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Replacing front door handle and lock

  • 28-12-2018 7:13pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,516 ✭✭✭


    So A set of keys to the front door were lost so want to replace the lock.
    Also the handle on the outside is loose and not springing back up.
    I tried to look at the handle before but didn’t get far as I didn’t know what to do to replace it.
    So now it has to be done.
    Anybody any idea what handle and lock I need to get to replace it and where to get them, I’m sure if I got the lock and handles I could figure out the rest maybe.
    It got locking bolts top and bottom of the door but they are seperate from the lock I presume and have their own mechanism.

    Also is it possible to put a handle and lock on it so that when you lift it up from the inside to set the locks in place that the handle outside can’t open the locks?
    Wife always lock the door from the inside when in the house , which would save the hassle of using keys all the time.

    Pics attached and thanks in advance.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭quietsailor


    XsApollo wrote: »
    So A set of keys to the front door were lost so want to replace the lock.
    Also the handle on the outside is loose and not springing back up.
    I tried to look at the handle before but didn’t get far as I didn’t know what to do to replace it.
    So now it has to be done.
    Anybody any idea what handle and lock I need to get to replace it and where to get them, I’m sure if I got the lock and handles I could figure out the rest maybe.
    It got locking bolts top and bottom of the door but they are seperate from the lock I presume and have their own mechanism.

    Also is it possible to put a handle and lock on it so that when you lift it up from the inside to set the locks in place that the handle outside can’t open the locks?
    Wife always lock the door from the inside when in the house , which would save the hassle of using keys all the time.

    Pics attached and thanks in advance.
    I haven't replaced a lock on this kind of door but it looks similar to the lock on my own door; When you look at the photo of the edge of the door which has the spring loaded tongue & the locking tongue - do you see the screw directly below them. If that screw is in line with the key barrell then it is likely the screw that holds the barrell in place.

    Here is a video that explains it better https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4zyn10P1sk and also shows you a barrell with an internal turn screw plus describes the types of security/more secure locks.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,516 ✭✭✭XsApollo


    Nice, that’s the job , pretty simple by the looks of it.
    Cheers


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,516 ✭✭✭XsApollo


    Job done, simple when you know how.
    Thanks again.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,428 ✭✭✭quietsailor


    No worries, glad I could help


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