Can You Put a Deadbolt on a Hollow Core Door
This blog is a continuation of my January 31st Web log titled, "Deadbolt Locks For Child Safe and Sleeping room Privacy." In the previous blog I demonstrated how Thumb-Turn Only (or one-sided) deadbolts could exist installed high upwards on the door, preventing small-scale children from running out the door unattended or opening the door to a stranger. The problem with these locks is someone inside can lock all the doors, if the spouse comes habitation from work at an unscheduled fourth dimension entry will be impossible without ringing the door bong or calling the person inside with a prison cell telephone. Mom might be napping with the kids and cannot exist woke up easily. Dad has a key but cannot unlock the one-sided deadbolts because there is no key hole on the exterior.
I went through this feel with a customer many years ago and I had to return to re-install one lock which could be unlocked with a primal. Since that time I have always recommended a contingency programme when i-sided deadbolts are getting installed. At least one of the deadbolts should have a keyhole on the exterior so the spouse who is locked out can easily enter the firm with their key without disturbing napping children.
The trouble with installing deadbolt locks and so loftier on a metal door is that most of the door is filled with Styrofoam. Most door manufacturers build solid wood cores where the locks are to be located, but it is very rare to find wood to support a lock installation the full height of the door. Many metal doors provide only plenty wood inside the door to support a doorknob. I take installed many deadbolt locks 6 inches above the doorknob just to detect the door filled with foam or cardboard. And I have removed many deadbolts to re-key a house for the new owner simply to find the locksmith or carpenter never tightened the locks mounting screws considering the door was filled with foam. Tightening the mounting screws would have crushed the door and caused the lock to demark.
The correct procedure for installing a lock in a hollow metal door is to install a filler around the locks mounting pigsty. This can exist made out of woods on site, but the easiest and nigh professional fashion is to use an Ames Door Support. The door support allows the new deadbolt mounting screws to be tightened down firmly and so the lock is tight on the door. It besides keeps the lock centered in the door where the lock volition part smoothly without hanging up or binding.
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Source: http://www.gaterslocksmith.com/blog/2015/06/01/deadbolt-installed-in-hollow-metal-door-requires-door-support/
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