Learn how to install a deadbolt lock on a door or steel door.
How to put a padlock lock on a steel door.
Hold the keyed half of the lock mechanism on the outside of the door and insert the pin through the opening in the center of the bolt mechanism.
Measure 42 inches up from the bottom of the door on the inside and a distance from the door s edge equal to your lock s backset.
Attach the interior part of the deadbolt lock by inserting the two provided long screws through the interior plate the two screw holes in the bolt and into the exterior side of the lock.
Adding a deadbolt lock can be a great way to improve the security of your wood door steel door.
First thing we re going to do is go ahead and install our deadbolt plungers so we re gonna take it slide it right into the door grab our woodscrews and go ahead and put in the holes.
Snap on the decorative outer plate.
Fit it into the opening in the other half of the.
Make a mark using the center punch and hammer.
Push the plate and arm against the face of the door.