How To Make A Door Lock Hole Bigger

To enlarge an existing hole.

How to make a door lock hole bigger.

Mark the centerline of the existing hole on the edge of the door. Instead of paying big bucks for a new door wi. Cut two scraps of 1 2 or thicker plywood making them several inches larger than the hole. Draw a center line on the plywood and mark setback of the hole from one edge of the plywood.

Cut two pieces of scrap plywood several inches larger than the diameter of the hole. Lay the block on the door and align the two sets of center marks. Then mark centerlines on the plywood block. Place a second plywood block behind the door and clamp the parts together as illustrated.

The stripped hole repair kit from king s original ha. Enlarging the lockset hole in a door can be difficult since there s nothing to guide the pilot bit. Need to drill a new hole really close to the original one. The hole diameters are 2 and 1 8 inch and 1 inch respectively.

Jam a wood plug into the existing hole haha show how to drill a hole. You need two different hole saws to create the perfectly round holes in the face of the door and the smaller hole in the edge of the door. Because there s a new larger standard size for doorknobs. Have a door out of alignment due to settling.

To solve this problem. Why won t that new doorknob fit in your old door. This is a common problem when drilling a larger hole in a door for a new deadbolt or lockset. When enlarging a lockset hole mark the centerlines of the old hole on the door.