Hi, I’m Jeff Patterson with Home Repair Tutor, and in this video, I’m going to show
you how to install the Yale Digital Door Lock. It’s like this one here. You can punch in
the code, get into your house instantly. And it’s fantastic if you’ve got kids or you
need to get a contractor into your house because you can give each person their own specific
code. So let’s get to it. I’m going to show
you why this is an amazing product. Here’s the front of my exterior door. Nothing
special. Pretty standard. Here’s my door handle and deadbolt on the front. My door
handle and deadbolt on the back. Again, pretty normal stuff.
I like to remove the first screw or bolt from the deadbolt and then open the door and remove
the second screw. That way you can take the front and the back of the deadbolt off without
it dropping to the ground. Then you can remove the two screws that hold the deadbolt mechanism
in place. Here’s the new Yale Digital Door Lock. And
what I like is they show you that it’s okay to call them if you’ve got any questions.
Here’s the back of the deadbolt. It’s got a rubber gasket on it to protect it from
the weather. And here’s the front of the Yale Digital Door Lock. Now it has a protective
plastic sticker on it to protect the touchpad. It also has a gasket on it.
You need to unscrew the screw that holds the battery cover in place. Set that aside. And
what you’ll do next is check that the bracket is in one piece; that the rubber gasket – there
are five tabs for that rubber gasket – just make sure they’re all pressed into the bracket.
Here is the deadbolt mechanism. It comes at 23/8” in length, but there’s a button
on it that you can press in and pull it out to 2¾” length. So that’s what I did.
And then I pushed it into the door. And make sure that it’s in the “up” position.
That way you can screw the two screws in place. Now most deadbolts come with 1” screws.
I like to use 2” screws just to secure it to the door a little bit better. So I did
that with my drill. You can do the same thing. And you’re good to go.
So do the same thing with the actual strike plate. The strike plate comes with 1” screws,
but I use 3” wood screws. And that just makes me feel better about the security of
the strike plate. Slide the wire that’s in the front portion
of the deadbolt through the door. Just make sure that the wire is underneath the deadbolt
mechanism. That way the wire won’t get frayed or hurt. And make sure that the front of the
deadbolt is plumb. Take the two scews that come with the deadbolt.
Slide the bracket through the wire like so. Hand-tighten those two screws. And then tighten
them with your drill or screwdriver. Again, make sure that the front and back of the deadbolt
are plumb or straight up and down. I’m showing you the directions because sometimes
they’re not always right. They’re showing you to thread the wire through the square
slot in the bracket. And as you can see, that’s not the right way to do it. So just use your
common sense. Here’s the back and front of the deadbolt.
It might be a good idea to test the operating mechanism of the deadbolt. Just make sure
it works smoothly before you install it. There are two holes in the back. Make sure
that that wire comes up and over to the wire connector without the wire actually being
close to those two holes. Then take the mechanism in the back of the
deadbolt and slide it through the actual deadbolt itself. Mount the deadbolt to the door using
two small screws. As you can see here, it’s pretty tight. Then test that the deadbolt
will actually operate smoothly both when the door is open and closed.
The next thing that you need to do is just add batteries in the back of the battery pack,
and you’re ready to program the deadbolt. The next thing you have to do is register
a Master Code. So follow the directions on the keypad. The Master Code controls the ability
for you to open the door lock – the deadbolt – and also program any PIN codes in for
people. All you need to do to open the door is touch
your hand to the pad. Enter your Master Code. Press the * button. And the deadbolt opens
the door. Pretty sweet! To lock the door, just shut the door, and
again, press your hand on the keypad. And the deadbolt locks. Awesome!
The next thing you can do is add User Codes. So this is great because if you’ve got kids,
or grandparents, or a contractor, you can give them each their own User PIN Code. So
like I’m doing here, you can just choose a number 1 through 25. So if I wanted to choose
the number 2 for my kids and give them their own User PIN Code, I could. So that’s what
makes this so cool. So you can enter number 2, you can make User, you can enter number
2 for my kids, and then I can just program their own User PIN Code and give it to them.
Now what I like is, I can also do the same thing for our contractor. And when they’re
done coming in and out of my house, I can delete their User Code and be sure that they
can’t get back into the house. Another cool feature of the Yale Digital Door
Lock is it comes with two electrodes. So if you ever lose battery power, you can jumpstart
your door lock with a 9V. And you can install a door handle that matches the color and style
of your deadbolt. All right. Well there you go. Isn’t technology
so cool? I think it is. Check out this Yale Digital Door Lock. Maybe you’ll like it,
and you’ll be able to use it for your own house.
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