On Sun, 14 Jan 2007 07:03:37 GMT, "
wrote:
How do we flip a left-hand Kwikset lock so it works on a right-hand door?
I bought a set of Kwikset Security locks which advertise "Fits All Doors" &
"Easy Installation". The Kwikset lock package contained two left-hand keyed
knobs and two deadbolts.
The problem is there is NOTHING on the package that indicates the two keyed
knobs are set up for left-handed doors (those with the hinge on the left).
My outside doors are right-hand doors (they have the hinge on the right).
You just want the key to be "right side" up? How do you know which
side is the right side?
Why can't you just rotate the whole lock 180 degrees?
Every second house in my n'hood has a door that swings one way, and
every first and third house, the door swings the other way. (or opens
from the other side, depending on how you phrase it.) And I'm sure
they all have Kwikset locks like I do. Do you want me to check which
side of the keyhole goes up in my neighbors' locks?
For me, I think the key's teeth point up. Is that good or bad?
It's crazy to me that Kwikset doesn't even SAY on the package that all my
lock cylinders will be upside down unless I can figure out how to switch
the Kwikset lock from being a left-hand knob to a right-hand knob.
Where is it written what is up and what is down?
I believe the doorknob has to be turned the opposite direction also,
depending on what side of the door the lock is, and that that would be
true even if the keyhole were reversed top to bottom. Isn't that true
of your previous lock? People learn to do that automatically with
time.
Do you know how?
I googled only to find a very tough to follow description of the lock knob
keyhole reversing procedure sans pictures at
http://forum.doityourself.com/showthread.php?t=227800
Is there a PHOTOGRAPH or DIAGRAM of how to reverse a quickset lock that is
set up for a left-hand door to have the keyhole right-side up for a
right-hand door?
The instructions have room for Spanish, English, and French, but no room to
tell us how to install the lock such that the keyhole is right-side up.
Is the procedure to flip the Kwikset keyhole documented (with pictures)?