How To Repair An Entry Door Lock

Changing exterior door locks and door replacement.

How to repair an entry door lock.

It ll save you from having to hire an expensive locksmith in the event you get locked out of your own home. To protect what s inside of your home by door reinforcement address the main points of weakness in your exterior doors. The frame the locks and the door s edge. In order to fix this problem you need to identify exactly what is wrong with your door lock.

For other types of problems with door knobs and locks please see repairing door knobs hardware. Watch this video and l w. How to open a door that s locked and cant be opened with the handle or knob. Here we look at how to fix problems with a key operating a door lock.

Exterior door locks are typically found in any hardware store. Exterior locks can freeze interior locks get dirty and small internal parts eventually wear out or break. A door lock is a hard working piece of equipment but it often goes unnoticed. Some door lock kits provide an extra spare key.

Put some graphite into the keyhole either by squeezing it from a tube or dusting it onto a key and then operate the lock a few times to work the graphite into the mechanism. Don t call the locksmith just yet. Door locks are complex mechanisms with lots of tiny moving parts and as such can malfunction on occasion. The first and best step to reinforce your front door is to simply replace the 1 2 inch screws with 3 1 2 inch screws.