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   JohnWW | Feb 08, 2008 05:57pm | #1

   Modern exterior doors are 1 3/4" thick but 2 1/4" thick is also a standard thickness, common on older doors, and the extra wood makes for sturdier mortise walls.

   I would make the stile wide enough to leave a full 1/2" of wood past the end of the lock mortise, not forgetting to allow for the depth of any grooves for floating panels along the inside edge of the stile.

   John White

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   RHANDYMAN | Feb 15, 2008 05:11am | #2

   Thanks for your reply, I decided to use a 5 1/2" style so I should be fine. Using the

   5 1/2", places the lockset setback in the center of the style.  Looks good!

   Thanks again