Close the door and turn the deadbolt several times to mark the doorframe.
Hole in door frame for lock.
Drill pilot holes and secure the striker plate with screws.
Mortise the area around the hole so the strike plate will fit flush with the doorframe.
Slide the door latch into the latch hole and trace the outline of the faceplate onto the edge of the door with a pencil.
Use a 7 8 spade bit to drill two overlapping holes in the doorframe for the deadbolt.
2 cut the faceplate outfit a rotary tool with a 650 router bit and 335 plunge router attachment.
If you want your door lockset to operate smoothly and not bind up when you turn the doorknob or try to lock it it s imperative the two holes you drill align perfectly in both directions.
The lock cylinder leaves a hole over 2 inches in diameter completely through the door and there s an additional hole through the door edge where the bolt used to reside.
Align the edge of the strike plate s hole just to the door side of the mark and proceed with scoring around the strike plate.
The hole on the other side that is the hole in the door that the bolt slides through is called the edge bore.
The distance between the edge of the door and the center of the lock hole.
The centerline of the holes must be at the same height and they must be drilled at the precise 90 degree angle to the face of the material being drilled.
Use this checklist and our suggestions to get your new lock and door working in perfect harmony.
The small hole along the edge of the door frame usually measuring about 1 inch in diameter.
But i don t know of any corresponding term for the hole in the door frame.
Cross or edge bore.
Drilling holes for locks in a new wood exterior door.
But if you look at the last door that i installed you will quickly see that i am not a professional carpenter.
Usually the backset measures 2 3 8 inches or 2 3 4 inches.
New wooden doors typically already have holes drilled to accept doorknobs but they may not be ready for deadbolt lock installations.
Luckily fixing the alignment of your door doesn t have to be a chore.
Chiseling a recess called a mortise for a door lock plate is one of those jobs that s very simple in theory but also very easy to mess up.