🔒 Premium QCAA Solid Brass Dutch Door Bolt, 4-inch, Polished Brass Finish - Sturdy and Stylish Security Solution Review

When you need to keep that hitch hiker you abducted locked in the cellar and look stylish doing it. This lock can't be beat. Sturdy, works smoothly and quietly. Which is a big plus for those late night feedings.

This item says there is a tension spring in the latch to hold the bar but there is nothing to keep it in place. The bolt does not work well with doors that have a gap.

Used this as a bolt to create a Dutch door. Reasonably easy installation and all hardware included. I was disappointed however, in the springs that are supposed to keep tension on the bolt. After just a couple of days they have fatigued and so the bolt will not stay up/open against gravity. It greatly increases the likelihood of someone closing the top of the door and damaging the bottom because the bolt is sticking out. Also the receiver plate is about 20% bigger than the bolt. The upside is…

It seems strong enough, but some of the design choices they made are disappointing and result in this being annoying to install. As you can see from the photos, the bolt slides through two retaining lugs instead of a single piece, but you can't remove the bolt during installation because each lug has a tiny metal flat-spring (so that the bolt doesn't rattle around when in use) that's held in place by the pressure of the bolt resting against it - remove the bolt and those flat-springs fall out…

This is an attractive Dutch Door bolt kit, however it could be improved with adding a felt liner to be installed in the bolt receiver so the upper door does not rattle loosely about. I added a glued in felt stopper that holds the bolt snug and the door opens and closes solidly and seals properly from top to bottom.

This ok, and it functions, but it wasn’t the easiest to install and it’s just adequate for operating my Dutch door. The clips that provide tension to keep the latch in place open or closed needed to epoxied in place or they fall out, so the design is far from perfect. When the latch is open the latch pin tension is just ok to keep the pin in place. No directions provided.

Matched well with existing cast iron hardware, used just the slide latch part to keep a kitchen island drawer from opening due to weight. Works, looks great, priced well.

The quality of the product is not in question. The major problem is the throw of the bolt, it is ridiculously short when used to close 2 closet doors. I modified where the set screw on the bolt meets the stops. Works beautifully, and the bolt still cannot accidentially be removed, which is the function of the set screw.

just what I ordered. I used it in a vertical position at the top of the interior door. the bolt was sliding down by itself due to its own weight. I removed the friction springs, bent them to have more camber and friction, and it seems the bolt is not sliding anymore.