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New composite door - lock query

  • 20-10-2013 7:34pm
    #1
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    (possibly not the most suitable forum)

    We just got a new composite front door installed. Pretty good job!

    However, after going out to the shop and coming back, we found that we could not get the key fully into the barrel! After some fiddling the key went in fully and we could enter.

    It seems that if the key is in the barrel on the inside, this obstructs the key from going in full on the other side.

    Is this by design?

    Regards,

    David


Comments

  • #2
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    I think i'd much rather have this kind of a setup where the door can be locked and unlocked from the inside without a key. It seems much safer in the event of a fire.


  • #3
    whizbang
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    if the key is in the barrel on the inside, this obstructs the key from going in full on the other side.

    pretty much the case with all locks.
    door can be locked and unlocked from the inside without a key

    Plenty of stories about where a child size arm can reach through the letterbox!


  • #4
    Tokyo
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    djmarkus wrote: »
    It seems that if the key is in the barrel on the inside, this obstructs the key from going in full on the other side.

    Is this by design?

    Seems to be the same for any PVC door lock I've used. Can be a right pain in the arse if someone comes in from the pub before you and leaves their key sitting in the lock... :D


  • #5
    djmarkus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,606 ✭✭✭djmarkus


    Hmm.

    1) An easy way to lock yourself out of the house... with an indestructible front door.
    2) Easy way to get trapped in a burning house, scrambling to find the key when your indestructible front door is locked.


  • #6
    CBYR1983
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 336 ✭✭CBYR1983


    djmarkus wrote: »
    Hmm.

    1) An easy way to lock yourself out of the house... with an indestructible front door.
    2) Easy way to get trapped in a burning house, scrambling to find the key when your indestructible front door is locked.

    Very right you are. I presume you have the "pad" on the outside, lever on inside. Never use a spare key to lock from the inside in this case. It will be forgotten, and you'll be using a coat hanger through the letterbox to pull down the inside lever. Clearly I speak from personal experience.

    I think thumbwheel should really be used on inside lock in pad-lever scenario.


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