Most external doors like your front and back doors would be normally have a thickness of 44 mm internal doors are normally 38 mm.
Mortice lock for thin doors.
Here are six things you need to know about mortise locks for residential door security.
To use a mortise lock your door must be thick enough to accommodate it.
Select a handle with the correct backset distance the distance from the door s edge to the center of the handle s mounting hole for your door.
Also known as passage handles these handles do not lock.
Latch bolt projection is the length the latch bolt.
So what choices do we have for doors that are to thin to accept a mortice lock.
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In addition to lasting twice as long as standard door handles these mortise mount into a cutout in the door to withstand vandalism.
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1 the mortise lock defined.
The minimum door width is 45mm or 1 75 inches.