"GI Joe" wrote in message
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On 30 Oct, 08:39, "nightjar" cpb@insert my surname here.me.uk
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"GI Joe" wrote in message

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Morning all,

We're fitting a new 4-panel Victoruian door to the bathroom, and are
fitting a mortice lock.

Am I right in thinking it is a bad idea to fit the lock at the end of
the crossrail? I started drilling about 6 inches above that (basically
mid-height of the door) to fit the lock, and invoked merry hell from
SWMBO who is adamant that the handle should be level with the centre
of the cross rail. Admittedly the knobs on the other interior doors of
the house (in situ when we moved in) are central with the cross rail,
but surely fitting a mortice lock there would be a bad idea?

I need someone to reassure me that I'm not going crazy...

Cutting away part of the joint holding the cross-rail is not a
particularly
good idea. However, it rather depends on what sort of mortice lock you
are
fitting and what you want from the door.

If the lock is something like this:

http://www.screwfix.com/app/sfd/cat/...32217&id=24917

It's pretty much identical to this. It has to work with the handles
that someone wanted.

Unless you want a combined door handle and bathroom lock mechanism on the
same plate, which is not very Victorian, the locks I mentioned can take most
handle types.

Colin Bignell