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Originally Posted by look 171

Get these Steve https://www.cabinetparts.com/p/emtek-door-hardware-door-locks-EMT8502US10B-p88425?mtm_campaign=780262739&mtm_group=43589091591&mtm_source=google_ad&mtm_medium=cpc&gad=1

Hidden and clean. Cut a mortise and slip it in there. Use a drop of oil when you remember. One up top one on the bottom. Cheap, don't need to go fancy. I like Emtek, they make a good product. I suggest you get two 18" pre-hung doors and request they install these locks. I found pre-hung doors do not always have the best craftmanship they work at best. If you want to do it yourself, order two 18x80 doors and make your own jamb out of vertical grain Doug Fir. The one thing I strongly suggest buying or making a hinge jig to keep everything exact (three hinges,this is coming from a guy that's been doing finish carpentry since 19.

I like Emtek or Baldwin hinges but if you want to impress the Mrs, use ball bearing hinges. It is good stuff

Ball catch Steve. They are pretty hidden with just a plate on top. All its needed is a hold drilled to the top of the door with a little mortise to house the ball. I oil mine when I remember every 8-9 years. Works fine.

Thanks, Jeff. Good call on the lock above. Then you have one door manually "lock" at the top to the frame, and then the other door has a regular knob/lock into the other door. I've seen that setup before.

Another good call on the ball catch. Our old apt had 2 regular doors with a ball catch on each for the laundry closet.

These doors would probably be open 99.9% of the time. Then they probably wouldn't have to have a lock, but I'd like to put one in. I could see having a ball catch for 99.99% of the time, and then possibly the other sort of lock for the other 0.01% of the time.