Mortice Locks

Mortice Dead Locks are designed to be fitted into the door and to throw a bolt into a keep in the frame, by using a key the most popular brands on Locks Online are Yale Locks, Chubb Locks and Union Locks. Some other manufactures like Ingersol Locks and Willenhall Locks are listed. These Locks are listed from BS3621 2004, standard Five Lever Dead Locks, Three Levers Dead locks, you need to consider a BS 3621 Dead Lock on all external doors and Three Lever Dead Locks on Internal Doors.

Mortice Sash Locks are extension to the Mortice Dead Lock where a latch would be included within the lock case and these types of locks normally work with Handles that have key holes as well. The latch is designed to hold the door into the frame and the dead lock to throw the bolt into the keep to secure the door into place. There are Sash Locks listed from all the leading manufactures like Yale Locks, Chubb Lock and Union Lock, from the highest security like BS3621 2004 to standard three lever internal locks.

These Mortice/sash locks are designed to assist the new standard BS 8621 2004 which mirrors the BS3621 2004 but where emergency egress is required from inside to escape in the event of fire. Commonly used locks in communal, Nursing Homes, Public Buildings Etc. Union Locks are probably the leaders in this field, but we have a range from Marston as well. Union, Chubb and Yale are now part of the Assa Abloy Group of companies.

This group of locks typically mimic the traditional Yale Cylinder Night Latch in there operation other that they are Morticed into the door. When the door is closed into the frame the latch will lock into the keep and normally by a turn or a handle on the inside of the door and a key on the outside of the door operates the lock.

Sliding doors are normally used in areas where the operation of the door is limited by the size of space the door has when opened. Locksonline has a massive range again from the leading manufactures.

Horizontal locks are normally used where you may want the key at the same height as the lever handle or Mortice Knob, Horizontal locks moves the knob further into the door so you do not catch your thumb in the door stop when closing the door. These types of locks were common place many years ago where knobs were used more so than Lever Style Handles.

As the name suggests these are used in Bathroom Applications where you require privacy over security, we also have a range of Toilet Indicator Bolts that are not locks in the technical sense, but will display and engaged symbol on the front of the door.

These are not locks in there own sense, but devices to hold the door closed into the frame, We show the most popular types of Tubular Mortice Latches and Full Bodied Tubular Latches.

Knob sets are locks where the lock and handle are integral to each other. Probably the most common brand in Weiser Locks from the USA owned now by Black and Decker, This type of lock was more common place in the 1970's and used in hotels as part of Master Key Systems, as time has gone by manufactures Like Yale Locks and Union Locks and more recently Era Locks have brought there own ranges out to compete in the new and replacement market.

Adams Rite are probably the national and International Leaders in the Aluminium Door Market but more recent a company called Alpro Locks are bringing out there own range of locks to compete in this market, even though we have at present not listed Alpro we do have full access to there whole range. Adams Rite in a US based company with a Europe Division which is now owed by the Assa Abloy Group.

Also known as APG Locks. More designed in the commercial market where we list the popular replacement locks like Union Locks and Powerlock, more common place now however is the use of Euro Profile locks manufactured specially for Glass Doors. Again even though we may not list them all but getting spares and replacements can only be an email away.

These are locking systems that bolt the door into the frame in multiple positions, we can supply of our site Union Lock Replacement parts for the Union Locks Monarch System as well as GU Ferco, and Winkhaus. If you cannot find the lock that you are after we have access to all the UK suppliers so feel free to email or call us to get further info

Back in the 1950,1960's and 1970's metal doors and window was all the phase and the dominate player in this field was Union Locks again owned by the Assa Abloy Group, Union Locks still support a small range of door locks for the old metal doors which can be found in this section.

This new range of locks are being introduced into this country to standardise locks cases throughout Europe that take into consideration some of the DDA requirements. These locks comply with the new BS EN 12209 : 2003 and we list the Union Locks range of 2C2 lock cases, however, there are ranges in the market like Briton and Nemef Locks to which we have access to. If you are upgrading a new commercial building with public access you need to consider this range of locks.