How to drill A Door Knob Hole In A Metal Door
Deadbolt Installation on Metal Door
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hello everyone today we're going to be
installing a deadbolt on the steel door
what we have is a steel door that's
insulated so we've got a layer of steel
wood and another layer of steel to go
through this is intimidating that anyone
don't let it be this is a pretty easy
job and there are tools readily
available to help the average homeowner
get through this project and that's what
I really tried to preach on this channel
is if you start with the right tools you
can do the work yourself and not have to
pay someone else to do it for you
luckily YouTube University use exists as
well so that resources there for YouTube
and starting with the right tools the
right tool in this case is the Erwin
door lock installation kit so you can
see it works with metal and wood doors
we've got a nice jig to drill our
deadbolt as well as optional depths here
I'll talk about that later also has the
template for the mortise and tenon joint
as well as this nice plate which is
awesome by the way if this router bit
fits in a drill and you simply take it
around these edges right here and then
we'll just have to knock that way out so
that is going to be super helpful first
things first we need to remove our
existing door handle in order to take
some measurements from the center of
this handle up to where we need to put
our deadbolt
now remove the bolt plate
this doesn't come out before you stick
something in here there'll be a little
hole it's kind of work it out just like
that
there we go now the first thing we need
to do is determine our bat set that is
which depth we are going to mount this
jig so what we need to do is find dead
center of this hole and determine what
that is so take a tape measure
straightedge whatever you have and just
place it against your door here make
sure it's right on the edge then we'll
just move over we got two inches and
looks like one two three eight dead
center two inches three dates the next
step is determining our deadbolt height
so what you're gonna want to do is
whatever deadbolt you bought check the
instructions and see if they give a
recommendation for how high to make it
from the center of your door handle here
to the deadbolt this is definitely an
important step but you don't want to
skip it because if you make this too low
obviously we have interference problems
so in my particular case this deadbolt
called for five and a half inches from
the center so we'll just kind of eyeball
it here that'll be perfectly fine we've
got about five and a half right there so
here's where we'll make our mark right
there all right now we're just gonna
mount the jig to the door making sure
our mark is dead center of the hole here
remember we have our back set set at two
and 3/8 inches so we don't need to worry
about that we just pretty much need to
Center up our mark make sure it's good
and then we'll use the existing screws
that we took out before and we use those
to secure the jig
you
alright next step is to simply attach
this drill bit to the bore just screws
in and then we'll just use this to go
ahead and drill through our door so
without further ado here we go
you
we go took some doing but that worked
pretty well
and now we'll put our one inch we'll fix
that just like this and do the same
thing right there
there we go all done we can take the jig
off next step is to install the router
bit guide and what we're going to do is
just use the mounting holes we use for
the jig and use these two tabs right
here these pins and we'll just line
those up make sure the guide is tapped
and affirm against the door here just
like that
you
that's it and there we go and now we
just need to chisel these pieces out now
it's time to notch out this area for the
bolt plate and we're just going to be
using a one-inch chisel and you can find
these at Harbor Freight for the great
price of six dollars or so
you
once you've got the bolt plate all
notched out let's go ahead and test fit
and just make sure it fits looks like
we're good here and that's it everybody
really not too hard at all if you have
the right tools and you take your time
you can do this job at home yourself on
the difficulty scale there's maybe a one
out of three it's something that you can
absolutely talk with yourself honestly
the hardest part was detaching the drill
bit from the auger bit and you know to
get tough so it's doable anyway I've got
another video detailing how to install
the actual deadbolt onto the door so I'm
not going to cover that and I will link
it at the end of this video as well as
installing the strike plate in the door
jamb here too so I'll link that one as
well
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