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How to Install a New Lockset

A new wood door will require a new lockset. Simple tools and accurate measurements make installing your own lockset an easy job.

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How to Install a New Lockset

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" After hanging a new solid wooden door, the next step is to install a new lockset. Here's how to do it. Replace your old striker plate with a new one that came with the lockset. If the shape of the plate is different. You can increase the size of the mortise with a chisel. Using a SPEED® Square, transfer the location of the top and bottom bottom the striker plate hole to the edge of the door and transfer these measurements to the front of the door. This will allow us to line up the lockset installation tool. On the lockset installation tool, you can set the backset guide to match the backset required for the lockset you are installing. Using your measurements, position the lockset installation tool on the edge of the door aligned with the pencil marks and secure it to the door with the two screws from your lockset kit. Following the directions that came with the installation kit, bore a hole through the door until a pilot drill appears on the other side of the door. Using the pilot hole as a guide, now, bore from the other side until you have completely cut through the door. In this way you avoid splintering the whole. Then, using a 1-inch bore, drill a hole for the bolt right through to the larger hole. Remove the lockset tool and following the instructions that came with the tool, install the template for cutting a mortise for the bolt plate. Following the channels in the guide with the router tip, cut the edges of the mortise, and then removing the template tool, cut away the remaining wood with a chisel. If the new bolt plate that came with your lockset has squared edges, simply use your chisel to square the corners. And following the instructions that came to your lockset, install the bolt, and then assemble the lockset assembly and fasten it in place with the screws included with the lockset. With the hardware installed, your new door is ready for painting or staining to match your decor."

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