SILAS Door Fit Check

Will this lock fit your door?

Three questions. The two diagrams show exactly what to measure and what to look for, so you can check your own door in a couple of minutes.

You'll need a tape measure for question 2.

What material is your door made of?

Pick the closest match. This tells us which fixings to send with your lock.

Is your door edge at least 22 mm wide and 68 mm deep?

The lock body needs a pocket this size cut into the edge of the door.

Your door from the front. We’ve cut it along the blue line and looked straight down.

DEPTH INTO DOOR 68 mm LOCK BODY 22 mm EDGE WIDTH DOOR FACE DOOR FACE FOREND (THE FLAT PLATE)
Looking down on that slice, drawn to scale. The two long sides are the faces of the door; the left end is the edge the latch comes out of.

Edge width. Open the door and measure straight across the flat edge where the latch sits. On most doors this is the same as the door's thickness.

Depth. From that same edge, measure straight back into the door, across the face, away from the gap. You need 68 mm of solid material for the lock case to sit in.

If both measurements are 22 mm and 68 mm or larger, answer Yes.

Does your door have a frame for a strike plate and forend?

You're looking for two metal plates already set into the woodwork — one on the door edge, one on the frame.

The two blue marks are the plates you’re looking for, facing each other at handle height.

DOOR DOOR FRAME (JAMB) FOREND STRIKE PLATE DEADBOLT BOLT POCKET
Looking down on that slice, with the door closed against its frame. The two blue plates are what you're checking for — both are recessed so they sit flush with the surface.

On the door edge: a flat metal plate, roughly 240 mm long and 22 mm wide, held on by two screws. That's the forend.

On the frame, directly opposite: a matching plate with one or two rectangular holes cut through it, and a pocket behind. That's the strike plate.

If the door edge and frame are bare, with no plates and no recesses cut for them, answer No.

Answer all three questions and your result will appear here.

Lock body: 240 × 22 mm forend, 68 mm case depth, 40 mm backset, 85 mm centres.