Nowadays, smart homes are gradually entering thousands of households, bringing a lot of convenience to people’s lives, and smart door locks are increasingly favored by everyone. Smart door locks are really easy to use. You don’t need to bring a key when you go out, and you are not afraid of being locked out when you go downstairs to take out the garbage …
However, the smart door lock can’t be used casually, and there are still some places to pay attention to.
Measuring the thickness of the door leaf and punching the title
Before buying smart door locks, we need to measure the thickness of our own doors. Generally, the thickness of the door leaf that the smart door lock can adapt to is between 40mm and 100mm. If it is less than 40 mm, it is impossible to install the smart door lock (such as a glass door), while if it is greater than 100 mm, it is necessary to customize the door lock.
In addition, when our doors were originally installed with locks, holes were punched. If the keyhole is too large, the position where the new lock needs to be punched may overlap with the old keyhole, which may affect the installation of the new lock. Therefore, we need to change a new door to install the smart door lock.
Determine the direction of opening the door
After determining that our doors can be equipped with smart locks, we will then determine which side the doors are going to open.
Taking standing outside as the standard—
If the fixed hinge of the door is on the left, then the intelligent door lock is defined as left door opening, which is divided into left inner opening and left outer opening.
If the fixed hinge of the door is on the right, then the intelligent door lock is defined as right door opening, which is divided into right inner opening and right outer opening.
Measuring door lock guide piece
To change the lock, it is necessary to measure the door lock guide piece in advance, that is, the metal strip sandwiched between the front and rear door panels. This is related to the size of the lock body. Knowing this data, professionals will know what kind of lock to match.
Judge whether there is a hook between heaven and earth
If the door at home doesn’t have a hook between heaven and earth, but you buy a smart door lock with a hook between heaven and earth, the lock body will probably not fit into the lock slot reserved in the door; And if the door at home has a hook of heaven and earth, but you buy a smart door lock without it, the hook of heaven and earth on the door will be invalid.
Therefore, it is necessary to find out whether the door at home has a hook between heaven and earth before deciding what kind of lock to buy.
Then the question is coming-how to judge whether the door at home has a hook between heaven and earth?
The method is: leave the door open, lock it first, then unlock it, and see if there is a lock tongue popping up at the top edge of the door. If there is, it means that your door has a hook between heaven and earth, otherwise there is no hook between heaven and earth.
Double doors require two locks.
Most of the doors of local tyrants are double doors, so do you have to install two locks?
Yes, it’s just that one is a real smart door lock, and the other is a lock shell with the lock core and lock tongue removed, so that it is convenient to open the door, and for the sake of symmetry and beauty, the appearance of the two locks should be the same.
Don’t just lock yourself.
I know that some friends enjoy the fun of doing it themselves, but the installation of smart door locks is not as simple as expected. If you are not familiar with the operation, it is likely to go wrong. In case you break the lock yourself, you can no longer enjoy the three-guarantee service. Therefore, to be on the safe side, it is best to let professionals install it for you.