Multi-Point Locking Hardware for Swinging Doors: What Are They & Benefits They Provide
What is a multi-point locking hardware? They are exactly what it sounds like, a door that locks in multiple points throughout the doors edge. If you think of a traditional door with a standard deadbolt the door will have two holes bored in it (see picture in figure a). One for the knob/lever and one for the deadbolt. A multi-point locking system often times utilizes a deadbolt but in addition to a deadbolt, they have a strike/tongue/latch that gets "thrown" into the door jamb in (usually) 3 locations. See Figure B for a close-up of what the hardware looks like Figure A: Standard Door Prep Figure B: Multi-Point Hardware Benefits: 1) Security: The first thing that people like about these systems is the obvious added security. It’s much harder to kick a door down with a multi-point engaged. Secondly it’s also more difficult to pick a lock that has a multi-point system installed. 2) Air tightness: Something that people don’t typically think about when seeing this hardware...