob onto the bars until the knob runs flush with the door. Remove the latch and. Step 4 insert the new cylinder into the lock and replace the fixing screw.

Insert the exterior part of the lock into the door by feeding the long metal piece through the opening in the center of. Insert the new bolt into the opening on the edge of the door and fasten it to the door with the provided screws. When the cam is aligned the lock should slide out towards you. Connect the interior doorknob to the door if you don t have a faceplate.

The bars from your exterior knob should poke out onto the other side of your door. Once the new pins are in reverse the steps to reassemble the lock. If you don t have a door stop you could use a wedge shaped piece of wood or any other wedge like object you can find around your home that will. Open up the door about halfway so you can easily access both sides of.

Grasp both the interior and exterior handles or levers and carefully pull them away from the door. Insert the pins and reassemble the lock dump out the old pins insert the new key and use tweezers or small needle nose pliers to match the new colored pins to the color code on the special instruction sheet.