How easy to change a door handle?

[tinkerbell23]

No lock & key on my bedroom door!

Would like to change handle to lock.

How easy? Would i need a joiner?

[Souldarkness]

Fitting a lock is fiddly worth getting a quote from someone who knows whay they are doing.... however if its just privacy a hasp and staple with a padlock is easy to do

[tinkerbell23]

Thank u xx

[ummmm]

Like a Yale lock?

[tinkerbell23]

I hav a normal door handle now but would like a new door handle that locks inside and out x

[firewatch]

hang on a mo tinks http://www.wickes.co.uk/invt/188194 i would say it is not to hard, but i have done it before.

[AlBags]

Hi mate ..
You will need a couple of wood chisels .. a drill and bits ... and a couple of drivers. This is because you will have to have a keyhole and different handle assy. I assume it's a wooden door and 35 or 40mm thick?
A separate Yale would require the same kit .. and be more expensive.
A three-lever latch/lock from a diy place or eBay is what you would need.
First measure the distance between dead centre of the existing spindle (handle pivot) (in millimetres) and the vertical edge of door and post back.
Shall I come fiddle with it and lock us in? ; )
Al.

[AlBags]

(Also .. are they presently standard traditional handles?)

[Khandro]

To lock yourself in is easy, you just need a bolt, which most people should be capable of fitting, but locking the room when you are out is a problem, you would need a lot of tools and the skill to use them, better find a joiner. If you are not concerned about appearance, then souldarkness' hasp and staple idea would be the simplest. Even simpler; cheap hotels in the far east often use two large screw eyes - a wood screw with a circular ring instead of a head - one screwed into the door and the other to the jamb in such a way that the holes line up when the door is closed, travellers using their own padlocks.

[AlBags]

She does NOT need a joiner ... a carpenter or handyman might be nice.
A traditional locking latch/handle is EASY to fit and can operate on the same key either side.

[AlBags]

(and it's not some garden shed TB lives in either!)
Hasp, staple and padlock .. Are you serious?!

[sara3]

tinks, is this in your parents' home?

[AlBags]

They have to lock her in at night ; )

[The Builder]

You could try this Tinkers.......

http://www.screwfix.c...-set-satin-67mm/53839

Might just fit your existing hole ........... ;o)

[The Builder]

Otherwise ........................ this is what Al was referring to ........

http://www.screwfix.c...ck-brass-3-76mm/62338

[AlBags]

Almost mate .. (that was a sash lock) ..
One of these ... and I did ask her to measure her hole .. as there are two depths .. 64 and 76mm.
And one of these .. (just a cheap matching internal type will do)
http://www.screwfix.c...t_by=&fhSearchParams=

[AlBags]

(sash locks are deadlocking and usually on externals as you know)

Al.

[tinkerbell23]

Hahahah aye lock me in so i behave hahah

Yes parents house- parents who dont KEEP OUT!!!

[AlBags]

Left your buzzy on the bed again then? ; )
Hope you ok : )
Al x

[Old_Geezer]

It all depends on what you already have. If the hole has already been cut for your existing handle mechanism it may be a simple case of replacing it with a locking version, and maybe driling out the hole required for the key. On the other hand if very little is fitted at the moment then you'd need to be confident to chisel out the wood to fit the mechanism, and getting a tradesman probably the best option.