Thread: Dead locks

Thanks for this all, now it makes a lot more sense as to why, and also that everything has to be deadlocked, not just the front door. It also sounds like the door from the house into the garage should be deadlocked also as the garage door can be exited.

Originally Posted by gwebb

The idea of deadlocks is to make the baskets who broke into your house exit the same way they got in. If they broke a window its bloody hard to get a plasma out!!!
The problem with deadlocks is you need to leave a key in the lock on the inside when you are at home so you can easily open the door in case of fire. Have a look at the Gainsborough range of Trilocks, as this type of system allows the door to remain locked from the outside but lets you easily open from the inside in case of fire. When you use the key to lock the door upon leaving of a morning it " deadlocks" the door in the normal manner. Worth a look as there are a number of locking systems around nowadays.

I have been looking at the Gainsborough range for the external doors. The Trilock looks the goods, except they are not really elegant enough for a set of double french doors which are the front door. I'm looking at the "first impressions" set from the Stronghold set. That ones got a dead bolt in it though rather than the trilock system.

insurance co's give a discount if dead locks and window locks are fitted to all doors and windows. People seem to forget that a front door is generally 42mm solid timber of some discription and right near by is a lovely masiveplate glass window of at best 6mm glass.
If the buggers want to get in they will, its more for your own piece of mind.
Good luck with the new home.
Mal