What's up guys, I'm Brad Rodriguez from Fix This Build That and today I'm talking keyless door locks.
I'm going to show you how I install this one here from Schlage. I'm gonna answer the top 5 questions
I got about it and I'm gonna show you why having a tube of lipstick is gonna help you during install stay tuned
I'll show you exactly how I did it
I've partnered with Home Depot to check out some smart home devices
This year and I've been waiting on this keyless dead bolt to arrive for a while
The one I'm installing is the Schlage Connect touchscreen deadbolt with alarm
I'm gonna show you the install I went through and talked through
some of the features on the deadbolt as I go before I answer
the top 5 questions
The install is pretty similar to most other dead bolts and it only requires a screwdriver a drill
and maybe a chisel if you have some fitment issues, which I did
I started off by removing the old lock and trying to install the Schlage deadbolt in its place now right off the bat
I had a small fitment issued on the mounting plate. It was a bit too big
So to expand the recess a little I traced the outline of the plate and chiseled away the material until it fit.
I secured it with the mounting screws and then tested the deadbolt fit my current setup
Unfortunately when I put the lock in here it does not fit like it should so when I go to test it
The Glock does not actually go into the hole where it should
so here's a little trick that I learned using some lipstick
I'm gonna open this off. I'm gonna extend the line out then I'm gonna use some red lipstick
This is actually from Halloween for my daughter and we're going to paint this
where I think it's hitting so along here on the bottom
As well as the sides then we're going to put it into the door lock and it's going to show us where it's hitting
We're gonna put it in there. I'm gonna just gonna do it a few times
And that lipstick now should be transferred let's see what it looks like
So you can see the red right there. That is the lipstick. So I need to take some off of that bottom plate right there
Alright to removed a good deal down there right where all the lipstick was, let's see how it does
So this is really important I'll talk about it in the top 5 questions but a good fit here is extremely important
The reinforcements plate for the deadbolt didn't fit the current opening either
So I widen it the same way as before with my drill and a chisel
The strike plate is actually a bit thicker. So I'm gonna go ahead and take some more material off this as well
so make sure that this fits nice and flush and
The reinforcement plate that goes under the strike plate is a major
upgrade versus the lock that I was using before
So as you saw the only thing my prior deadbolt had was a strike plate and some smaller screws
Now the shellac lock has this reinforcement plate that goes
under the strike plate and it's anchored by these large
Reinforcement screws the standard strike plate goes on top of that once it's installed
So if you use those extra long reinforcement screws
You can keep the bhma rating of a great one
And basically what that saying is that now this is all connected to the frame of the door
Instead of just that little strike plate and a little one-inch screw
You've got that two and a half inch screw going all the way in and it helps secure the entire door
So it's great if you want to have extra security on your front door
Next I was ready for the touch screen keypad to be installed. The keypad is
fingerprint-resistant and backlit and it has a
Communication and power wire that feeds through to the inside of the door
and the inside unit is the brains of the operation
And it houses the battery power supply the motherboard and the speaker for the alarm
The keypad is held in place by a mounting plate on the inside in the indoor unit is screwed on to this as well
The only hookups made are just the communication wire and installing the batteries into the unit
And with that the lock is ready to go and I initialized it using the programming code.
I also installed this matching handle set which is just plug and play like any normal knob very easy to install
The lock comes with two default codes but new codes can be added and removed manually
There are several features that can be toggled on and off manually on the keypad
Including changing the length of the passcode to either four or five or six digits
turning the keypad beeping on or off and
Setting a vacation mode where all codes will be denied
All right now let's get into the top five questions
I put out on social media now is going to be doing this install and I asked folks
What do they want to hear about and here's what they had to say.
the first one was
battery life got a ton of questions around battery life about how long it lasts and
When am I gonna have to replace the batteries?
So when I looked in the manual the manual says about twelve months that you should get but I look further on some reviews online
And I saw anywhere from nine to fifteen months
So the biggest thing that drains your battery quickly is if that lock is not fitting properly
Like I showed you an install you want to make sure that it is not scraping
the side because that will drain your battery much much faster
So a close second to that the next question is what happens when the battery dies
What if that dies and I'm stuck outside am I gonna be locked out?
Well, no, of course not that's why they have the override key so you can see here. You can just use it
Just like any other lock and that will let you in. You can replace the batteries once you get inside
So the next question I got was all about wireless capability. What can I do can this thing connect wirelessly?
Is it bluetooth? Is it Wi-Fi? What is it?
The lock works with z-wave technology and that's a wireless communication
for a lot of smartphone devices that works with a hub
I've got the wink 2 hub which is compatible with the device here. So that's what I've been talking about
So this gives you a lot more functionality. You can add and remove codes straight from the application
you can also do all those other functionalities between vacation mode turning the beeps on and off and
also the activity log
So if user codes are being entered you've got a log of that
That you know when they're coming and you know that they've entered that code in there
But one of the coolest things that I think is the robot function
You can set this up so that if a certain user code is entered then it will set off other things in the house
It will either turn on some lights or to continue a notification
I've got it set up here that if you Lane enters the house
It's gonna send me a notification on my app and it's also
gonna turn on the lights that are connected to the smart home
So those are some great features that if you really hook it up to a hub you're gonna get a ton more
functionality out of the whole entire lock system
All right. The next question I had is what about break-ins?
How does this thing help to stop break-ins? And is it as good as a normal deadbolt?
Well, there are a few things during install you saw that I used those extra long reinforcement screws
I think they're about two and a half inches when you put those in
there that allows you to have the grade 1 certification
from the bhma which is basically just saying that this is the highest level of
Security and functionality that you can get out of a deadbolt now as far as outside
If people are coming in and trying to override the codes
Manually, the nice thing is if you get four wrong codes in a row, it will sound an alarm
There's an alarm feature. You're gonna hear that inside
If you're sleeping it will wake you up
one thing though that I really would recommend is that you're changing your passwords and
if you're giving those out you can delete those in
The app so you're giving one-time passwords to people who only need it for a certain amount of
time and that you're changing your own
Passwords from time to time as well. All right, and the question I got the most is can it be hacked?
We all know that with enough time and energy and resources
Anything can be hacked. So is it foolproof 100%, no
It is not and the nice thing about this system and other systems
like it is that it works on the secure connection of that
Z-wave and in your hub so everything is encrypted
It's gonna be extremely hard to do and more than likely they're not going to be coming after your house
They're me going after government secrets if you know what I mean
If you're comfortable enough ordering things online and using smart home
technology, then it's gonna fall all along those same lines
Hey, if you want to see another great video, I've got one queued up for you right over there
You can go check it out. I hope I answered your questions
I know those are the most popular questions that I had if you have other questions
hit me below in the comments and let me
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I'd love to have you as part of the team and until next time guys get out there and build something awesome