deadboltdoorslock
I moved into a newly built home and am trying to replace the deadbolt and the lever below.
But I'm not able to find a replacement lock that replaces my existing locks. All locks I've looked at have rectangular plates that need to be screwed onto the side of the door (see the picture, but I have circular openings on the door with no screws and no rectangular latch plate). I see "Fortis" labeled on one of the deadbolts.
Can anybody help me identify this door lock?
It is an advantage that your door actually comes with the door pre-drilled. In the cases where the door is not pre-drilled then it is necessary to do the whole schmoo of drilling these holes in the proper locations. Included with that is the job of fitting the lockset edge plates into the properly crafted depression so that the plate is flush or ever so slightly recessed from the edge surface of the door.
You will simply have to use a good sharp chisel and some careful craftsmanship to make the necessary depression for the edge plate. Here are pictures of what the process would look like.
If anyone still needs help with this, i finally figured out the right way to remove this type of interconnected lock set. Thanks to Locksmith Ben, who was kind enough to help me on face time :)
There is a tiny square shaped pin, which was spring loaded. i had to push it upwards and pull the knob out.
Here is an annotated picture of my lock
Here is the OP picture I annotated.
Best Answer
This looks to be like a schlange or kwikset lockset commonly found at Home Depot. You can easily re-cylinder this, but it isn't obvious how to get the lock off.
My solution was as follows:
You can also get a lock/lever combination, as well as new doorknobs -- in many cases you can re-use the existing deadbolt and striker latch and just change the visible hardware.