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difficulty of cutting a hole for a lock in a steel door?
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Goobster
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difficulty of cutting a hole for a lock in a steel door?
Does anyone know how difficult it is (for a professional that is) to cut a hole in a steel door?
Message edited 10/19/2010 12:09:06 AM.
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Re: difficulty of cutting a hole for a lock in a steel door?
Once when we lived in an apartment DH and I were locked inside of the apartment. We had to get a locksmith to saw his way through the metal door. The key had broken inside of the lock and the door slammed shut from a huge wind gust thereby locking us into the apartment. It took the guy over 3 hours. He broke through 3 different blades and cost us $500.
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| Posted 10/19/10 12:18 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: difficulty of cutting a hole for a lock in a steel door?
For a DIY-er, it should take about half an hour:
http://www.hammerzone.com/archives/doors/deadbolt/hole_cut/metal.htm
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| Posted 10/19/10 7:57 AM |
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Goobster
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Re: difficulty of cutting a hole for a lock in a steel door?
do you think a locksmith could easily do this correctly, and quickly?
thanks for that link!
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| Posted 10/19/10 8:17 AM |
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Re: difficulty of cutting a hole for a lock in a steel door?
we had steel doors but most are hollow so its quick if your door is steel through then it will take a while.
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| Posted 10/19/10 9:18 AM |
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GoldenRod
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Re: difficulty of cutting a hole for a lock in a steel door?
Posted by Goobster
do you think a locksmith could easily do this correctly, and quickly?
thanks for that link!
If a person who doesn't do this for a living can do it in 30 minutes, I would hope a professional could do it even faster and easier!
Most home steel doors are just steel clad, not solid steel. That would be a very heavy and very expensive door! Cutting through sheet metal is not very difficult. I'm guessing I could do it myself in about 15 minutes. I've cut lock holes in wood doors, and that's very easy. I would just need a little extra time to deal with the sheet metal, but not that much more.
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| Posted 10/19/10 9:51 AM |
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