Due to recent event I have decided the lock on my door needs replacing, spoke to my landlord and he agrees but due to other jobs he is unable to complete the work so said I can sought it out I was wondering is it possible to change a lock yourself its only an internal door or do you have to call someone out? thanks
Is it a Yale type or a mortice lock? If it's a Yale type, you can just buy the new cylinder for the lock, with new keys. If it's a mortice lock, you can easily swap it out for a new one, as long as they have the same dimensions. Just take the old mortice to a hardware store and compare.
Dead easy as said ^^ No need to call anyone out! Look at the edge of the door and you'll find some screws, just unscrew them and make it up as you go along.
Clicky I was changing doorlocks before I started secondary school- my Dad had a habbit of saving old ones and reusing them, had containers full of different types in the garden shed...
Nah, just our front door after some keys were lost- its so simple to do, just a few screws and maybe a metal ring to undo to remove the whole barrel and latch mechanism. If anyone is interested in saving themselves money on tradesmen, pick up a copy of the Readers Digest DIY manual, great book that tells you how to do everything from plumbing to electrics