The installation of a good door must be accompanied byinstallation of a no less sound castle. Often, metal doors already contain in their structure one, and sometimes several locks. On the wooden canvases will have to mount it separately.
Overhead - locks, fastened directly to the door leaf. The most common mechanisms among them are: spring and cylindrical.
The installation of an overhead lock on a wooden door and its correct functioning depends on the initial choice. To do this, you need to understand the differences.
The first difference between overhead locks becomesdegree of protection. There are several classes that correspond to the degree of protection of the home from penetration. There are only four of them: from minimal and medium to high and special.
According to this classification, for household purposes and civil buildings, castles of the second and third class of protection are suitable.
The lock on the wooden door has moreone difference - a secret mechanism. Here it is divided into cylinder and sovalny. The latter are used as auxiliary devices, if it fails, the lock must be completely changed. Cylinders have in their design a so-called larva, which unlocks the lock.
According to the principle of functionality, there are two groups of locks:
- With spring latch. Opening is from the inside of the handle, with the outside - the key. The latch is then inserted into the casing or a special button is pressed in the casing.
- With fixed snap. This mechanism completely blocks the door thanks to a triangular latch.
Существуют магнитные замки, которые целесообразно set only in the place where there is a large flow of people. Often this is only the work of opening out. Such locks may require additional power or stand-alone energy carrier.
Protection for the door in the first place is protectionof the whole dwelling, so it's better to give preference to well-known brands that are responsible for quality and reliability. The main criteria are how to choose a padlock on a wooden door:
- Secrecy. It is better to give preference to cylinder, rather than to the mechanism of couplings.
- Locking element. Here is the difference in the deadbolt and its absence. The gate valve in the crossbar can be up to five pieces, and without the deadbolt, only one monolithic tongue.
- The principle of opening. Mechanical, electronic or electromechanical. The first one is the most common and the simplest, since access is done with a regular key.
- Door configuration.How to install an overhead lock on a wooden door, depending on its opening? Restrictions are not special, the main thing is that the lock was chosen correctly - right or left. On each of them there is a corresponding marking.
- Additional items. For example, an integrated latch that allows you to lock the door in a closed position so that it can not open on the other side.
It often consists in replacing the larva. To do this, you need:
Replace it with a new one and assemble it in the reverse order.
In comparison with other types of locks, a waybill is easier to repair, which is also a great advantage.
Часто домашние умельцы задаются вопросом:how to put an invoice lock on a wooden door? You need to start the installation after the lock is selected for all parameters. Often there is nothing complicated in this, so it can be done on its own, without recourse to specialists. The only thing, if the door is unique or very expensive, it is better to sweep this way because of the probability of damaging the canvas.
To independently install the cylinderpadlock on a wooden door, you will need the following tools: drill, electric or manual, drill to it; pencil; screwdriver; self-tapping screws; hammer and chisel.
Before installing, be sure to familiarize yourself with the scheme attached to the lock. The order of installation steps is as follows:
- Make a mark on the door for future holes, to do this, attach the lock to the canvas.
- Drill holes for screws, it is better to use a drill bit a little thinner than a screw, then it will be fixed most reliably.
- Drill out the channel for the core.
- Install the lock in the door and lead to the larva.
- Attach the fixing plate to the door frame.After this, the overlay lock on the wooden door, the installation of which is almost complete, needs to be checked for functioning, if there is no displacement of the door and the box relative to each other, then all elements can be fixed.
On a door of standard height installation of the lockStart at the point you make, marking one third of the length from the top of the canvas. Often, the installation instructions do not include the part in which the center of the device is measured. Therefore, the following should be done:
- To make a marking with the help of a square and drill a hole.
- Outline the outline of the castle on a sheet of paper - this will be a template.
- Install the cylinder in the prepared hole,fasten the device case using self-cutting screws. Outside set pad for the key hole. It is better to choose a cylinder lock on a wooden door, the device and repair of which will be much cheaper than a lever lock.
- After that, the lock should be opened and pressed to the box. At this point, you need to note the place where the locking mechanism will be located.
- Make a recess with a drill or chisel so that the edge of the holder plate coincides with the door frame.
After this is done the final stage - checking the correctness of the installation. If the lock is functioning properly, then you can fix the result.
