Questions and Answers for Everbilt 3-1/2 in. Zinc-Plated Adjustable Staple Safety Hasp

A:  The Everbilt 3-1/2 in. Zinc-Plated Adjustable Staple Safety Hasp has a recommended use with a lock.

A:  You may want to contact the lock manufacturer to see if they can provide you with replacement keys.

A:  A pair of bolt cutters will work quickly. Hacksaw is slow. Or hammer and chisel. When I have had none of above I have drilled holes in the lock until it broke.

A:  Bolt cutters, angle grinder, hack saw. Some locks are harder than others.

A:  The Staple portion of the safety hasp is moveable making the unit adjustable so the door or gate can be locked from either side of the opening.

A:  You need a lock

A:  Once the hasp is installed you would need to use a lock to keep it secure as the eye does not rotate. The Latch Post Safety Hasp has an eye that rotates.

A:  Yup, it just wont be as secure.

A:  Could I use longer screws with anchors to keep someone out long enough so it make a lot of noise

A:  It won't keep out anyone who doesn't mind ripping the hasp out of the door. Hollow core doors have very thin and fragile luan as an outside skin of the door. I would be able to pull these screws out of that with a small pry bar like a screw diver or dinner knife. The only security this would provide would be that if broken into would leave tale-tail signs of the tresspassing. Anyone who didn't want you to know they'd gone into your room would be discouraged from breking the hasp away.

A:  They are about 3/4" long

A:  You would need to use #8-32 flat head machine screws and corresponding #8-32 nuts. The length of screw would be varied from thickness of cabinet.