The 3 screws are for wooden doors and you use one of the 1 ones as a place holder.
Locks for doors that open outward.
There are three different security hinges for outward swing exterior doors.
If you have exterior doors that open outwards you can buy or make hinges that will provide substantially more security than standard exterior door hinges.
Lock mechanism snaps close smoothly and easily.
Installation is a matter of screwing in three screws.
There s special threading on them.
But the exterior door hinges can create security problems.
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Figure 2 setscrew hinge.
One benefit of an outward door is that it can t be force kicked to open because of the door frame.
Benefits of a single key.
A setscrew locks the hinge pin to one side of the hinge as shown in.
Most types of locks for doors will work on both types of door handings.
Package comes with two 3 screws and three 1 screws.
While latch guards are available both for inward and outward opening doors our focus will be on options that cater to out swinging doors.
Many people like the convenience of using the same key for all of their exterior doors.
These locks are labeled as reversible handing or universal handing and can be installed on either side of the door.