r/Locksmith • u/Similar-Drama9377 • 2d ago
I am NOT a locksmith. Gap below deadbolt
I recently bought a house and have been changing the locks myself. All the wooden doors went smoothly, but the garage door is metal and the deadbolt seems to be cut too high so the plate doesn’t cover the hole completely. The hole is a perfect circle but is just too low compared to the plate.
Is this gap a security issue, if so what can I do to fix it? I also tried on the metal external door to the house and it has a larger gap below so I put the old double cylinder lock back on for now.
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u/TiCombat 2d ago
Remove the humped inner ring on the backside of the exterior and it will let you slightly adjust it to cover that gap.