How to Fit a Tubular Latch (Heavy Duty)

In today's video I will be showing you how I recently fitted a heavy duty tubular latch to our spare room door.

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The new brass door knobs don't have an internal spring and the existing tubular latch is barely strong enough to operate without the bolt getting stuck. So I was interested to see that Ironmongery Direct https://goo.gl/h1svBU sell a heavy duty tubular latch.

The slight problem is that the old tubular latch had a non-standard backset size of 72mm, and so the closest I could get to that was an 82mm backset.

So the hollow core door would need a bit of filling and modifying to accommodate the new tubular latch.

Today's Toolkit *
PVD Brass Heavy Duty Tubular Latch 103mm case size, 82mm backset https://goo.gl/4S87ab
One pair Queen Anne style reeded rimmed beehive mortice lever door knob https://ebay.to/36gs8pV
Everbuild wood filler https://goo.gl/u8x1nm
25mm flat wood drill bit https://goo.gl/LSMWXy to drill out the tubular latch
16mm flat wood drill bit https://goo.gl/9ooLcv
Stanley screwdriver https://geni.us/25G6HP (Amazon)
Ryobi 12v cordless drill driver https://geni.us/0hpbl9W (Amazon)
Bradawl https://goo.gl/bNLnq4

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