Remove the two screws holding the strike plate in place on the door jamb and install the new one in the same position.
How do install new door locks on a steel door.
Use a 2 1 8 inch hole saw to drill the hole for the lockset on the face of the door.
If your knob or lever also locks it may help to move the latch strike as well.
The screws will either be.
Do you have to push pull or lift your door to lock it.
Remove the existing door lock from the door if there is one.
Install both knobs by sliding the spindle through the slot in the latch.
This completes one part of the lock installation process.
How to install a new door lock on a steel door.
How to replace a lock on a steel door.
First check to see if moving the bolt strike helps.
Avoid damage to the screws by using a hand screwdriver.
This technique helps prevents splintering.
Remove the deadbolt from its packaging and take out the instruction sheet with the template for marking the holes on the door.
Using the 1 inch hole saw for metal edge doors or the 1 inch drill bit for wooden edge doors drill a hole starting at your mark on the edge of the door.
Cut only halfway through one side of the door.
After the holes have been drilled and the spindle has been passed through the lock the next step involves screwing the interior and exterior sections of the lock into the door.
Install a new door lock and door knob by inserting the latch through the hole for the new parts.
This can be caused by different things and so there are a few possible corrections you can make.
Open the door and remove the screws from the interior side of the doorknob by using a phillips screwdriver.
Step 4 install the bolt assembly from your lock set into the one inch hole securing it with two small screws.
The strike for the lock needs to be made next.
Stop drilling when you intersect the hole you drilled in step 2.
Fold this template around the edge of the door at least 6 inches above.