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Because of the way the sliding barn door operates moving from side to side, we knew we were going to need to use some type of a sliding bolt set up to lock it. By making a couple of hubs that a dowel rod could slide through, that would give us one option to consider. Since the bottom of the door is kept from moving out from the wall by a bracket attached to the floor, the sliding bolt moving into and receiver on the door should work to keep the door from being opened with the bolt engaged.
So back to the hubs for the sliding bolt. I decided to use a typical closet rod that's 1 3/8 inch round. The hubs would just need to have the rod easily slide through them so a 1 1/2 inch hole drilled through the hubs should be great. The rod would need to have a short dowel attached to it to act as a lever to slide the bolt back and forth.
Now the rest of the installation is trial and error. I just need the bolt to slide far enough towards the door to rest inside an incap that will mount to the door. It has a hole that is 1 5/8 inch diameter which will give plenty of room for the bolt to still engage even if the door is not quite lined up exactly.
When you think about how you would get into the bathroom from the outside if it happened to be locked, you could reach in from behind the door with some type of utensil and slide the bolt over. However if you put a small block that required the handle on the bolt to be raised up in order to slide out, this locking mechanism would be very challenging to break into.
Oh well, in the end this barn door latch was the last small project in what was otherwise an absolute transformation of a 1980s pink cultured marble bathroom design. I'm not sure what century or decade to tag to my doorlock, but at least it's a little interesting... even though it is a bit different.
Check out other videos on the tile work from this bathroom remodel in my playlist called "Working With Tile".
10 сен 2024
