Lock Installation & Replacement Service

The time needed for installing a new lock on your door will depend on a few factors like what type of door you have in your home as iron door will take more time than wooden door and also on the type of lock you choose to install in your home and installing locks on your door is an extremely important part to ensure the security of your new home and you must choose the right lock for the type of door you have because this will ensure a proper security function for your home.

In replacement and installation of locks, almost every door lock has the same functions and features. There are two major types of locks popular among homeowners and professional locksmiths which are the latch bolts and deadbolts. The latch bolts are bolts that have springs in them and are also beveled, that is the bolt is constantly drawn-out unless one uses physical force like turning the handle of the door due to the spring used with the latch bolt. When installing the latch bolts, first and foremost you have to begin by drilling holes and do the required measurement on your door, get where the handle should be and mark the points, ensure that the center of the edge is in line with the marked points across the door.

Deadbolts are locks that are not spring loaded and are also not beveled. Deadbolts do not have any of the features of a latch bolt, as a homeowner before you can access your door that is opening or closing a door with deadbolts, you will have to use either a key or a thumb-turn to manually operate the door. The deadbolts extend more into the strike which makes it a whole lot resistant to brute force and more secure than the latch bolts since more force will have to be applied to make it free from the strike. Deadbolts locks can be installed on their own and also can be added to doors with already installed latch bolts because they are meant to make doors more secure.

The length of the deadbolt can be seen as the entire length of the deadbolt, also the throw of the deadbolt refers to only how far the bolt can extend out of the edge of the door and the deadbolt have some tough security like the saw resistant bolts that are built with anti-saw pins which makes it extremely difficult for anyone to saw the deadbolt because these pins moves back and forth throughout the length of the saw blade.