I have always lived in houses with wooden external doors and I know how to change a lock barrel in one of those, but now I am buying a house that has all uPVC external doors. Is the process to change the lock barrel just the same?
Is it easy to change a lock in a uPVC external door?
There should be a screw on the lock above or below the bolt/latch undo the screw and remove, then the barrel should slide out from the handle, if its stuck try putting the key in and turning it whilst pulling the barrel out
Fit the new barrel in reverse order
Good luck
Edit: It's called a Euro lock this site shows a picture of one
http://www.handlestore.com/keycylinder.p鈥?/a>
Is it easy to change a lock in a uPVC external door?
As previous answer but their is a locking lever on the barrel of some euro locks insert key and turn this will disengage the locking lever allowing the barrel to slide out it is not a full turn most are around a quarter turn and may take a bit of fiddling about to get the correct position
very easy no problem, realy.
