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I have a deadbolt lock for a smart lock I just bought. The first problem is I have a metal door and need a drive-in bolt attachment for the lock.

The second problem is the the hole I made in the door is too big for the 1" lock. Its 1-1/8 inches so the lock is too small, so even if I got a drive in bolt attachment, its slightly too small and will fall right in.

How can I install this thing on a metal door? I was thinking either a. there is a larger drive in bolt attachment option that is 1-1/8, or b. I cut a rectangle out and put the deadbolt in as-is and find a way to drill it in from inside the metal door. Thoughts?

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    Protip: 1/8 is already read "one eighth". Don't add th to it. That would be "one eighth-th". :P
    – isherwood
    May 10 at 21:17
  • What hardware is that? Schlage sends drive-in conversion parts in the box. It's a 15-second swap. Stick a screwdriver in the slot at the corner and twist the two plates apart to remove them.
    – isherwood
    May 10 at 21:19
  • More photos would help. From what I can see behind your thumb you don't need a drive-in bolt. It looks mortised.
    – isherwood
    May 10 at 21:20
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    Don't even really need tubing. Roll up a flat piece of whatever material.
    – Huesmann
    May 11 at 13:16
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    Commercial-grade doors tend to be fully steel, but most residential doors are merely steel clad. We can clearly see the wooden core in the photo.
    – isherwood
    May 11 at 13:24

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A pro, given an erroneously drilled door, would probably either

  1. use a die to form a recess that the rectangular faceplate or a properly-drilled repair piece will fit into, or

  2. cut the rectangle, use screws to affix tabs behind the door edge, and then mount the rectangular faceplate to those tabs.

But a pro would have triple-checked the required dimensions before drilling. Knowing how to recover from a mistake is good, not making the mistake in the first place is better.

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The door is merely metal skinned, so you just need to reduce the hole a bit. Get some 1/16" thick flexible stuff, form it into a cylinder, and glue it in there using epoxy.

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