Temporary or portable door lock.
How to add a lock to an interior door.
To lock it depending on how secure you want it to be a series of 4 l brackets on the door and frame so that you can drop a bar across all 4 and the doors cant move.
If the spindle and the outer door handle and door knob are removed your door will effectively be locked.
If you do need to replace the whole door yes these old locks are not the same as modern ones.
In this video barry from bunnings warehouse demonstrates how to fit a deadlock to a door.
No matter your door s construction it will be compromised in certain places by necessity.
Installation of keyed entry or privacy door knobs can generally be done with a screwdriver by simply replacing the existing door knob with the new one using the existing holes in the door.
These locks can be locked from the inside by the simple push of the button on the knob.
At the very least you should have a solid core wooden door.
However these locks don t provide a high level of security.
To fill the gap i would use a thin piece of veneer aluminium or steel sheet over the edge of one door so you essentially have to close one first.
They consist of a receiver plate that screws into the jamb trim sometimes mortised in and an exterior bolt that attaches to the interior surface of the door.
Most door handlesets and door knobs make use of spindles to connect both halves of the door set.
He shows what tools are needed to install a lock and then walks th.
Most of these can be picked by inserting a piece of wire or bobby pin in the hole on the outer knob of the door.
You would have to either cut the door or find a different vintage lock and knob to fit which again wouldn t be too hard but does require a bit of handiness and searching on your part.
Hollow core composite doors intended for interior nonsecurity doors should not be used as they are far from the best way to secure a door.
It s a trivial installation.
The handle turns the spindle which then retracts the latch to open the door.