How to enlarge a deadbolt hole or a door knob hole in a door - no measuring or marking required

hello again everyone and welcome to another episode of DIY the art of wood I'm Jeremy so today I have another home repair how-to video for you and for any homeowners out there especially if your home is a bit older like mine is a hundred-year-old craftsman is a solution to a problem you're bound to run into sooner or later and that's replacing a deadbolt on a door well it should be a simple job right let's see here pull the screws out remove the old deadbolt pull the screws off the strike plate easy enough hey check it out out with the old in with the new what oh it doesn't fit what do I do what do I do I guess I'll just have to go out and buy a new door right wrong I know I know most of you you're probably sitting at home thinking hey Jeremy what are you doing just go grab your drill a hole saw and make the hole bigger quit crying about it right so before we go and do that let's first talk about the anatomy of the whole song because I got to tell you that's a surefire way to ruin your door now a hole saw is a great tool to use to cut a fairly large hole or something very quickly but there is a catch if you look closely in the center of the hole saw you'll see a smaller drill bit this entire job is to drill a pilot hole as the hole saw is working its way through the material this will help keep the holes all straight and on track so you end up with a nice clean straight hole and since there's already a hole in your door that means there's nothing for the pilot drill to drill into so you may be asking yourself well what's the worst that could happen here maybe if I just hold the drill real steady then I can kind of be like the pilot drill and I'll be the one that guides the hole saw through the hole nice and straight right well the reality is that hole saw is just gonna kind of dance around that hole for a while scratch in the face of your door in the process now what will eventually catch and start to pull itself through the door but you're gonna end up with some odd shaped hole it's not going to be round and it's definitely not going to be straight it'll be a real mess now I have seen some fixes out there that require you cutting a plug and glue it in place and you know what just forget that that sounds like a big hassle an even bigger mess to me or I suppose you could run down to your hardware store and see if you can find some fancy door prep jig or some sort of adapter for your hole saw that'll help you with this problem but you know what forget that - why buy a tool you're only gonna use once or twice I've got a solution for you and you know what you've probably got everything you need to do it and it's only gonna take you about 10 minutes and you're done and the best part is you can do it yourself and that's really what I'm all about here on DIY the art of wood help him give you the information you need so that you can do it yourself and save money now before we get started let's take a quick look at some of the tools you're going to need to complete this project first off you're going to need a drill and a couple of hole saws you'll need one hole saw to match the existing hole in the door and another to match the size of your new deadbolt typically two and 1/8 inch you'll also need a couple pieces of scrap plywood and a couple clamps and that's it so let's get started shall we go ahead and grab a piece of that scrap plywood and one of your clamps and one of those smaller pieces of scrap plywood to prevent the clamp from marring the door go ahead and tighten it down here you don't need to go overly tight just yet just snug it up to hold the plywood in place next grab your second clamp and another small piece of scrap plywood go ahead and tighten that upper clamp down you can go ahead and tighten the bottom clamp too while you're at it to make sure that that scrap piece of plywood is pressed firmly against the door remember earlier when I mentioned you're gonna need a hole saw to match the existing hole in your door well to be honest with you I don't remember the exact size of this hole saw you'll just need to match it up with your door so grab your drill and let's make a hole but don't get carried away here you're gonna want to stop just as soon as that pilot drill pokes a small hole through the piece of scrap plywood on the opposite side of the door you'll see exactly what I'm talking about here in just a few seconds as soon as I'm finished drilling see there that pilot drill just poked through and that's where you want to stop for now this next part is a little tricky and requires a little bit of a shuffling routine with the clamps but you'll get the idea so take your time here first remove the top clamp only leaving the bottom clamp in place next grab another larger piece of scrap plywood and reinstall that clamp you just removed securing both pieces of scrap plywood to the door be sure and position that new piece of scrap plywood over the hole on the backside of the door now removed the bottom clamp and let that small piece of scrap plywood fall to the floor and temporarily reinstall the bottom clamp to prevent marring the door don't over tighten this bottom clamp it only needs to be snug just to hold that first piece of plywood in place and now loosen the top clamp and reposition the piece of scrap plywood on the back side of the door so that will cover the hole on the back side of the door and also allow you to clamp both pieces of scrap plywood in place with one clamp just above and the other clamp just below the hole in the door and finally remove the bottom clamp so that you can reposition it to allow you to clamp both pieces of scrap plywood to the door at this point you can go ahead and tighten down the bottom clamp and top clamp and if we did that all right that first piece of scrap plywood with a pilot hole should be in the exact same position it was in when we started now you can grab your 2 in 1/8 inch hole saw and get ready to drill now you want to do the exact same thing here you did the first time stopping just as the pilot drill pokes a hole in a piece of scrap plywood on the opposite side of the door if it feels like your hole size isn't cutting anymore go ahead and clear the plug like I just did there and don't forget to stop just as that pilot drill pokes through the opposite side and finally move to the opposite side of the door align the pilot drill with the hole and finish drilling in the opposite direction you may be asking yourself well what's the point of that I come around to the opposite side door and finish drilling back the direction you just came from why not just drill all the way through the door and be done with it well the answer to that question is pretty simple if you were to just drill all the way through the door as the hole saw blast through the opposite side of the door it may cause tear out splintering and damaging the face of the door finishing the drill back the direction you came drilling back into the door will prevent that from happening and as you can see the results speak for themselves you're left with a perfectly centered cleanly cut and straight hole ready for your new deadbolt now before we get to the installation of the deadbolt go ahead and grab your shop factor vacuum cleaner and vacuum out any sawdust or wood chips or anything that might interfere with the working of the deadbolt now I'm going to skip the step-by-step instructions on how to install a deadbolt they're all pretty straightforward and all going about the same if you have trouble I recommend following the instructions that came with it I will however mention two important tips to keep in mind when installing a deadbolt and that's orientation and setback orientation refers to the direction the deadbolt goes in noted with an up arrow here the setback refers to the distance from the edge of the door to the center of the hole your deadbolt should have some kind of built-in quick adjustment set to the common setback sizes to adjust your deadbolt to the correct setback for your door you may need to do some kind of a twisting motion or there may be some kind of a catch you have to press just be able to slide it back to the correct set back check your instruction manual on how to do this with your particular deadbolt and that's really all there is to it folks keep in mind you could use the same exact method to enlarge the hole for the doorknob if you need to I hope you found this video helpful and informative if you haven't done so yet go ahead and hit that subscribe button and while you're at it smash that little blue bell so you get a notification whenever I post a new video because I have a lot of exciting videos planned ahead and you're not going to want to miss any of them [Applause]

Channel: JFKreations

Views: 187,670

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Id: Q4kjCnDX05g

Length: 8min 46sec (526 seconds)

Published: Thu May 24 2018