How To Change My Front Door Lock

First remove the old door lock by unscrewing the doorknob on the inside of the door.

How to change my front door lock.

Insert the exterior part of the lock into the door by feeding the long metal piece through the opening in the center of the bolt. Once the new pins are in reverse the steps to reassemble the lock. In apartment complexes this is now the most common way of changing locks on a door. Your new lock set should contain four basic pieces.

Insert your key into the lock and turn it to unlock the door. Two doorknobs a latch piece which will be fixed onto the door and the strike plate that attaches to the door frame. The cost to repair a door or window lock that is faulty or damaged can start from 45 for repairing a internal door lock to 65 for a front or back door lock. Rekeying involves realigning the pins and springs in the inner workings of the lock in.

For example if your front door lock is a schlage the other locks you want. On a replacement set with a one piece exterior escutcheon that holds both the lock cylinder and latch the spread must match the holes exactly. When rekeying multiple locks to fit a single key all locks must first have been made by the same manufacturer. The set should also contain two long screws and four short screws.

The price to fix a lock will depend on the time taken to repair the lock if any parts are needed and also the actual lock type. Remove the exterior door knob. Slide the wire tool into the small hole on the side of the interior door knob. Insert the new bolt into the opening on the edge of the door and fasten it to the door with the provided screws.

Insert the pins and reassemble the lock dump out the old pins insert the new key and use tweezers or small needle nose pliers to match the new colored pins to the color code on the special instruction sheet. Measure from the center of the knob hole to the center of the lock hole to determine the spread. Step 2 remove the old lock.