Mark long cylinders if the cylinder stick out more than 5mm then use a pencil to clearly mark the cylinder at the point that it leaves the backplate.
Upvc door lock barrel sizes.
Euro cylinders are now one of the most common types of locks fitted to modern.
Do not measure to the end of the black cam ring.
Upvc door euro cylinder locks.
The cylinder size required is determined by the distance from each edge of the cylinder to the centre of the fixing hole.
Our euro cylinder lock barrels are available in nickel or brass and come in many different sizes.
These are available in gold or silver chrome finish.
Mainly fitted to upvc doors although some composite timber and aluminium doors are now fitted with euro cylinders.
Type of front door lock back door lock sometimes internal doors.
The most common sizes here are 44mm on a 64mm 2 5 lock case and 56mm on a 76mm 3 lock case.
We supply a wide variety of types and sizes of upvc door lock cylinder barrels.
The euro lock fits through the door the euro profile case and the euro handle.
Your cylinder locks should be as flush as possible with the handles maximum projection is 5mm if you current lock sticks out by more than 5mm either side of the hanldes then choose a smaller size.
To determine the size of your door cylinder then simply remove the retaining screw which holds the door cylinder in place from the main door lock.
The screw is located level with the cylinder itself.
Measure from the end of the euro cylinder lock barrel to the centre of the screw hole each side.
A euro cylinder lock is commonly fitted to upvc composite doors and is used with multi point locking systems and are also fitted to some mortice deadlocks and sashlocks on timber or aluminium doors.
The euro cylinders come with 3 keys and the central fixing screw as standard.
Our recommended euro security cylinder is the abs euro cylinder as upvc door cylinder snapping bumping is on the rise.
If measuring a dl30 3 star anti snap door lock do remember the outer size is the anti snap size so is not a reversible size.
Now you have the cylinder in your hand note down the below measurements.
Do not measure the thumbturn only to the barrel end.
Turn the key slightly and slowly slide the cylinder out.
C the case height this dimension varies more than the previous two depending on the manufacturer and specification of the lock.