in this video I'm going to make one of these which locks both handles together
on this set of patio doors this is an extra security measure if somebody does
happen to bypass the locks they still won't be able to get in the property because
they won't be able to move the handle down also by doing this it actually
locks both doors together so even if somebody tries forcing the doors open
they are going to struggle because that will hold the two doors together you're
probably thinking that somebody can just smash the window and the can but that
makes a lot of noise a burglar does not want to draw attention to
themselves and they will often try to remove the lock to gain access to a
property if to do that in this case they still won't be able to get in because of this
there are actually a couple of commercial products that are very
similar to this and you can buy those readily on eBay this one is very simple
and was very easy to make it's simply a piece of unistrut
that's got two cap ends I've then drilled two holes in it one of them has
got a bolt in and a nylock nut on the other side this side you have a
linchpin that means that we can remove that very easily indeed they are just
sprung like so if you don't have a linchpin you can use a normal bolt that
is a stainless steel cap head bolt on the top I've got a m6 knob and you can
use that to secure the door should you wish to do so or you can of course use a
wing nut or something like that so to remove it, it's very simple once
you remove the pin or the bolt from that side you can simply slide it off like so
to put it back on simply hook it around that side which has got a bolt in it
and fasten it on like so you then have an extra level of security on your patio
doors to make this securing bar we're going to use a piece of 41 millimeter by
41 millimeter unistrut we're going to start off by cutting the unistrut to
length here I'm using the evolution Rage 2
- if you don't have one of these you can use a metal cutting bandsaw you can use
a grinder or you can even use a hacksaw I have actually just tried this on the
handles and it is a very tight fit for that reason I'm gonna get the angle
grand new with a flap disk I'm going to take off some of the inside lip there on
the top on the bottom I'll also remove the tiny burrs from the edge you don't
necessarily need to use a piece of unistrut you could make one of these out
to some aluminium tube like that or some steel tube or you could use some
channels aluminium channel is relatively inexpensive so there are quite a lot of
materials that you can make this from
I'm now just trying the bar to ensure that it fits across both handles which
it does and then I'm just marking using a permanent marker where the handles are
and then I'm also putting another line which will be the drill line
I want to drill this hole as close to this lip as I can get it
if I go too far back that way there's a chance that we won't get the bolt in
because of the handle so I want to start off by Center punching on that line just
there and then we'll drill through there using a six millimeter drill bit
I'm going to start off by drilling a small pilot hole then after I have done that I'm going to enlarge it
to six millimeter
now try this on the door and it does work perfectly so what I'm gonna do is I
want to use a roofing bolt in one side and I'm going to use a nylock nut and
I'm going to tighten that up that will be the bolt that will stay in position all the
time the bolt on that side there will eventually be replaced with a pin and
that will enable this to be removed from the door very quickly what you don't
want to do with this is over-tighten it because you don't want it to bend in
unistrut so that's how to make it it only takes about 10-15 minutes maximum
to make obviously I'm not gonna leave it like that I am going to actually paint
it that will be time-consuming bit I'm also going to insert to unistrut end
caps into each end and then that will make it look a lot neater
especially when it's all been painted at the same color
we are then just going to finish this off by putting a piece of insulation tape on the
inside and that will stop it from scratching the door handles
you can now see that I've lined the inside lip of that with some insulation
tape and that will prevent from scratching the handles so I've made this
because I'm actually going on holiday and it's just an extra level of security
that should help to prevent anybody from trying to get in through the patio
doors it's very easy to make it only takes 10 or 15 minutes excluding the
painting which was the time-consuming bit and it will increase the security on
patio doors considerably you can buy dedicated products such as a Pat
lock and there is another make of bar which you can use to lock patio doors so
if you can't make one of these it will be a good idea to get one of those
although some of them are rather expensive this one didn't actually cost
me anything because I already had the materials at home the actual locks
on this door are anti snap anti bump and pick resistant but that does not mean
that they are impossible to get past that is why something like this makes
the doors a hell of a lot more secure you can also use these on internal
double doors just simply pop that over there
then you can use that to lock both doors together I'd like to thank you for
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