
06-04-2008, 12:59 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Saint Regis Falls, NY, USA.
Posts: 3,883
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the old door had a mortise lockset and its strikeplate had a rectangular cutout for the latch and a smaller similar shaped cutout for the lock deadbolt. a new passage lockset has a strikeplate shaped like the letter D with an extra cutout on the D side with a notch for the primary pin. you need to remove the old strikeplate, fill in the openings from the old plate, then drill out a clearance for the new bolt. the strikeplate may need to be mortised into the door frame with a chisel so it lays even with the door jamb.
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