Thumbturns are, in a lot of cases, inherently insecure from the outside as well.
I have been in a full on bonafide fire brigade situation. We're talking "no escape down the tenement stair smoke coming through the backs of skirting and light switches, just sit and wait for the Big muscly firemen to sweep me up in their arms and carry me down the ladder" type fire.
I would leave my door wide open with a big sign saying "steal my shit" on the street before I would ever live anywhere you can lock yourself in.
just sit and wait for the Big muscly firemen to sweep me up in their arms and carry me down the ladder” type fire.
Happened to a friend of mine.
He got home well drunk, lit some candles and when went to bed forgot about them and he thinks when shutting the door the draft knocked one over.
He's in bed, naked, the GF also naked and said early morning the bedroom door flies in a a couple of firemen scooped them out of bed saying. Time to go mate, you're house is alight 😆
Thanks again Cougar for the suggestions of lock and Barnsley locks to supply. Arrived this morning, fitted in under 5 minutes and door working. It took less time to fit than it's been taking to unlock the door of late!
I had someone replace a cyclinder in a new door we had fitted as it was faulty and I don’t think he even stopped walking when he returned to replace it after the first check - it was so fast to do!
Result, glad you're sorted.
Eurocylinders are usually a piece of cake to replace so long as you have the key. Occasionally the retaining screw is buried inside the door frame and a big job breaks out. I only replaced one of the two locks in my patio doors because of this, the second door gets opened the square root of never because we have Escape Cats so there was little point in disassembling the door to get at it.
Just found LPL's teardown of that lock.
17 minutes.😲
17 minutes.😲
Its down to how long it actually takes him to pick the lock open, which in this case is about 5 minutes.
Thats pretty much a record for LPL, I've seen his vids of it taking under 20 seconds.
It will be drinks all round for Avocet HQ design team
Its down to how long it actually takes him to pick the lock open, which in this case is about 5 minutes.
Bosnian Bill did a Yale Platinum in 6 minutes, similarly impressive.