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[3 Apr 2008 | One Comment | 45,951 views]
Interior Design Fittings and Fixtures – Locks

An often forgotten area of decoration is a practical one, door hardware, and even more forgotten is door stops, these protect your walls from the door handle bashing through it. Ensure that the doorstop is long enough to stop the door before the handle reaches the wall!
There are many different types of locks, used for different purposes and situations.
DOOR LOCKS
Cylinder Night Latch
This is the most common type of door lock. It is essentially a spring-loaded latch opened by key from the outside and lever from the inside.
There are four parts; …