The latch from the privacy will hold the two doors together when the lock is engaged.
How to install pocket door mortise lock.
Pre drill holes for fasteners as shown on the template.
Fifth clean away any sawdust and attach paper lock template to the door with tape.
Installing lock in your pocket that you create in the door.
Pocket door lock installation.
The emtek heavy duty mortise passage pocket door lock set is used in situations when you want a door to just slide open and closed without the need to lock.
In the early days the pocket was cut out using a brace and bit.
Pocket doors and their locks can open up a world of possibilities in your home.
Sixth fit cylinder plug into the mortise lock body.
Install door casing nailing it to the jamb and to pocket door studs.
Install a full width strike jamb on the opposite side.
Must specify door thickness for all functions.
Installation guide pocket door mortise lock privacy outside in4 pocketmortisepriv rev.
The brace is a u shaped steel hand tool that has a wood cap on one end and a bit chuck on the other.
Specify exterior or interior for split finish minimum door thickness is 1 3 8.
Install lock body drill two 1 8 pilot holes inside 7 1 8 apart on center 2.
Notch on cylinder must be in the 9 o clock position when fully screwed into lock body.
Drill a hole and chisel a shallow mortise in that jamb for the strike plate which the door latch engages.
To install a mortise lock into a wood or composite door requires a pocket drilled into the edge of the door with the centerline of the door prep at 39 3 16 above the finished floor.
Mount the strike for the privacy on the edge of the passage door and you re done.
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Simply install the cups of the passage lock on one door and a privacy lock on the other.
And are located on either side of the mortise pocket as illustrated in lock template.
07 01 14 see template for door prep speciļ¬ cations 1.