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Types of Door Locks That Don't Require Drilling

Finish carpenters, such as door installers, refer to the precise drilling required for most lock-sets as "mortising." Successfully mortising a lock-set requires special tools and a great degree of accuracy. Fortunately for the amateur carpenter, several types of door locks attach to walls and door frames without mortising. The types of door locks that don't require heavy drilling or mortising typically mount to a door or wall's surface by screw and they often provide just as much security as standard lock sets.

  1. Barrel Bolts

    • A heavy-duty barrel bolt with optional padlock.

      Barrel bolts consist of a set of two plates: one plate holds a solid, sliding bolt, and the other plate forms a cylindrical opening that accepts the sliding bolt. The bolt plate mounts to the interior side of a door and the cylinder plate mounts to the door jamb. When slipped into the cylinder, the bolt connects and secures the separate plates, preventing the door from opening. Barrel bolts are used on both interior residential doors and shed doors. Barrel bolts do not require precise drilling, only pre-boring screw holes and driving screws through the plates.

    Hasps and Latches

    • A hasp secured by pin.

      Like barrel bolts, a hasp assembly consists of a door-mounted plate and a jamb-mounted plate. A hasp's door-mounted plate is long, thin and hinged at its center. One side of the hinge attaches to the door by screw, and the opposite side swings free. A slot on the free-swinging side of the hinged hasp plate fits directly over a loop that protrudes from the jamb-mounted hasp plate. Once the free-swinging plate is placed over the loop, a pin or padlock may be placed through the loop to secure the hasp in place and prevent the door from opening.

    Surface-Mounted Keyed Locks

    • This keyed lock mounts to a door's surface.

      Surface-mounted keyed locks imitate the function of a keyed lockset. As implied by their name, these locks are mounted to the surface of a door, rather than installed within its frame. The door-mounted portion of this type of lock is a large box with a familiar key slot. The jamb-mounted portion of this type of lock contains a slot for the key-operated bolt and a strike plate, like standard door locks.

    Chain Bolts

    • Often found in hotel rooms, a chain swings from the door-mounted portion of this type of lock. A disc-shaped head attached to the end of the chain fits directly within a channel that mounts to the door-jamb. Slipped into the channel, the chain's head connects the door and jamb-mounted portion of the lock and prevents the door from fully opening. The location of the chain and channel may be reversed so that the chain mounts to the jamb and the channel to the door.

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