Rim exit devices can be equipped with exterior trim.
How does a vertial rim door lock work.
Vertical rod devices can have latches at both the top and bottom of the door or just one top latch.
You can also opt to use screws instead of nails to fasten the lock body into the door.
Rim devices have a latch that engages a strike that is surface mounted to the soffit of the frame rim devices are mostly used at single doors.
The vertical dead bolt lock is a surface mounted rim lock and is made up of four major parts.
Two pieces surround the knob spindle hole and have small levers on either side.
Mortise devices have a mortise lock body that sits inside a pocket prepped in the side of the door a standard 4 7 8 strike prep in the frame is used.
Most rim locks come with a fastener to attach the lock body into surface of the door.
However you can also fasten the lock body into the door by hammering a nail on each of the holes located on the sides of the rim lock.
The first step is to is to assemble and install the knob and latch mechanism in the upper part of the rim lock.
Most rim locks with sliding latches make use of handles and knobs.
The sliding latch is pressure operated and spring loaded.
The latch is retracted when pressure is applied and extended when pressure is released.
Rim panic device basics a rim panic device is surfaced mounted to the door s face where the latch protrudes from the device rather than the edge of the door.
In rim exit devices a deadlatch prevents the latch from being forcibly retracted from the exterior.
These levers push and pull the latch bolt in and out as you turn the knob.