The holes and strike plate must be correctly positioned for the door to close properly.
Putting a lock on our closed door.
This will only work if the door you are trying to keep shut opens away from you.
Use a portable door lock.
They can t come into your bedroom at ahem untimely moments.
You may have to provide the owner with a key if that is part of your rental agreement with him to be used in case of emergency.
There are no fine tuned preschool elementary school ears listening to the rumblings in the other room with questions you d rather not answer just yet.
This can be good or bad depending on how you look at it it can be easy to lock yourself out this way.
As the name suggests a portable lock is small and easy to carry.
If it is too loose the door will rattle.
It requires no installation.
Put a lock on that door.
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The act of closing the door causes the spring to release which moves the bolt back in place to keep the door closed.
Tie a rope or cord around the doorknob you want to keep shut.
Ah the joys of toddlers in cribs.
Otherwise you have the right to lock the door and keep the room private.
Make sure the lock you choose will fit into any existing holes that are drilled in the door if applicable.
Just attach one of these bad boys to the designated place on the door and lock it in place.
If the stop is too tight the door will be difficult to close.
The distance between the edge of the door and the center of the lock hole.
The lock should also be designed to fit your door s thickness which will range from 1 3 8 inches to 1 3 4 inches on average.
Any mortise or cylindrical lock can be used on a pair of doors just as it would on a single door.
Most of the time spring bolt locks will lock on their own when you close the door much like the type of lock you d find on a hotel door.
On an exterior door there is often a dead bolt lock as well.
Usually the backset measures 2 3 8 inches or 2 3 4 inches.
The door s latch bolt engages a hole in the strike plate to latch the door.
In other words you do not have to do anything extra to lock the door just pull it closed.
The lock in the knob can be set to be locked when the door is closed.
Tie the other end of the rope to another doorknob in the room.