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How to make a door lock hole bigger.
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This is a common problem when drilling a larger hole in a door for a new deadbolt or lockset.
The hole diameters are 2 and 1 8 inch and 1 inch respectively.
Jam a wood plug into the existing hole haha show how to drill a hole.
Lay the block on the door and align the two sets of center marks.
Have a door out of alignment due to settling.
Need to drill a new hole really close to the original one.
When enlarging a lockset hole mark the centerlines of the old hole on the door.
Why won t that new doorknob fit in your old door.
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To solve this problem.
Draw a center line on the plywood and mark setback of the hole from one edge of the plywood.
Cut two scraps of 1 2 or thicker plywood making them several inches larger than the hole.
Mark the centerline of the existing hole on the edge of the door.
Because there s a new larger standard size for doorknobs.
You need two different hole saws to create the perfectly round holes in the face of the door and the smaller hole in the edge of the door.
Set the pilot bit on the intersecting centerlines and bore clean.
All you need is an idea how to drill a hole in the door for new hardware on a old door.
Then mark centerlines on the plywood block.
Enlarging the lockset hole in a door can be difficult since there s nothing to guide the pilot bit.