Hello.
I was burgled about six years and I hired a carpenter to put in a new back door with two deadlocks and a sashlock.
About six months ago, they both started to go a bit funny and now neither of them open from the inside (and one of them has to be wiggled, from the outside, to open).
I tried to get them working again, but have decided just to replace them.
I had a look on Screwfix's website to try and identify the existing lock but could not find an exact match.
This is the closest I could find (everything seems to be the same, except that the bolt on my locks has four holes in it, rather than two):
https://www.screwfix.com/p/era-5-lever-chrome-5-lever-mortice-deadlock-64mm-case-44mm-backset/8777v
I assumed that all locks were completely interchangable, as long as you stuck to the same case and backset length, but this appears not to be the case.
I bought one of these and it does not fit:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-lo...mortice-deadlock-65mm-case-45mm-backset/9026g
Firstly, the face plate of the lock is longer on the new locks and so they will not fit in.
Secondly, the strike plates for the new lock are shorter but wider than the existing ones and so they will not fit either.
My ultimate question is was I unlucky or do I have to go for another ERA lock?
I was burgled about six years and I hired a carpenter to put in a new back door with two deadlocks and a sashlock.
About six months ago, they both started to go a bit funny and now neither of them open from the inside (and one of them has to be wiggled, from the outside, to open).
I tried to get them working again, but have decided just to replace them.
I had a look on Screwfix's website to try and identify the existing lock but could not find an exact match.
This is the closest I could find (everything seems to be the same, except that the bolt on my locks has four holes in it, rather than two):
https://www.screwfix.com/p/era-5-lever-chrome-5-lever-mortice-deadlock-64mm-case-44mm-backset/8777v
I assumed that all locks were completely interchangable, as long as you stuck to the same case and backset length, but this appears not to be the case.
I bought one of these and it does not fit:
https://www.screwfix.com/p/smith-lo...mortice-deadlock-65mm-case-45mm-backset/9026g
Firstly, the face plate of the lock is longer on the new locks and so they will not fit in.
Secondly, the strike plates for the new lock are shorter but wider than the existing ones and so they will not fit either.
My ultimate question is was I unlucky or do I have to go for another ERA lock?