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Over-the-counter pocket door lock -- which brand?

12 years ago

By "over-the-counter" I mean something I can buy at Lowes or Home Depot, because I have to buy them today. We were dithering around planning to buy Emtek, but we waited too long. Emek has to be ordered and it takes too long to arrive for our project.

Which pocket door privacy lock works well in a 1 3/8" in interior door? Is Kwikset fine? Any gotchas that I need to know about?

Thanks for any thoughts.

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millworkman
12 years ago
Pretty much all the readily available ones are all the same and the all are pretty crappy. You will need to cut a box out of the door so pretty much you will never be able to use anything else. I believe Von Morris makes a better pocket door lock probably $125 dollars or so but not a box cutout type cheap crap lock.
brickeyee
12 years ago
Von Morris has a mortise lock set pocket door lock.
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