French door lock replacement
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Here we replace the euro cylinder in a French door, this is more difficult than changing a regular euro cylinder as you have to remove the keep plate from one side of the door and drill an access hole through the pvc profile. Brought to you by www.ultimatehan...
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This is the perfect video for my needs! I replaced the 'easy' door lock myself but was totally scoobied regarding the opposite door, this helped so thank you!
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Thanks Pal, I couldnt figure out how to replace the barrel lock on the 'difficult side'. Drilled and chiseled the PVC out and got that elusive barrel screw out. Really appreciate this vid, massive thanks!
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I've had a 'stiff' lock for ages on my patio door and couldn't fathom out how to replace the barrel. Now that it has broken, i'm going to have to replace it.
Many thanks for the info!
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Just bought a new house. Doing all the lock replacements myself - definitely learning a lot. Really helpful video. Cheers.
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Ultimate Handyman hi there was an attempt to break into my French doors. It's iseo lock cyLinder. The handle casing was damaged but the lock is flush and doesn't protrude. I'm undecided to change the cylinder or buy a patlock or similar what would your advice be please?
If you never open your patio doors from the outside I would get one of the patlocks as they look like a good visual deterrent.
Ultimate Handyman Hi thank you for your reply! I have bought the patlock it's definitely a visual deterrent. Thanks
Great timing for this, the lock mechanism on my upvc front door broke this evening. Replacing it tomorrow with a Yale Doormaster Adjustable. Btw noticed the cylinders you used weren't anti-snap like the ABS ones you have showed before.
This is great! Thank you! Really helped!
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Excellent, bacon saving video! My wife will be awarding me extra brownie points now.
I'm glad the video helped
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Good video- is there a good practice for lubing the keeper you removed, my handle doesn't return as it did and I'd like to eliminate the lubing before tackling the handle spring
Brilliant! Well explained and really helpful! Cheers!
I'm glad the video helped, I was sick as a dog that day, but had to fix it!
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Thanks for this. Your other video on changing a euro lock was great too, but the hidden screw problem is now solved! I have 5 different locks and keys, and will be changing to keyed-alike locks, just one key for all doors.
Where do you normally buy your euro cylinders?
+Daniel Thorley
Thanks, I normally buy them from trusted sellers on ebay to be honest.
More work than I thought, good video.
Hi gent, may I know the length of the cylinder like yours? 70mm? 80mm? Thanks
Not sure what it was, but this video shows how to measure one- ruclips.net/video/Viw_enVgIfw/видео.html
Very helpful, many thanks.
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i have bought new house which was repossessed where the door with pvc profile was locked and i didnt get key for it.i snapped lock and tried to drill pvc piller drilled pvc and two aluminium layers but couldnt see screwhead. i can actually see screw from snapped lock and have been drilling in same direction. also afraid of drilling screw head .
house was build in 2006.and door didnt have full metal plate it have 3 different small plates .i took out middle and started drilling.should i give up and get locksmith
Sometimes you have to remove the PVC profile from the edge of the door. If you have drilled a hole but cannot see the retaining screw there is a chance that the screw is on the glazing side of the door, which means you would have to remove the glass from the door to get to the screw!
How do you remove the barrel if you don’t have a key? I can open one side but I don’t have the key for the other?
Providing the cylinder is not anti-snap you can snap it from the inside of the property, then use a Allen key to unlock the cam- which will then enable you to replace the cylinder (providing you can get to the retaining screw, like in this video).
This videos shows how to snap a cylinder from inside - ruclips.net/video/2lzX5sSTbig/видео.html
It won't work if the cylinder is anti-snap both internally and externally though.
Many thanks for this, just changed my lock after watching. I’m a total dumbass with things like this and thanks to your video I managed to save myself some money doing it myself, lock cost £13.50 😊
great video. my lock is stuck engaged, will this make a difference? cheees
+Andy Lowe
Do you mean it's locked with the door in the closed position?
+Ultimate Handyman yeah that's the one. I can open it by opening the right hand door , but now it's stuck open. thank you
+Andy Lowe
I'm not a locksmith but I think a new gearbox will fix it. As long as you can get the door open you can change it yourself. It's when the door is locked and the gearbox fails that I don't know how to fix! Sometimes if you just remove the whole multipoint lock you can replace a par of it that has failed- or you might just need a new multi-point lock. I think I paid about £60 for it if I remember rightly.
+Ultimate Handyman thankyou very much
+Andy Lowe
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Thank you would have had to call a locksmith with out you.
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Great video. I didn’t realise I had to drill a hole to see the screw for the 2nd cylinder. Well explained. Many thanks.
You just saved my Christmas. Door was broken (handle wouldn't go up to lock it, meaning we couldn't lock the house over night), learnt from your video how to take it apart and put it back together again. Followed you to a T and in the process, figured out what was jamming the lock and fixed it. Great video and thank you!
I'm delighted that the video helped ;-)
I hope you have a great Christmas.
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That's great but do I need the right key to push the barrel through? Mrs has binned the keys.
Life saver mate , couldn’t for the life of me work out how to access the “ buried “ screw , was thinking that maybe I’d have to remove the glass or something equally as drastic thanks for posting 👍🏻👍🏻
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Just got a new place and was kindly (hah) left not a single key for the french windows by the previous folk. Thanks this is great info.
+Naiad
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Good luck with the new place ;-)
Extremely helpful, was scratching my head trying to figure out where the screw was on the second door, thank you!
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I wonder if any thief ever bother to fiddle around with a lock on a glass door??
I would imagine so. If you search youtube for lock snapping or lock bumping you will see how easy and fast it is to break in via a weak Euro Cylinder.
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I figure it's personal preference, but why didn't you fit thumb-turn locks? I tend to work on public buildings, so perhaps domestic isn't so strict.
Thanks for the video. Can you create a video that shows show to swap and replace a normal fixed spindle with a split spindle handle?
"That wasn't me--it was like that when I got here." I use that line too, but it's after I try fixing something and it goes wrong. Great video as always :)
Normally very straightforward lmao...in my case the hole in the upvc and the metal bracket inside the door wasn't cut wide enough so it require a hammer and wd40 to get the cylinder out and to get it back in i had to grind down the upvc and bracket holes so the cylinder would actually go back in. Then the recessed retaining screw on the other door wouldn't come out (thread might be stripped) - the installer had drilled a hole in the upvc door frame to get the screw in and I'll have to be careful it doesn't fall into the gap in the upvc door. - so I guess I'll have to take the upvc plate off. Yours looks a lot better with the correct length cylinder. One of your handles has seen better days heh
That sounds like a nightmare job!
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I have exactly the same doors that seemed to have no way of changing the lock on the slave side. I just found this video after watching today's video about changing a Euro cylinder without a key.Thanks for both.
But why on earth is there no hole in the slave door for people to access the screw?
I think it's the way they are manufactured. They make two doors and install the euro cylinders before fitting the full length "keep" to one of the doors. Ideally they would make the additional "keep" with an access hole but it seems they don't bother.
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good info
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Hi, video worked perfectly for one of my french doors (older model). The new french doors however do not have one long strip of metal to remove, it has 3 separate smaller strips.removing the strip near the lock, I drilled the hole for the slave door in the same place as per the video but there seems to be a metal plate there. help!
Not sure about that, sorry.
I've only ever worked on this French door!
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Thanks for your help, I didn't have clue how to change out the euro lock on the striker plate side until I found your video..👍
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Great Video! Helped me understand how the door works. One difference on mine though is after removing the plate in the middle the inside of the door has a metal plate over it (its not just PVC). Does that mean I need to drill through the metal too? Thanks
I'm not 100% certain but I would imagine that you would have to drill through it as well.
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Great video, nice and easy.
Thanks for all the videos. Really interesting.
Is it possible to remove the keeper plate and put it onto the opposite door? As it stands my right hand door has to open before I can open the left ideally I'd like this reversed.
I'm not sure about that, sorry.
Geezer what a money saver. Followed your instructions and they are spot on. Thank you.
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Absolutely brilliant info, I have the same problem on a leanto, will now replace the old sticking out lock, you are great!
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Thank you, very useful indeed, you were the only one I could find explaining this side.
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@@ultimatehandyman Job now done, thanks to you.
still no good as now all they do is remove the outdoor handle so money spent and yes got a kite marked lock but what was the kite mark awarded for
That is why I always recommend having a fully working burglar alarm.
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Informative video which gave me reassurance before committing to the job - cheers mate!
Glad it helped
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Great video, thanks
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thanks for that changed the easy lock but the second lock did not know where the screw was ahh drill an hole ta
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Great video! Do your need to buy a set of euro cylinders that use the same single.key
Yes, unless you want a different key for each door.
They are called keyed alike (when you get one or more locks that use the same key)
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Great video instruction, right to the point and every 'H' dropped, love it.
+Jim Grant
We only use "H" when writing things down ;-)
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On the side where you have to drill out, I did this but there was no screw. Any ideas where it is? Do you have to remove the glazing panel and get to it via that side? Thanks
I'm not an expert on patio doors and have only done a couple, but I have been told that sometimes you have to de-glaze the door in order to access the screw (if it is not visible from the other side)
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Actually found it. I drilled through the pvc but there was a metal strip underneath. Once through that it was directly underneath. I’d measured pretty spot on thanks to your video!
just some 2nd hand doors fitted and needs new locks, this is very helpful
+Shane Fitzgerald I'm glad the video helped ;-)Thanks for the comment
Hi my lock's jammed in the locked position (can't open the door) is there anything I can do or am I going to have to call a locksmith, I guessing the latter but thought I'd ask anyway.
I'm afraid you will probably need a locksmith, or perhaps you could ask a Locksmith on RUclips for advice, but I'm afraid I do not know how to get the door unlocked.
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Great - will be doing this on my French doors soon!
Good luck with it.
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This is going to save me some money! Thank you so much. Just wanted to check, will the chamber size always be identical for the two doors?
+Jon Matthews
I'm not sure what you mean by chamber size, sorry?
Do you mean the size of the Euro Cylinder? If so they are normally the same size on both doors!
+Ultimate Handyman that's what I meant. Thanks again.
+Jon Matthews
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very good..thanks
+Harwinder Sidhu You are welcome.Thanks for the comment
Great info, I tried to change the difficult lock, and gave up, I never thought about drilling a new hole!!! silly me.
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Cool stuff.
+MyI MPlace
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I know it's pretty basic - but could you do a tutorial on what is the proper technique to tack nails into concrete wall with an hammer? whenever I try to do it the nails get all twisted and the final result is pretty shaky