Hi!
Just installed a maglock on the door. It is an external door that opens inwards.
So, the maglock goes on the wall in a slot cut from the architrave.
The magnet is perched on the architrave and so sticks out proud of it.
Had to shell out for a 'Z+L bracket' that bolts the armature onto the 'Z' bracket that is screwed onto the door. The brackets are just arbitrarily shaped bits of thick aluminium. Should not be needed. You ought to be able top use any standard B+Q part - all it's doing is trying to compensate for the poor design.
Worse, the magnet is screwed to the architrave alu bracket by bolts which go up through it - so the magnet has nothing sticking it horizontally - the very direction of the force.
They're all like this as far as I can google and they've been making them like this for ages - looks like the maglock industry is asleep!
The armature has a central bolt and two extra holes. I am using the bolt but can't figure out how to use the extra holes. The 'manual' is a poorly written set of pages that mis-explains the procedure and doesn't mention how to do it. There are two split cylinders that are to be used, but I can't figure out how as the bottom of the armature hole is a rounded pit and the cylinders are loose in the hole. I presume you screw something into them, but they are also too long for the hole..
I'd like to contact Deedlock but can't find their website.
Anyone solved this?
Chris
Just installed a maglock on the door. It is an external door that opens inwards.
So, the maglock goes on the wall in a slot cut from the architrave.
The magnet is perched on the architrave and so sticks out proud of it.
Had to shell out for a 'Z+L bracket' that bolts the armature onto the 'Z' bracket that is screwed onto the door. The brackets are just arbitrarily shaped bits of thick aluminium. Should not be needed. You ought to be able top use any standard B+Q part - all it's doing is trying to compensate for the poor design.
Worse, the magnet is screwed to the architrave alu bracket by bolts which go up through it - so the magnet has nothing sticking it horizontally - the very direction of the force.
They're all like this as far as I can google and they've been making them like this for ages - looks like the maglock industry is asleep!
The armature has a central bolt and two extra holes. I am using the bolt but can't figure out how to use the extra holes. The 'manual' is a poorly written set of pages that mis-explains the procedure and doesn't mention how to do it. There are two split cylinders that are to be used, but I can't figure out how as the bottom of the armature hole is a rounded pit and the cylinders are loose in the hole. I presume you screw something into them, but they are also too long for the hole..
I'd like to contact Deedlock but can't find their website.
Anyone solved this?
Chris