Although the installation of a mortise lock actually " weakens " the structure of the typical timber door, it is stronger and more versatile than a bored cylindrical lock, both in external trim, and functionality.
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In a given brand of mortise lock, there were not that many different keys, and some manufacturers made a set for a given house numbered one through 6 or whatever, and supplied two keys per lock.
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A large hole is bored into the door face and a smaller crossbore hole is bored into the door edge, as opposed to a " mortise lock " prep cut into the " edge " of the door.
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To accomplish that, he said he thinks two locks on the door are ample protection, a good Medeco deadbolt and a mortise lock on the doorknob, and he stresses gates on the windows ( especially after someone entered his own apartment through an unprotected bedroom window, making off with stereo equipment and his wife's coin collection ).
