Hi,
Hopefully someone can help with this,
The front door to my house is a steel front & backed timber frame with a Euro Cylinder lock. The door can be opened from both the inside & outside unless it is either locked with the thumbturn (inside) or via a key (outside).
My lodgers do occasionally forget to lock the door behind them when they come in and this morning when I left for work the door had been unlocked all night. Now I don’t barricade myself in my own home but should a ‘chancer’ pass by and try the door I’d be a little more than annoyed if they can just walk in off the street.
Lifting the handle upwards engages a few hooks & bolts but unless the lock is turned pushing the handle down withdraws them.
Does anybody know what the suitable mechanism I require is called? I would like the door to function like a normal UPVC door in that without a key you cannot gain access from the outside, so should the door be pushed to and shut, it is secure.
Thanks,
BennyC
Hopefully someone can help with this,
The front door to my house is a steel front & backed timber frame with a Euro Cylinder lock. The door can be opened from both the inside & outside unless it is either locked with the thumbturn (inside) or via a key (outside).
My lodgers do occasionally forget to lock the door behind them when they come in and this morning when I left for work the door had been unlocked all night. Now I don’t barricade myself in my own home but should a ‘chancer’ pass by and try the door I’d be a little more than annoyed if they can just walk in off the street.
Lifting the handle upwards engages a few hooks & bolts but unless the lock is turned pushing the handle down withdraws them.
Does anybody know what the suitable mechanism I require is called? I would like the door to function like a normal UPVC door in that without a key you cannot gain access from the outside, so should the door be pushed to and shut, it is secure.
Thanks,
BennyC