Changing locks on UPVC Doors

[ambient_black]

Hi just moved house and need to change the locks on the UPVC doors.

Does anyone know how easy it is to do and how to do it?

[R60EST]

Top lurking mate,

Changing the euro-cylinder on a upvc door is easy , literally 1 screw 30 second job. New cylinders are around £5 upwards depending on quality .

Scare yourself silly by typing 'lock bumping' into you tube

Edited by R60EST on Tuesday 19th January 21:06

[darronwall]

R60EST said:

Top lurking mate,

Changing the euro-cylinder on a upvc door is easy , literally 1 screw 30 second job. New cylinders are around £5 upwards depending on quality .

Scare yourself silly by typing 'lock bumping' into you tube

Edited by R60EST on Tuesday 19th January 21:06

sshhhhhhhhhh! dont give it away!

[ambient_black]

R60EST said:

Top lurking mate,

cheers, took me a while to brave the forums!!

R60EST said:

Changing the euro-cylinder on a upvc door is easy , literally 1 screw 30 second job. New cylinders are around £5 upwards depending on quality .

Scare yourself silly by typing 'lock bumping' into you tube

So now I know it's easy to change the locks, how the exprevious tenants could get in once I have but not how to?

Anyone any advice?

[R60EST]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udgnrM11fX8

should give you an idea

[ambient_black]

WOW as easy as 1, 2, 3.... cheers Robert!!

[King Herald]

darronwall said:

R60EST said:

Top lurking mate,

Changing the euro-cylinder on a upvc door is easy , literally 1 screw 30 second job. New cylinders are around £5 upwards depending on quality .

Scare yourself silly by typing 'lock bumping' into you tube

sshhhhhhhhhh! dont give it away!

Simplest way to stop 'lock bumping' is to leave a key in the inside of the door, and turn it a bit.

Obviously you can't do this with the front door as you leave. but then you can buy a fancy un-bumpable lock for just that one.

[Deva Link]

R60EST said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udgnrM11fX8

should give you an idea

Even someone that can't add up 40 & 45 can do it!

(and I was impressed when he said "rule")

Re bumping, apparently the anti-bump fluid, which I thought was snake-oil, really does work.

[ambient_black]

Pah - just when I thought this would be easy need a 40+50=90 lock.

Can find every other combination to make 90 but not a 40+50!!

Grrrrrr!!

[R60EST]

If you cant get the exact size , going 5mm bigger on either , or both sizes wont do any harm.

[Deva Link]

R60EST said:

If you cant get the exact size , going 5mm bigger on either , or both sizes wont do any harm.

We have 3 and they're all flush, or even ever so slightly recessed, on one side and stick out a few mm's on the other side. Never really thought about it until now.