One of the necessary elements of fittings is a handle, because if it is missing, it is almost impossible to open and close the door. The apartments use special mechanisms with a latch. The latter works as a locking device. In order for the sash to fit well to the box, such a mechanism is quite enough. However, if you need to lock interior doors in a room, you need a real, full-fledged lock. It happens that in the event of a breakdown or the need to replace the mechanism for any other reason, it must be disassembled and removed. How to disassemble the door lock? Consider everything in order.
Types of locks for interior doors
Private premises usually do not use complex mechanisms. Usually there is simply no need to firmly lock the doors from the household. Office spaces often need better and stronger locks. Since the office door is, in fact, the same interior option, and they use fairly cheap materials, they do not differ in quality and thickness. Therefore, installing a complex lock on these doors is simply impossible. In most cases, simple mechanisms are used.
There are two common types of locks:
- Leveled. This is a large and bulky mechanism, characterized by reliability. The door is closed with levers, and the more of them, the better. They are usually not placed in interior doors due to their heaviness, although levers are often used on entrance doors.
- Cylinder locks. How are they arranged? These are locking mechanisms with a core that looks like a cylinder. They consist of six levers. But, despite their sufficient number, the mechanism is not durable. If you install a cylinder lock on the front door instead of the interior door, you will have to reinforce it with overlays. Most often, this model is chosen for the door inside the room, since the lock is not difficult to install, does not catch the eye and does not have excessive weight.
Types of locking mechanisms
The most demanded mechanism is mortise. The device is installed in the door, limiting access to the core. There are several types of locks with different fittings.
Also, the invoice mechanism is popular. It requires a more powerful door leaf. Since the interior door is rather weak for him, as a rule, he is not used in this case.
Everyone knows the hingedlocks. This is a design that is locked thanks to the hinges attached to the door. The reliability of such a lock is not very high, since it is in plain sight and in the event of the use of physical force, it can simply be torn off. Therefore, inside buildings, a padlock is installed on the doors of pantries or warehouses where things of little value are stored.
How to disassemble a door lock with a handle?
Since this version of the locking device is one of the simplest, it is disassembled without resorting to outside help. How to disassemble the door lock of the interior door in this case? First of all, prepare your working tools. What will be needed for work? To disassemble the locking mechanism, you will need a set of screwdrivers (it is best if you have several tools of different sizes with a flat and cross-shaped end) and something sharp, such as an awl.
So let's get to work. Take a screwdriver and pry the cover off with it. If you are ever going to use this lock again, do everything carefully, trying to protect the lining from damage. After that, find the stopper that holds the handle in the correct position. Hold the stopper with a screwdriver and carefully remove the handle. How to disassemble the larva of the door lock? Remove the screws that connect the two parts of the lock. The handle on the other side is now easily removed. Then you can take out the larva.
Round lever mechanism
How to disassemble the door lock of an interior door if the handle is round?To cope with this model, you need to use the slot for emergency unlocking.
The front of the knob should have a slight indentation. If you press there with an object with a sharp end, the latch, which stands under the spring, will be blocked. Then the handle can be easily and quickly removed. Next up is the lining. It must be carefully pry around the entire circumference and removed. Behind the cover there are fixing screws that must be unscrewed and the larva removed.
It happens that the above manipulations are useless, and the castle does not want to give in. Most often this happens due to secret blocking. How to disassemble the door lock in this case with your own hands? After inserting the key, try to imitate the closing of the door. Rotate it a little in the well. The lock will release and the core can be removed.
How to disassemble a door lock without a handle with your own hands?
When disassembling such a mechanism, you need to take into account the type of the locking device itself (cylinder or level). There are locks without a handle that are very difficult to change without the help of a specialist.
If the lock is equipped with a lever type of locking mechanism, changing it will be quite simple. Using a screwdriver, unscrew the screws that secure the device to the end of the door. If there is no blockage, push the core body into the hole. As soon as some part of the mechanism appears from the other side, try to pull the larva out with your hand.
In order to dismantle the cylinder type, you need to proceed in exactly the same way. The screw is removed, the inside of the lock is pushed into the hole until it can be reached from the other side. If it is not possible to remove the mechanism immediately, insert the key and turn it in the hole until the core comes out.
Conclusion
Thus, there should be no additional questions on how to disassemble the door lock. As you can see, almost all types of locking mechanisms can be dismantled with your own hands, without resorting to the help of specialists. Depending on what type of lock is used on your interior door, use one of the instructions above. If you have a special model, the dismantling of which requires disassembling the door leaf, still the best solution would be to seek professional help. When disassembling the mechanism for the first time, follow the instructions and be extremely careful not to damage it.
