Hi all,

Was looking for another way of securing studio door in new house and
decided to fit an extra lock. Didn't want to fork out for a guy to come
and fit it so been checking out some DIY forms. Someone pointed me in
direction of this
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-fit-a-mortise-lock and we just got
the bits and did it ourselves.Thought I'd post it up despite risking
looking like a spam monster, hope it helps.

On 14 Sep 2006 08:22:42 -0700, "pandaeyes"
wrote:

Hi all,

Was looking for another way of securing studio door in new house and
decided to fit an extra lock. Didn't want to fork out for a guy to come
and fit it so been checking out some DIY forms. Someone pointed me in
direction of this
http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-fit-a-mortise-lock and we just got
the bits and did it ourselves.Thought I'd post it up despite risking
looking like a spam monster, hope it helps.

Sod the lock!
That site is a goldmine for practically everything!!

Thanks. )

The message
from EricP contains these words:

http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-fit-a-mortise-lock and we just got
the bits and did it ourselves.Thought I'd post it up despite risking
looking like a spam monster, hope it helps.

Sod the lock!
That site is a goldmine for practically everything!!

Didn't hear them mention the need to make sure you're fitting the lock
to the lockblock in the door. Could be tricky, that one, if fitting it
to a lightweight door.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:20:58 +0100, Guy King
wrote:


Sod the lock!
That site is a goldmine for practically everything!!

Didn't hear them mention the need to make sure you're fitting the lock
to the lockblock in the door. Could be tricky, that one, if fitting it
to a lightweight door.

Would you put a lock like that in a light door?
Or, could you put a lock like that in a light door?

I have never tried.

The message
from EricP contains these words:

Didn't hear them mention the need to make sure you're fitting the lock
to the lockblock in the door. Could be tricky, that one, if fitting it
to a lightweight door.

Would you put a lock like that in a light door?
Or, could you put a lock like that in a light door?

I have never tried.

No, but that's something useful the clip might have made clear - lots of
"You'll need these tools" but could have done with "And you'll need this
sort of door".

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On Thu, 14 Sep 2006 23:02:28 GMT, EricP wrote:

Sod the lock!
That site is a goldmine for practically everything!!

Are they for real??
"Fitting a cat flap - first measure your cat!"

The message
from Geo contains these words:

Are they for real??
"Fitting a cat flap - first measure your cat!"

Seems reasonable. Catflaps (well, petflaps) are available in different
sizes, and very small cats may have trouble with flaps fitted too high.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.

On Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:50:24 +0100, Guy King
wrote:

The message
from EricP contains these words:

Didn't hear them mention the need to make sure you're fitting the lock
to the lockblock in the door. Could be tricky, that one, if fitting it
to a lightweight door.

Would you put a lock like that in a light door?
Or, could you put a lock like that in a light door?

I have never tried.

No, but that's something useful the clip might have made clear - lots of
"You'll need these tools" but could have done with "And you'll need this
sort of door".

Valid point.

"Guy King" wrote in message
...
The message
from Geo contains these words:

Are they for real??
"Fitting a cat flap - first measure your cat!"

Seems reasonable. Catflaps (well, petflaps) are available in different
sizes, and very small cats may have trouble with flaps fitted too high.

--
We have a fat cat who has varied between just big and chunky, to fat to
bloody huge at which point she struggled to get through our standard cat
flaps. Fortunately she is now back down to the chunky end of the scale.

H

Glad the site has helped people. I think it's fab and am glad I found
it. I'm bloody useless at instructions and this spells everything out!

The cat flap thing did make me laugh though - like measuring them up
for a suit! My cat's quite thin but he has a sagging belly, so if I
were to fit a cat flap - which I'm not going to, there's only so much
wood work a person can do - I' d have to measure my Sammy! Poor thing.

The message om
from "pandaeyes" contains these words:

My cat's quite thin but he has a sagging belly,

What you need's an old-fashioned style roller skate.

--
Skipweasel
Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain.