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I'm in the process of remodeling a shop. It has cement block walls and I just got new metal doors installed. I was given an after hours key drop for free, and want to install it. I asked my door contractor to install it in one of the doors, but he looked at it for a long while and just scratched his head. After pointing out a few things to me, even I am at a loss on how this thing actually is installed. I don't have pictures of this exact unit, but here is one nearly identical except for the text and color:
So my initial questions are:
1. Can this be installed into a metal door?
2. If not, can this be mounted into a concrete block wall?
3. If not, I assume I would have to make some sort of exterior box for this to fit into, but again, how?
3. Either way, how do you cut a hole large enough for the outer drop-down door (by the hinge area), yet still have it be waterproof/not have a hole around the box? No matter the place where it will be installed, I cannot picture how this will mount to ANY surface without having a hole much larger than the back piece of the key drop (so that the front piece can close properly).
I'm a visual person to a fault, and I cannot visualize how this can be installed. I can't find anything online of any help either. Any images or videos you all could find would help tremendously. I feel incredibly stupid. I know I'm paying someone to do this for me, and that should include the knowledge on how this works, but this key drop was something I came across after I agreed on this contractor doing the doors, so I can't fault him either.
So my initial questions are:
1. Can this be installed into a metal door?
2. If not, can this be mounted into a concrete block wall?
3. If not, I assume I would have to make some sort of exterior box for this to fit into, but again, how?
3. Either way, how do you cut a hole large enough for the outer drop-down door (by the hinge area), yet still have it be waterproof/not have a hole around the box? No matter the place where it will be installed, I cannot picture how this will mount to ANY surface without having a hole much larger than the back piece of the key drop (so that the front piece can close properly).
I'm a visual person to a fault, and I cannot visualize how this can be installed. I can't find anything online of any help either. Any images or videos you all could find would help tremendously. I feel incredibly stupid. I know I'm paying someone to do this for me, and that should include the knowledge on how this works, but this key drop was something I came across after I agreed on this contractor doing the doors, so I can't fault him either.