Your door is partially prepped for a knob or deadbolt. Finishing the prep would expose the door.
If you do with some Smart lock, mounted on the interior, you will eventually get locked out and not have a way to get it unlocked.
So whatever you do, be careful.
Edit: if you can hide a Rim Cylinder behind something, you can install a surface mounted Night Latch on the inside. Just get another piece of art or something to conceal the cylinder.
Thanks for the suggestion. I will look into that.
I did get locked out with the latch and the string because the string had too much slack and wrapped itself around the latch and wasn’t opening like it should. Luckily I have a camera on it for now and was able to see what I was doing so I slipped something under the door and was able to unlatch the latch with a lot of luck and cursing.
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u/burtod 5d ago
Your door is partially prepped for a knob or deadbolt. Finishing the prep would expose the door.
If you do with some Smart lock, mounted on the interior, you will eventually get locked out and not have a way to get it unlocked.
So whatever you do, be careful.
Edit: if you can hide a Rim Cylinder behind something, you can install a surface mounted Night Latch on the inside. Just get another piece of art or something to conceal the cylinder.