A simple walk through video on how to fit a bathroom lock to your internal door.
How to change a bathroom door lock.
Wiggle the screwdriver around until you hear the door unlock.
How to change an interior door lock latch lever catch handle.
Insert the new bolt into the opening on the edge of the door and fasten it to the door with the provided screws.
The job is neither difficult nor time consuming and even if y.
Unlocking bathroom lock with a paperclip next take your unfolded paper clip and put it into the hole which is found in the middle of the doorknob.
If the deadbolt comes with an interior plate and a decorative.
Install a new one.
Older doors may still come equipped with a third type of privacy lock.
This lock type is typically engaged by pushing the door knob in towards the door and turning it slightly in one direction.
Push in and turn in the other direction.
You don t need to turn the doorknob while you are using the screwdriver.
Try to keep the paperclip wire as straight as you can.
The screws are visible on the plate behind the doorknob while others are hidden behind the plate.
Insert a very thin screwdriver into the hole in the middle of the doorknob.
After you do this push the paperclip s tip into the hole.
Use a screwdriver with a thin rod to unlock a twist privacy bathroom lock.
To unlock this door from the inside the procedure is reversed.
Access the screws holding the two sides of the doorknob together.
Installing a bathroom lock is the next thing on your diy list but you re not sure how to start.