How To Make A Door Lock Hole Bigger

Because there s a new larger standard size for doorknobs.

How to make a door lock hole bigger.

Jam a wood plug into the existing hole haha show how to drill a hole. Then mark centerlines on the plywood block. All you need is an idea how to drill a hole in the door for new hardware on a old door. 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.

This is a common problem when drilling a larger hole in a door for a new deadbolt or lockset. Cut two pieces of scrap plywood several inches larger than the diameter of the hole. To enlarge an existing hole. The hole diameters are 2 and 1 8 inch and 1 inch respectively.

When enlarging a lockset hole mark the centerlines of the old hole on the door. Mark the centerline of the existing hole on the edge of the door. Draw a center line on the plywood and mark setback of the hole from one edge of the plywood. 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. Place a second plywood block behind the door and clamp the parts together as illustrated. Lay the block on the door and align the two sets of center marks. Cut two scraps of 1 2 or thicker plywood making them several inches larger than the hole.

Have a door out of alignment due to settling. The last thing you want to use is a jigsaw. To solve this problem. Set the pilot bit on the intersecting centerlines and bore clean.