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An In-Law Suite, Grandparents From Abroad and a Door With Its Hinges Outside
Family projects involve a lot of opinions. Here's a typical example from a house in Southgate.
A pediatric resident and her husband had converted their detached garage into a small suite for her parents, who were flying in from overseas to help with the new baby. The contractor had finished the week before and left the new exterior door with no lock and the connecting door to the main house with only a passage knob. Her parents were arriving on Saturday.
The dispatcher, who has relatives living with him too, heard everyone's concerns on one call: the resident wanted the suite to feel like her parents' own place, with its own key; her husband wanted a deadbolt on the outside door; her mother, on speaker from abroad, said the knobs at home hurt her hands and asked for levers. Was the house theirs? Yes. The dispatcher suggested a lever and deadbolt on the suite's outside door keyed separately, and a keyed privacy lever on the connecting door, booked Thursday. The technician called when he was on the way.
He arrived after the call, in uniform and showed his ID. He checked the deed and walked both doors with the couple. The connecting door was straightforward. The exterior door had a problem he spotted: the contractor had hung it to swing outward, so the hinge pins were on the outside. Anyone could tap the pins out and lift the door off, lock or no lock.
He explained it and offered a simple fix: security hinge pins that can't be removed with the door closed. They agreed. He replaced the hinge pins, bored the door with his jig for a lever and a Grade 1 deadbolt, and set the strikes with 3-inch screws into the stud. The first latch test didn't work; the latch caught on the thick weatherstrip. He set the strike a little deeper and it closed cleanly. He keyed the suite's locks to their own key and fitted a lever on the connecting door that locks from the suite side, with a key for the couple.
Her parents arrived on Saturday to a door that was theirs. The neighborly advice: when a new door opens outward, check the hinges before you worry about the lock.
Fitting Locks to New Doors and New Rooms
New Door Lock Installation From Scratch
A new door lock installation begins with measuring the door's thickness, the backset and the height. A clamp-on jig keeps the cutter square, so the face and edge holes meet cleanly. Latch and bolt faceplates are chiseled flush, and the strike is set so the door closes without a slam.
Hinges on the Outside
Doors that swing outward have exposed hinge pins. Security pins or set screws stop the pins from being removed while the door is closed. It's a small fix that matters as much as the lock.
In-Law Suite Door Locks
In-law suite door locks are about privacy and independence. The suite's outside door can have its own key, and the connecting door can lock from the suite side, with a key for the main household in case of emergencies.
Levers for Hands That Hurt
Levers are easier than knobs for anyone with arthritis, a weak grip, a cast or a baby in one arm. They're also easier for visitors who aren't used to American knobs. We fit levers wherever they make life simpler.
Home Offices and Medication Cabinets
A keyed lever on a home office or a cabinet lock on a medication closet keeps papers and medicine safe from children and guests. Privacy locks open with a coin, so choose a keyed lock for anything that matters.
Keyed Alike Locks or Separate Keys
Keyed alike locks give one key for the whole house. Separate keys suit suites, rentals and offices. Many households mix both, and we set it up during installation.
Door Hardware Installation After a Rebuild
Door hardware installation after a flood rebuild or remodel covers new exterior doors, interior passage and privacy hardware, and any pocket or closet doors. We can come once the painters finish.
Locks Picked Out at the Store
Plenty of families buy hardware during a remodel and want it fitted. We install it if it suits the door. If the box says one thickness and the door is another, or the backset doesn't match the bore, you'll hear that before any drilling, along with what would work instead.
Permission for New Hardware
Owners can book directly. Renters need landlord approval for new locks, and the landlord often wants a key to any exterior lock. For a suite in a rented house, the landlord's okay should cover both doors.
Doors Added During Flood Rebuilds
Homes near Brays Bayou rebuilt after flooding often got new exterior doors with no hardware fitted. We bore, install and key them, and check that the new door still swings and latches properly once the floors are back in.
Our Technicians in the Medical Center
We send a technician to your address anywhere in the Medical Center. Installations are booked around your schedule. Southgate and Braeswood Place are close to the Medical Center; shift-change traffic on Holcombe, Main and Kirby is slowest early and late in the day. For suites in detached garages, tell us whether the van can pull into the driveway or must park on the street.
Friendly Installers Who Notice the Details
A technician in uniform arrives and holds up company ID before anything else. They listen to everyone's needs, look at the door and hinges before drilling, use the right fasteners and keep dust to a minimum. They test every lock and show each person how theirs works. They show each person in the household how their own lock works, including any older relatives who'll be using the suite.
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Lock Installation Around the Medical Center
Lock installation near the Medical Center covers in-law suites and garage conversions in Southgate and Braeswood Place, new doors from flood rebuilds, home offices for staff and researchers, and townhomes near the campus. Lock installation near the Medical Center often means planning who gets which key. If you've been looking for a locksmith to install locks before family arrives, call and tell us the date. Garage conversions and in-law suites have become common in Southgate and Braeswood Place as families bring relatives to Houston for care or to help with children.
A new lock starts with the door. Tell us what it is made of and how thick it is. Solid wood, hollow-core and steel doors all take different tools.
Placement matters. Height, spacing from the edge and the position of the strike change how the lock feels each day.
If you are installing a lock on a new gate or a shed, tell us what it holds.
Ask for spare strike plates and longer screws.
When we finish, we test the lock together.
Tell us if the door will be used by children, older relatives or anyone with limited grip. Lever handles and larger thumb turns make daily use easier.
We also install locks in Midtown, Meyerland and West University Place. For deadbolts, see deadbolt installation, and for keypads, smart lock installation.
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