Types of Door Locks
Most
door locks generally fall into one of five regularly encountered categories.
Then within each category you can find examples of different
sub-categories and mechanisms that are operated by a key.
This article will look at the different categories of locks.
You can find out more about each type in separate articles about each
kind.
- The
Mortise Lock
- Installed
in a mortise or pocket in the edge of the door.
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- The
Rim Lock
- Installed
on the surface of a door, there are many designs available.
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- The Bored
Lock
- Installed
via a cross bore and an edge bore. Two sub types are known as
Cylindrical and Tubular, and there are further devisions below that of Knob,
Lever and Deadbolt.
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- The
Interconnected Lock
- Usually
a combination Deadbolt and Knob or Lever with a single trim plate and
simultaneous operation.
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- The
Pre-Assembled Lock
- Usually
only available as a Commercial grade product and typically requires a C
shaped cut out in the door to mount it. It also may be a Knob, Lever
or Deadbolt.
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