security locks for pocket doors
Does anyone know how to secure pocket doors? Now we just have dead bolts from the inside that were there when we purchased the brownstone a year ago. I want to be able to enter our parlor floor from the pocket doors. We rent the 2nd and 3rd floor so I need more than just…
Does anyone know how to secure pocket doors? Now we just have dead bolts from the inside that were there when we purchased the brownstone a year ago. I want to be able to enter our parlor floor from the pocket doors. We rent the 2nd and 3rd floor so I need more than just a privacy lock. But I do not want to alter too much the character of these doors that have already seen there share of careless attempts at security
I was at Simon’s Hardware this afternoon, and they have everything. I just needed a privacy lock for a pocket door, but they have a wide selection of other kinds of locks.
Simon’s is on Third Avenue between 29th and 30th.
I had a great experience there today. Worked with a guy named Joe.
try the dave sanders hardware store, design source on the bowery in manhattan …their website has an online catalogue
http://www.davesanders.com
This is very similar to what we have in our brownstone:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1880s-Brass-Eastlake-Pocket-Door-Plate-Lock-Set_W0QQitemZ360123565311QQcmdZViewItemQQptZArchitectural_Garden?hash=item360123565311&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14&_trkparms=72%3A1205%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1318%7C301%3A1%7C293%3A1%7C294%3A50
When we moved in none of them were working but I have replaced some with finds from Ebay and restored others. The one offered above does not have a key but others for auction will. We also had a key made for us by Charles Locksmith on the Upper East Side.
The above is for a double pocket door, singles are similar but have one just one lock and a matching plate on the jamb.
Any idea who makes them? I have searched on line and all I get is the privacy type locks for pocket doors. Thanks!
Yes, there is a specific intregal lockset for pocket doors. The lock “opens-up” inside of the passive door’s strike. I have one that is a mortise type and one that is cylyndrical. There is also a multi-point lock with cam-hooks for sliding glass doors, but would be a sloppy retro-fit on a brownstone pocket door.