for the effort, buy solid doors. you can turn a closet into a secure closet with dead bolt. just an added layer of annoyance for anyone that breaks in.
I am considering, in a remodel, new closet double door and wish to secure it as a vault. There is not enough room to use a single-hinge 32-inch door. So, I am going with the double door concept -- or I will need to reduce the rough opening and go with a 24-inch door, which would be easier to secure. I make doors for my projects and I would use a Douglas fir solid core construction with the door frame constructed from 1 1/4 x 4 inch stiles and rails.
Great video. I have French Doors for my Florida Room. I need to replace the bottom Flush Bolt of 1 Door. The original Flush Bolts were the Plastic Type which I found online. The door is metal and the cutout is already there from the old defective Flush bolt. My question is, since there are are no screws required to hold the new Flush bolt in, do these plastic ones just snap in or will I have to remove the entire door and slide it in from the bottom? Thanks in advance.
Thanks for the helpful video! What’s the name of that piece of trim that goes on the passive door to block the gap between doors? Do you have a video on how to install that?
Because it isn't secure. Someone outside the door can simply push the doors into the master bedroom and they will both open and catch mom and dad in compromising situation...
Thank you for your video! I have 2 questions after I’m done with chiseling. 1. Half of my double door doesn’t have that white liner thing which helps to stop the other side of the door from closing. Any idea if I can modify that part? 2. After Chiseling, placing the flush bolt in place and started to secure with the screws, I figured my door is hollow and can’t hold any screws. Please help 😅😊
The moulding that attaches to the outside of the inactive leaf is called an astragal. You can use a t-astragal to fill a wider gap. To provide a secure mounting area inside the corners of hollow-core doors, you can use this video's method with an oscillating tool to remove a much deeper cut, and replace with an appropriately sized piece of pine board as filler. i.e. 1x5 cut 6 inches long (true dimensions are .75 x 4.5 x 6) (OP never specified but the latch cut looks to be about 6" down the side. Your cut into the door, & for length of filler wood, should be the same distance from top that you need for your latch. We only want to disturb as much of the original door structure as is strictly necessary.) For our example, cut 6 inches down the side & 5.25 inches across the top (when secured inside, our 4.5" filler will leave the necessary .75" depth for the latch.) Only worry about removing the thickest (solid-ish 😅) edges of the door. Slather a generous amount of wood glue onto your interior short & long edges & both sides of the filler. Place the glued filler into our cavity, starting at the top corner & gently tap/hammer the filler at a 45° angle down (towards center of door) until it is at the appropriate depth from the side, & flush with the top. This will collapse only the necessary cardboard core, leaving a thicker wad of cardboard at the edges, for the filler to adhere to. Do both corners if necessary, then leave the glue to dry overnight. Continue with the prescribed installation. Another good tip is to coat the top & side edges of the door that you need to cut with painter's tape beforehand. Then make your measurements, draw your lines & make your cuts. Remove the tape & you will have a much cleaner egde. You can use this tape tip for any painted surface you need to cut or drill into.
@@apexcorner45did you drill spots for the latch on the active door for the knob. That’s the part i really want to see. We had something like this in our old house and trying to do the same on the new house
☝🏼 This is the #1 mistake made by inexperienced users of chisels. The depth of the cut is much more easily controlled if the flat side is facing you. I didn't know about this until almost 10 yrs into my DIY journey.
On a hollow core door made of cardboard stuff, I am doubtful that this latch would stop a forced entry. There just doesn't seem to be enough strength in the door to withstand a strong force. A solid core door of at least Douglas fir would definitely slow down a forced entry. So, here is the challenge: Show another video of how strong the hollow core door will withstand a big guy kicking the door. I don't think you will do so. But that is the challenge. I don't think it is any more secure than a showpiece deterrent.
