Forced to return the item for incomplete description that does not allow to know to buy it is unusable in France. Indeed we need a frame of a thickness of 18 cm MINIMUM! ! ! otherwise it is impossible to use. With our standard flat doorframes in France one is 7 cm off the mark ... And if we have an exceptionally thick door also, still have to be careful that it is not the edge piece as it takes space of about 25 cm on each side to raise the bar. Finally, I doubt the strength of the bar (hollow) in two pieces connected by a screw