Timeline for What should I know before trying to make a larger deadbolt hole?
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| Jan 16, 2020 at 0:55 | vote | accept | Breedly | ||
| Jan 12, 2020 at 9:08 | answer | added | Jasen | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jan 12, 2020 at 1:22 | comment | added | Ed Beal | This is simple your locksmith is an idiot! Probably learned the skill in prison and has no construction experience ... after several issues over the years guess what those that pick locks and are good are locksmiths after time served , maybe just my experience but I do have a few good friends now that were inside and they are the ones that have said this!!! Get a contractor to adjust the hinges / jamb and even add steel plates with 4” screws into the framework, this still will not stop a size 15 boot with 250 lbs on a solid wood door, find someone that will fix both sides not a crook. | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 23:23 | comment | added | Jimmy Fix-it | Please tell us the size of the existing hole, the size hole you want to make, and the distance (on center) from the edge of the door to the middle of the existing hole. P.S. in lockset lingo, this last measurement is known as the setback. | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 21:28 | comment | added | Alaska Man | YouTube is your friend. youtube.com/watch?v=Q4kjCnDX05g - youtube.com/watch?v=lgNAQedKUW0 | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 21:17 | comment | added | Alaska Man | Thanks for the new info but it is still a little ambiguous. I think what you are asking is, you have new dead bolt lock that is to large for your the existing hole in the door. There are several questions with answers on this stack exchange that address that problem. Locksmiths work on locks, not doors. Search this site and you will find a couple of ways to accomplish creating a larger hole or filling the old one and drilling a new one. | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 20:59 | history | edited | Breedly | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 11, 2020 at 20:57 | comment | added | Charles | What, specifically, do you want enlarged? | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 20:53 | comment | added | Lee Sam | Does “enlarge” mean lengthen? | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 20:49 | comment | added | Alaska Man | @Breedly You have not told us WHAT he refused to do. What is the problem? Enlarging a dead bolt tells us nothing. | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 20:44 | history | edited | Breedly | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 11, 2020 at 20:42 | comment | added | Breedly | @SolarMike it looks simple to me, but since he refused to do it I know it probably isn't. I'm trying to get educated so I can figure out what my options are. | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 20:38 | comment | added | Alaska Man | It is unclear what not enough room means. Not enough room for what? Please add much more details so we can help you. | |
| Jan 11, 2020 at 20:37 | comment | added | Solar Mike | So the “expert” refuses a job you say is simple... Why would he do that... | |
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| Jan 11, 2020 at 20:26 | history | asked | Breedly | CC BY-SA 4.0 |